EU Law - EU Charter and Accession to the ECHR Flashcards

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What does CJEU preference for Charter echo wariness of?

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EU human rights being tied too closely to ECHR

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Bosphorous Airways v Ireland

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Members can rely on EU obligations as defence of HR violation, as equivalent system of protection

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Article 52(5) Charter

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Seeks to distinguish principles, which are ‘judicially cognisable’ only once implemented

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4
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Horizontal clauses in Charter

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Articles 51 - 53

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What does the solidarity chapter in the Charter reflect?

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Provisions already integrated into EU law in European Social Charter

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What distinction is made in the Charter, between two concepts?

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Rights and principles

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7
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Akerberg Fransson general

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Taxes, VAT but Directives irrelevant

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Test-Achats v Conseil des Ministres general

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Car insurance

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What case shows Protocol (No.30) Article 1 EU Charter is not an ‘opt out’?

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NS and ME

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What Article of what Treaty gives a sanction mechanism for serious and persistent breaches of human rights by Members?

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Article 7 TFEU

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11
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What FMW case shows dislike for ECtHR case law/

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Dereci

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What are the six assessment stages in Schecke v Land Hessen?

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Identify right, interference, reflected in ECHR, permissible limitations, compliance with limitations and proportionality

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13
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What is a criticism of Melloni?

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Unequivocal reassertion of EU primacy, rather than pluralist coexistence with other human rights systems

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14
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Melloni judgment

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Article 53 does not question EU supremacy - no higher standard of protection allowed

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15
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How have the ECJ reviewed EU Treaty indirectly?

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Through general principles - believe lack of protection is due to oversight

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16
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What case shows a retreat from Akerberg Fransson?

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Counterterrorism Database judgment

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17
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What case shows ECtHR have already reviewed EU primary law?

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Matthews

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18
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Nada v Switzerland

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ECtHR followed CJEU lead

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Who suggested EU attention to HRs is no more than self-serving instrumentalism?

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Williams

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20
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Counterterrorism Database judgment

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Members not bound by Charter if national rules only within abstract scope of EU law, or purely factual effect on EU law

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21
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EU Ombudsman on EU as human rights actor

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Opened investigation into compliance of HR standards by Frontex

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Name at least two problems ECJ highlighted with the DAA

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Mutual trust, review of EU primary law, xo-respondent mechanism and prior involvement procedure

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What case showed a very low threshold of ‘implementing in Union law’?

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Akerberg Fransson

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What case enforced that Article 53 Charter does not question EU supremacy?

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Melloni

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25
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What case showed ECtHR reviewing law of same rank as founding treaties?

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Matthews

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26
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Taxes, VAT but Directives irrelevant

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Akerberg Fransson

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27
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What two cases show mutual influence between CJEU and ECtHR prior to accession?

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Nada v Switzerland; Dhabi v Italy

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CJEU on Opinion 2/94

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Accession to ECHR would have ‘fundamental institutional implications’, so Treaty amendment needed

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Article 6(2) TEU

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EU ‘shall accede’ to the ECHR

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30
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Eeckhout on Bosphorous

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Need mutual sensitivity for respective roles CJEU and ECtHR play, although Bosphorous may go too far upon accession

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Protocol (No.30) Article 1 EU Charter

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CJEU/court/tribunal in UK/Poland can’t find Polish/UK action to be inconsistent with fundamental rights, freedoms and principles, and no justiciable rights from Title IV unless provided in national law

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32
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How many years did the Draft Agreement on Accession take to complete?

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3 years

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33
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Car insurance

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Test-Achats v Conseil des Ministres

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34
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What does Eeckhout argue in response to problem of prior-involvement procedure?

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No distinction between interpretation and compatibility as CJEU need to rule on the former to tule on the latter

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35
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What investigation suggested EU is not a significant human rights actor?

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EU Ombudsman into Frontex

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Members not bound by Charter if national rules only within abstract scope of EU law, or purely factual effect on EU law

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Counterterrorism Database judgment

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37
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AMS general

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Right to be consulted, private employer

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38
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Circular definition of ‘implementing in Union law’, so if EU law applies, so do fundamental rights

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Akerberg Fransson

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39
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Name at least two reasons why accession may still be desirable today?

