legal aspects of mas design: institutional law summary
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Challenge the future
Delft University of Technology
Institutional Law
SPM4422 Spring 2011
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2 Institutional Law
1. Evolution of the EU
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3 Institutional Law
History of the European Union
1952 1957 1992 2010
Separate states, war, chaos
ECSC
+ EEC Euratom
Coöpera
tion
Coal and s
teel
Economic integration Broader Integration
2002
“ever closer union” in uniform structure
+ EU: CFSP JHA
-/- ECSC
‘EU’: TEU & TFEU CFR Euratom
ec.europa.eu
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4 Institutional Law
Intergovernmental vs supranational
• Decisions of bodies composed
of Heads of State or of
Governments
• MS only legally bound by the
decision when agreed to
• Execution and control of
decisions by MS themselves
• Decisions of bodies composed
of independent members
• MS also legally bound by
decision when majority of MS
agree, even when MS itself did
not agree
• Execution and control of
decisions by own bodies of
organization
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5 Institutional Law
Special features
• Strong supranational elements: Commission with independent
members, Council with also (qualified) majority voting, European
Parliament, Court of Justice state like institutions
• Legal order of its own in which citizens participate (basic rule in
international law is that treaties only confer rights and duties
upon member states, not upon citizens)
• Direct applicability and direct effect of EU law
• Precedence over national law
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6 Institutional Law
EC
Euratom
ECSC
CFSP JHA
EU
1st pillar 2nd pillar 3rd pillar
Old structure!
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7 Institutional Law
Characteristics of the (old) EU house
• The EU does not have legal personality; the Communities have
• 1st pillar is mostly supranational; 2nd and 3rd are mostly
intergovernmental
• 1st pillar consists of international organizations; 2nd and 3rd pillar
consist of policy areas
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8 Institutional Law
Treaty of Lisbon (2007)
• Successor of the European Constitution, also known as the
Reform Treaty
• Signed on 13 December 2007
• Has been ratified (signed) by all the Member States
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9 Institutional Law
What happened to the EU after
Lisbon?
• The ToL amends the EU Treaty, the EC Treaty and the Euratom
Treaty
• The EC Treaty is renamed: Treaty on the Functioning of the EU
(TFEU)
• The ToL establishes a very strong connection between the TEU
and the TFEU
• The EC ceases to exist; the whole organization is called ‘EU’ and
the EU has legal personality
• The Charter on Human Rights is attached to the EU Treaty
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10 Institutional Law
From old to new
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11 Institutional Law
Snowman model
TEU
incl.
CFSP
TFEU
(substantive)
Euratom
CHR
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12 Institutional Law
Treaty on the European Union -
Content
• Mission, goals and democratic principles
• Establishment of the institutions (European Council, European
Parliament, Commission, Council of the EU, Court of Justice, Court
of Auditors, European Central Bank)
• Common Foreign and Security Policy (still intergovernmental)
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13 Institutional Law
Treaty on the Functioning of the EU
- Content
• Competences of the EU (exclusive, shared or supporting)
• Tasks and powers of the institutions
• EU Citizenship
• Legal instruments
• Legislative procedures
• Judicial protection
• Substantive law (internal market, competition, climate change
etc.)
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14 Institutional Law
Extra’s of the Treaty of Lisbon
• Citizen’s initiative: 1 million citizens of a significant number of MS
can file a petition for legislation on a certain topic
• Yellow and orange card procedure:
• a proposal for EU legislation has to be sent to all national
parliaments
• these parliaments assess the proposal in the light of the principle
of subsidiarity
• 1/3 votes against Commission has to explain; 1/2 votes against
Council and EP decide with majority
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15 Institutional Law
2. Institutions
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16 Institutional Law
Institutions
1. European Council (new)
2. European Commission
3. Council (of the EU)
4. European Parliament
5. Court of Justice
6. Court of Auditors (‘accountant’)
7. European Central Bank (new)
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17 Institutional Law
European Council Task and powers
• Political umbrella – general political guidelines and conclusions
• No legislative powers!
• European Council minus the President of the Commission
enhanced co-operation between some MS, nomination of the
Commissioners, determination of a clear risk of a serious breach of
the fundamental principles of the EU
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18 Institutional Law
European Council
After the Treaty of Lisbon
• European Council is an Institution (not legislative)
• High Commissioner on Foreign Affairs included in Council
• A “European President” elected by European Council
• Coordination and representation of the European Council
• 2 ½ year term, up for re-election
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The Council (of the European Union)
• Not: European Council!
• Not: Council of Europe!
