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Regional Organizations

Regional Organizations. European Union (EU) as an example How regional TREATIES reshaped war-torn Europe. March 24, 2005 Houston. 25 members, 450 million population. May 1, 2004. Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Slovakia and Slovenia.

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Regional Organizations

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  1. Regional Organizations • European Union (EU) as an example • How regional TREATIES reshaped war-torn Europe International & Foreign Law Search, Liu

  2. March 24, 2005 Houston 25 members, 450 million population May 1, 2004 Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Slovakia and Slovenia International & Foreign Law Search, Liu

  3. European Economic Communities EEC European Coal and Steel Community 1951 European Atomic Energy Community 1957 European Economic Community 1957 International & Foreign Law Search, Liu

  4. European Union EU 1992 ECSC 1951 Rome Treaty 1957 Signal European Act 1986 Common Foreign Security Policy International & Foreign Law Search, Liu

  5. European Union EU 1992 ECSC 1951 Rome Treaty 1957 Signal European Act 1986 Common Foreign Security Policy Justice & Home Affairs International & Foreign Law Search, Liu

  6. European Union EU 1992 ECSC 1951 Rome Treaty 1957 Signal European Act 1986 Common Foreign Security Policy Justice & Home Affairs International & Foreign Law Search, Liu

  7. European Union EU 2002 ECSC 1951 Rome Treaty 1957 Signal European Act 1986 Common Foreign Security Policy Justice & Home Affairs International & Foreign Law Search, Liu

  8. Institutions • European Parliament • Council of the European Union   - Presidency • European Commission • Court of Justice of the European Communities • European Court of Auditors • European Ombudsman • European Data Protection Supervisor International & Foreign Law Search, Liu

  9. Hierarchy of Laws • Article 249 of THE TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY • In order to carry out their task and in accordance with the provisions of this Treaty, the European Parliament acting jointly with the Council, the Council and the Commission shall make regulations and issue directives, take decisions, make recommendations or deliver opinions. • A regulation shall have general application. It shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. • 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. • A decision shall be binding in its entirety upon those to whom it is addressed. • Recommendations and opinions shall have no binding force. International & Foreign Law Search, Liu

  10. European Court of Justice • European Court of Justice (1952) • Court of First Instance (1988) International & Foreign Law Search, Liu

  11. Supremacy and Effectiveness • Leading Cases • Case 26/62 Van [1963] CMLR 105 Gend en Loos • Case C-213/89; [1990] 3 CMLR 1 Factortame • EU case Bluebook Citation International & Foreign Law Search, Liu

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