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Signal credibility of EU, ECtHR has expertise, possibility of conflict on same issue and desirability of challenging EU acts before ECtHR

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40
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AG in Opinion 2/94

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Accession unnecessary as EU about economic integration

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41
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What case shows EU development on equal treatment on grounds of sex?

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Test-Achats v Conseil des Ministres

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Akerberg Fransson judgment

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Circular definition of ‘implementing in Union law’, so if EU law applies, so do fundamental rights

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43
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Article 6 TEU

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Three sources of fundamental rights protection

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44
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How long was the Convention to draft the EU Charter?

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1 year

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45
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Article 53 Charter

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Nothing in the Charter affects HRs or fundamental freedoms adversely

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46
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NS

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CJEU accepted MSS of ECtHR

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47
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When the ECtHR say they would review in Bosphorous?

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If there were a manifest deficiency

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48
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Who suggested CJEU sometimes ‘manifestly’ prefers the Charter?

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Burca

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49
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What case Left open if sufficiently precise provision of Charter would have horizontal application against an individual?

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AMS

50
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Article 7 TFEU

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Sanction mechanism for serious and persistent breaches of human rights by members

51
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Who questions if mutual trust even clearly trumps protection of fundamental rights?

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Eeckhout

52
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What was the effect of the EU Charter

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Made ECHR rights ‘visible’

53
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What, under Article 52(5), is only judicially cognisable once implemented by the Member?

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Principles

54
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Eeckhout on Melloni

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Shows potential conflicts between EU and national law can be resolved from within

55
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Field of application of the Charter

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Article 51 Charter

56
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Schecke v Land Hessen general

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Data protection of farmers

57
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Name the six chapter rights given in the Charter

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Dignity, freedoms, equality, solidarity, citizens’ rights and justice

58
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Article 51 Charter

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Field of application of the Charter

59
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What showed dislike of possibility of superior review in Opinion 2/94?

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‘Fundamental institutional implications’

60
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Article 52 Charter

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Scope and interpretation of rights and principles

61
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What was the main issue with the prior-involvement procedure in DAA?

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Limited to compatibility of EU law

62
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Why can EU not be a defendant in Strasbourg?

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Not a member of the ECHR

63
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Williams on EU as human rights actor

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EU attention to HRs is no more than self-serving instrumentalism

64
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NS and ME

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Protocol (No.30) is not an opt out - no exemption from obligations to comply with Charter, or ability to prevent court from ensuring compliance

65
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What does Eeckhout argue in response to problems of corespondent mechanism?

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ECJ need not look intrusively, just at discretion to determine responsibility

66
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Right to be consulted, private employer

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AMS

67
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What did the two separate concurring opinions by 7 judges in Bosphorous express?

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Reservations about majority approach - concern about largely abstract general system of ‘equivalence’ replacing case-by-case analysis

68
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ECtHR found failure to make a preliminary reference to ECJ violated Article 6(2) ECHR

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Dhabi v Italy

69
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Articles on citizens’ rights

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Articles 20 - 25 TFEU

70
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Douglas-Scott on Bosphorous?

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Would need to abandon it upon accession to the ECHR

71
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AMS judgment

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Left open if sufficiently precise provision of Charter would have horizontal application against an individual

72
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What does Eeckhout point to to suggest mutual trust does not trump protection of fundamental rights?

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Opening provision in TFEU on AFSJ requires respect for fundamental rights

73
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ECtHR followed CJEU lead

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Nada v Switzerland

74
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Dereci general

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Austria, Turkey, daughter

75
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What case shows indirect review of EU acts by ECtHR prior to accession?

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Bosphorous

76
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What is an example of ECJ reviewing EU Treaty indirectly?

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No action by EU P against other institutions

77
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Data protection of farmers

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Schecke v Land Hessen

78
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AG Jacobs in Bosphorous

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For ‘practical purposes’, ECHR is part of EC law and ‘can be invoked as such both in this Court and in national courts’

79
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What G argued against inclusion of social and economic rights in EU Charter?

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UK

80
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Julian Hernandez

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Fundamental rights review of Member action ensures EU law supremacy

81
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What section gave three sources of fundamental rights protection?

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Article 6 TEU

82
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Bosporus showed presumption of what?