• Representatives of Member States at ministerial level – (qualified)
majority voting; sometimes unanimity – different councils on
different topics (economics, foreign affairs, etc)
• Rotating presidency; current presidency: Denmark, succeeded by
Cyprus in July 2012
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Tasks and powers
• It is the most important Community legislator, but it can only act
when the Commission puts forward a proposal
• Can delegate powers to the Commission
• It has power to conclude international agreements on behalf of
the EC
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21 Institutional Law
Voting mechanism in the Council
• System of weighed votes is replaced with qualified majority
voting:
• 1/2 of MS (or 2/3 of MS)
• 255 votes (of a total of 345)
• Representing at least 62% of the people of the Union
• Blocking minority at least 4 Council members decision is not
adopted
• In some areas still unanimity
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Votes
Duitsland, Frankrijk, Italië, Verenigd Koninkrijk 29
Spanje, Polen 27
Roemenië 14
Nederland 13
België, Tsjechische Republiek, Griekenland, Hongarije, Portugal
12
Oostenrijk, Bulgarije, Zweden 10
Denemarken, Ierland, Litouwen, Slowakije, Finland
7
Cyprus, Estland, Letland, Luxemburg, Slovenië 4
Malta 3
TOTAL 345
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The European Commission Composition
• 2/3 of the MS shall deliver 1 Commissioner each, unless the
European Council unanimously decides otherwise done, so one
Commissioner per MS
• Commissioners act independently of their Member State
• Commissioners have their own portfolios, e.g. competition, internal
market, transport, agriculture and fisheries
• Serve a five-year term
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Tasks and powers
• Responsible for the enforcement of Community law
• Exclusive right to put forward a proposal for legislation; Council
can only act upon a proposal of the Commission
• Decision making powers (administrative of character)
• Opinions/Recommendations
• EU representation
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25 Institutional Law
European Commission After the Treaty of Lisbon
• Vice president of the Commission will be the High
Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy
• Appointment of the Commission: “Taking account of elections
for the EP”
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European Parliament Composition
• Representatives of the peoples of the Member States (no
instruction of their governments)
• Elected according to national election procedures
• All elected members with the same political color form a European
political group, e.g. the Socialist Group, Group of Liberals and
Democrats, Group of the Greens
• 750 + 1 members
• Members are elected for 5 years
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Tasks and powers
• Role of EP has been strengthened over the years
1. Legislative powers: depends on policy area, most powers in the
ordinary procedure (co-decision)
2. Controlling powers: right to question Commissioners,
approve/disapprove Commission, or issue/adopt a motion of
censure.
3. Budgetary powers: right to amend/reject draft budget and
granting discharge to the Commission
4. Power to bring an action before the Court of Justice
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The Court of Justice
• Consists of the Court of Justice, the General Court and the Civil
Service Tribunal
• Institution as a whole is referred to as ECJ but ECJ is also 1 of the
Courts!
• Court of Justice: preliminary rulings, infringement actions, actions
for annulment, appeals (GC judgments)
• General Court: actions from natural and legal persons against the
institutions, cases on competition law
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29 Institutional Law
3. Legal Instruments
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30 Institutional Law
Community law
1. Primary legislation: constituting treaties (EU, EC, Euratom),
International Treaties, General Principles
2. Secondary legislation (big influence on national law depending
on policy area)
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31 Institutional Law
EU instruments
“To exercise the Union’s competences, the institutions shall adopt
regulations, directives, decisions, recommendations and opinions.”
• Regulations, directives and decisions are legally binding
• Recommendations and opinions are not
• Soft law: resolutions, guidelines, communications, notices, ….
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Common requirements
• Correct legal basis
• Correct legislative procedure
• Referral to required opinions, of e.g. EcoSoc
• Adequate motivation
• Date of adoption
• Date of coming into force (when not explicitly stated: 20 days
after publication)
• Publication in the Official Journal (L- or C-series)
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Regulations
“A regulation shall have general application. It shall be binding in its
entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.”
• Implementation of the regulation itself is not allowed, regulating
further details is
• Clear and unconditional provisions have direct effect, without
further conditions
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Directives
“A directive shall be binding, as to the result to be achieved, upon
each Member State to which it is addressed, but shall leave to the
national authorities the choice of form and methods.”
• Binding upon MS, not on individuals or companies
• Implementation required, so it becomes national law with a
European origin
• No timely implementation MS can be taken to Court
• Used mainly to harmonize national legislation
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Decisions
“A decision shall be binding in its entirety. A decision that specifies
those to whom it is addressed shall be binding only on them.”
