European Union Regulations EU Law Is Used Essay

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European Union Regulations

EU law is used as a source of law to member states of the union. Article 288 of the (TFEU) states that, regulations expressed to have 'general application' means that it creates binding obligations to legal practitioners within the jurisdiction of the union. They create general law with the potential of affecting anyone who is within the reach. The EU law takes the nature of direct effect, which means it creates rights for individual persons without further implementation. In politi sis vs. ministry of finance, it was held that under the paragraph two of article 189; regulations shall have general applications and shall be directly applicable in all member states. Therefore, due to their nature, function and sources from community law they have a direct effect to the people; capable of creating individual rights, which should be protected by courts (Moens & Trone, 2011, p 372).Van Gend en loosthe court stated that the functioning of a treaty is to cater for direct interests of concerned parties' hence direct effect. For direct effect to apply four conditions must be fulfilled nondiscretionary, clearly understandable by the union and final (legally complete).

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They are directly applicable to member states as the regulations are stated to bind the entirety. These regulations are intended to take automatic legal force without further implementation by authorities of member states or the legislature. These regulations lead to the creation of new laws, which are automatically binding hence directly applicable. It is not necessary for member states to incorporate the principles in accordance to their constitution; the principles are incorporated upon relevant enactment of EU authorities. Receptions of these regulations do not need any further legal order by authorities of a nation.

The aim of principles is to secure uniform interpretation of treaties by tribunals and courts. It has also vested authority on nationals through community law to report their matters to national courts and tribunals (Fieldman, 2010, p 45). Direct effect has helped in the enforcement of laws in the union. Treaty provides that member states can be prosecuted when they flout community laws.….....

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