Direct Effect of Legal Provisions in EU Law: Case Law Overview
Explore the concept of direct effect in European Union law through a comprehensive overview of case law examples, including vertical and horizontal direct effect of treaty provisions, international agreements, regulations, decisions, and directives. Learn about the implications and application of direct effect in the context of EU legal framework.
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Direct Effect case law dr Justyna Bazyli ska-Nagler Chair of Public International Law & European Union Law
Direct Effect of Treaty provisions: Vertical: Van Gend & Loose C-26/62 [1963] ECR 1 Horizontal: Gabrielle Defrenne v SABENA C-43/75 [1976] ECR 455 Principle of non-discrimination in place of work (Article: 157 TFEU) dr Justyna Bazyli ska Chair of Public International Law & European Union Law 2
Direct Effect of international agreements: Demirel C-12/86 [1987] ECR 3719 Sevince C-192/89 [1990] ECR I-3461 Association agreements may have direct effect BUT NOT - GATT/WTO: Polydor C-270-80 [1982] ECR 329 Portugal v Council C-149/96 dr Justyna Bazyli ska Chair of Public International Law & European Union Law 3
EU international agreements: see Article 218 TFEU i.e. TTIP - Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership CETA - Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (mixed agreement) dr Justyna Bazyli ska Chair of Public International Law & European Union Law 4
Direct Effect of regulations: Commission v Italy, C - 39/72 [1973] ECR 101 Direct Effect of decisions: Grad, C 9/70 [1970] ECR 825 (decisions may grant rights to individuals even not their adressees) dr Justyna Bazyli ska Chair of Public International Law & European Union Law 5
Direct Effect of directives: Vertical: Yvonne Van Duyn vHome Office C- 41/74 [1974] ECR 1337 Ratti C-148/78 [1979] ECR 1629 Case 152/84, M. H. Marshall v. Southampton, Horizontal NO: Paola Faccini Dori v Recreb Srl C-91/92 dr Justyna Bazyli ska Chair of Public International Law & European Union Law 6
Incidental direct effect of directives : CIA Security v Signalson C- 194/94 [1996] ECR I - 2201 dr Justyna Bazyli ska Chair of Public International Law & European Union Law 7
State responsibility for damages [for non- compliance with EU law]: Francovich C-6, 9/90 [1991] ECR I 5357 C-46/93 i C-48/93, Zb. Orz. 1996, s. I-1029 Brasserie du Pecheur SA v. Bundesrepublik Deutschland; Factortame Ltd et al. v. Secretary of State for Transport, dr Justyna Bazyli ska Chair of Public International Law & European Union Law 8
Procedural autonomy of Member States principle Principles and rights: Effective legal protection for EU law Member States shall provide remedies sufficient to ensure effective legal protection in the fields covered by Union law (Art. 19 TEU) Right to effective remedy Everyone whose rights and freedoms guaranteed by the law of the Union are violated has the right to an effective remedy before a tribunal in compliance with the conditions laid down in this Article (Art. 47 EU Charter) dr Justyna Bazyli ska Chair of Public International Law & European Union Law 9
Rewe-Zentralfinanz eG & Rewe-Zentral AG v. Landwirtschaftskammer fr das Saarland, Case: C-33-76 principle of equivalence The remedies and forms of actions available to ensure the observance of national law must be made available in the same way to ensure the observance of EU law: Prohibition of different treatments for rights stemming from national law and rights stemming from EU law Prohibition of discrimination between national law claims and EU law claims. principle of effectiveness The national procedural rules shall not make the enforcement of EU law-based rights or excessively difficult ...it was not intended to create new remedies in the national courts to ensure the observance of Community law other than those already laid down by national law. (Rewe C-158/80) dr Justyna Bazyli ska Chair of Public International Law & European Union Law 10
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