Law Making & the EU

Question 1

Intergovernmental

Answer 1

Intergovernmental institutions make decisions by agreement between Member States.

Question 2

Supranational

Answer 2

Supranational institutions make decisions at a level above Member States. These decisions override national rules of member states

Question 3

The commission

Answer 3

• must be completely independent in the performance of their duties and neither
  take nor seek instructions from any government or any other body.
• the sole proposer of (nearly) all secondary legislation.

Question 4

Parliament

Answer 4

• president of Commission needs to be approved by the EP
• president-elect and Member States then nominate all the Commissioners who need to be approved as a body by the EP.
• citizens may petition the European Parliament on matters concerning the EU’s fields of activity and which concern them directly.

Question 5

Court of justice

Answer 5

• Advocates General - deliver non-binding opinions to assist the judges.
• CJEU is an EU institution and hears actions concerning EU law only.

Question 6

Treaty

Answer 6

Treaty of Rome

Question 7

Regulations

Answer 7

1. ‘are of general application’
2. ‘they apply to persons who fall within general and abstract categories’
3. ‘can be contrasted with directives and decisions which bind only specific addressees’
4. ‘set out the general rules…create uniformity in law between the various MS’

e.g. roaming regulations

Question 8

Directives

Answer 8

• harmonise laws
• health and safety of workers