• Binding on those to whom the decision is addressed; no
addressees binding on all
• Positive decisions, e.g. consent to form a cartel
• Negative decisions, e.g. prohibition to give a certain subsidy
• Often administrative of character
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4. Legislative procedures
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Actors in the legislative process
1. Commission: exclusive right to initiate legislation
2. Council: can amend the proposal and has to adopt the
proposal; legislation is not valid unless it bears the signature of
the Council (apart from delegated legislation)
3. EP: is either advisor or co-legislator, depending on the
applicable procedure
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Legislative procedures
• Which procedure depends on the legal basis; which legal basis
depends on the subject of legislation
1. ordinary procedure (co-decision): European parliament is full
legislator and can veto
2. special procedure (consultation): European parliament gives its
opinion
3. special procedure (consent): EP can accept or reject (only in
case of accession or treaties with third countries or
organizations)
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Ordinary procedure
1. Proposal is not only sent to the Council (who then consults EP)
but is sent to both Council and EP
2. EP can propose amendments (like the Council)
3. When Council and EP cannot agree after 2 rounds, a
Conciliation Committee is set up
4. When either EP or Council still cannot agree, the proposal will
not be adopted
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Court of Justice
1. Preliminary rulings
2. Action for infringement
3. Action for annulment (MS vs. EP or Council; institution vs.
institution)
4. Action for failure to act
5. Appeals
6. Interim measures
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General Court
1. Action for annulment (natural and legal persons and MS vs.
Commission)
2. Action for failure to act (natural and legal persons)
3. Competition and state aid law
4. Community trade mark law
5. Liability of institutions
6. Appeals
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Preliminary rulings
• Not a ‘real’ legal procedure, but a form of co-operation between
the ECJ and a national court
• No dispute (at European level), no parties, but questions from a
national court and answers from the ECJ
• Note: there is an underlying national dispute between parties
before a national court!
• Judgment has the character of an advice to the national court
very powerful tool to set the agenda!!!!
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Subject of the preliminary questions
1. Interpretation of the EC Treaty and
2. Validity and interpretation of secondary legislation
• Not: delivering advisory opinions on general or hypothetical
questions only ‘real’ questions
• Not: solving problems of Community law which do not correspond
to an objective requirement inherent to the resolution of a dispute
answer has to be necessary in order to solve the dispute
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Who may ask questions?
• When a question of interpretation is raised in a case pending
before a national court,
1. that court may ask the ECJ to give a ruling if it considers an
answer necessary to solve the case
2. that court must bring the matter before the ECJ when there is
no judicial review of its decisions (if it is the highest court)
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Action for infringement
• When a MS does not fulfill its Treaty obligations or violates the
Treaty provisions, the Commission may bring an action before the
ECJ
1. First, the Commission gives the MS the opportunity to submit
its observations on the supposed violation
2. Then, the Commission gives a reasoned opinion to which the
MS concerned can react
3. If the MS does not comply with the opinion, the Commission
may bring the matter before the ECJ
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Consequences
• MS is obliged to take measures in order to comply with the
judgment (e.g. amending national law)
• When the Commission is of the opinion that a MS did not
sufficiently comply with the judgment reasoned opinion to the
MS concerned
• If the MS does not follow this opinion Commission brings
action before the ECJ
• ECJ can impose a lump sum and/or a penalty payment
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Action for annulment
• ECJ and CFI examine the legality of Community acts
• Application should be filed (by MS, natural or legal person) within
2 months after publication of the act
• Grounds:
1. Lack of competence
2. Infringement of an essential procedural requirement
3. Infringement of primary or secondary legislation
4. Misuse of powers
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6. Direct effect and Directive
compliant interpretation
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Problem: inactivity of MS when it regards
(the transposition of) directives
• Definition:
“A directive shall be binding, as to the result to be achieved,
upon each Member State to which it is addressed, but shall
leave to the national authorities the choice of form and methods.”
Citizens cannot invoke the rights given to them by a directive
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Direct effect?
• As a basic rule, provisions of a Directive do not have direct effect
(not needed, because when correctly implemented, individuals
can invoke national law)
• Direct effect when
a) no/wrong implementation after transposition date
b) provision contains rights for individuals
c) provision is sufficiently clear and precise
d) rights do not depend on further measures by MS
• Only vertical direct effect; not vis-à-vis other individuals
(horizontal relationship) and not for MS to impose obligations on
individuals
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Directive compliant interpretation
(indirect effect)
• What if a provision of a Directive is not unconditional or not
sufficiently precise?
• Then Directive compliant interpretation
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Limits to directive-compliant
interpretation
• There has to be a national provision
• That is suitable for directive-compliant interpretation (you cannot
turn blue into red)
• Using this method should not infringe general principles of law
(e.g. legal certainty)