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Compliance with ECHR by equivalent protection of EU on fundamental human rights

83
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Amnesty International on EU as human rights actor

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Criticised EU for neglecting and undermining HR concerns

84
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What case started the EU development on equal treatment on grounds of sex?

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Test-Achats v Conseil des Ministres

85
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Why does Eeckhout suggest ECtHR review of primary law could be to ECJ’s interest?

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CJEU barring from reviewing CFSP may breach right to an effective remedy

86
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Test-Achats v Conseil des Ministres judgment

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Gender Directive allowed discrimination of prohibited criteria indefinitely, not allowed

87
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Matthews judgment

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EU primary law violated Protocol 1 ECHR right to vote

88
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What Treaty entered the EU Charter into force?

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Lisbon Treaty 2009

89
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What was attached to the Bosphorous judgment?

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Two separate concurring opinions by 7 judges

90
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What is the reasoning in Julian Hernandez the same as?

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Reasoning for fundamental rights review of EU action in Handelsgesellschaft

91
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What AG stated that ECHR is part of EC law ‘for practical purposes’, and in what case?

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AG Jacobs in Bosphorous

92
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EU ‘shall accede’ to the ECHR

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Article 6(2) TEU

93
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What is the Bosphorous case an example of?

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Solange principle

94
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Criticised EU for neglecting and undermining HR concerns

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Amnesty International

95
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Eeckhout on problem of mutual trust under Opinion

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Does mutual trust even clearly trump protection of fundamental rights?

96
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Who opened an investigation into compliance of HR standards by Frontex?

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EU Ombudsman

97
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Why does Douglas-Scott think Bosphorous would need to be abandoned upon accession to the EU?

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EU should not be privileged

98
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What Protocol of what means no court can find UK/Poland to be inconsistent with fundamental rights?

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Protocol (No.30) Article 1 EU Charter

99
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What case shows ECtHR enforcing EU law?

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Dhabi v Italy

100
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How does Dereci show ECJ dislike for ECtHR case law?

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Barely mentioned Article 8 ECHR

101
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Who are Frontex?

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EU border agency

102
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What case gives a model for how CJEU analyse cases for violation of Charter?

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Schecke v Land Hessen

103
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Name the two cases showing CJEU reviewing EU legislation through Charter

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Schecke v Land Hessen; Test-Achats v Conseil des Ministres

104
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What kind of rights are lacking in the ECHR, but present in the Charter?

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Social and economic rights

105
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What are the three sources of fundamental rights protection?

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EU Charter, ECHR and general principles of EU law

106
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Why is Protocol (No.30) Article 1 EU Charter primarily declaratory?

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Doesn’t overturn ECJ case law on various instrumental sources

107
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gibraltar citizens vote in EU p

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Matthews

108
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Matthews general

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gibraltar citizens vote in EU p

109
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Dhabi v Italy

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ECtHR found failure to make a preliminary reference to ECJ violated Article 6(2) ECHR

110
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Why did Eeckhout find the concerns over prior-involvement procedure surprising?

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Informally agreed in a joint press communication

111
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Melloni general

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EU arrest warrant, surrender, in absentia

112
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What is the most controversial amendment by Lisbon to the ECHR?

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Article 52(5)

113
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Schecke v Land Hessen judgment

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Regulation struck down for infringement of fundamental right to protection of personal data

114
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MSS v Belgium and Greece general

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EU asylum, Dublin, exceptions

115
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What does Article 52(5) Charter try to introduce?

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Introduce traditional distinction between negatively-oriented civil and political rights, and positively-oriented economic and social rights

116
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What do limitations need to be under Article 52 Charter?

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‘Provided for by law’, necessary, meet objective of general interest/need to protect rights of others AND proportionality

117
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What Article states that overlap between Charter and ECHR means scope and meaning the same?

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Article 52 Charter

118
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What is the difference in position between Bosphorous and Handelsgesellschaft

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Seems every individual can try to rebut presumption in Bosphorous as only manifest deficiency, as opposed to systematic

119
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Opinion 2/94 Accession to ECHR was based on what proposal?

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Treaty requiring all Members and EU to agree to accede to ECHR

120
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Fundamental rights review of Member action ensures EU law supremacy

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Julian Hernandez

121
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How many chapters does the Charter have?

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7

122
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MSS v Belgium and Greece judgment

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Discretion meant it should have been exercised and not sent back