University:
The University of Law
Course:
M110 | LLB (Hons) Law
Academic year:

2024
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354

Pages:

2
Author:

S. Sikora

Eu key words for eu law course LLB VERTICAL AGREEMENTS- in the context of competition law, these are agreements between non-competitors at different levels of the supply chain (e.g. a producer and a wholesaler). THE TREATY ON THE EUROPEAN UNION (TEU)- sets out the general aims and structure of the EU. THE TREATY ON THE FUNCTIONING OF THE EUROPEAN UNION (TFEU)details and substantive law of the EU Together, these two above are referred to as the ‘Treaties’. EUROPEAN CONTENCTION ON HUMAN RIGHTS (ECHR)- an international convention establishing certain fundamental human rights, which all signatories commit to respecting. Signatories of the convention do not have to members of the EU. There are a total of 47 signatories. The Brexit process had not led to the UK’s automatic withdrawal from the ECHR. EUROPEAN CHARTER OF FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS (ECFR OF CHARTER)_ a charter of fundamental rights for all EU citizens which is enforceable by the courts of the EU. This no longer applies to the UK as it has now left the EU. Introduction to EU and EU institution. The EU is not an organisation for cooperation between governments, nor a full-blown federation of states, such as USA. It falls between the two, the Member States- MS’s of the EU have ‘pooled’ over their sovereignty into one Union on particular matters. They have each agreed to delegate some of their sovereign powers to institutions which they have jointly created in order for certain decisions to be made by the EU institutions rather than made individually by the MS’s. The idea of closer European Integration arose in the aftermath of WW2, its aim was to prevent future conflicts by ensuring the MS’s are able to act in their joint interests in accordance with democratic principles and the Rule of Law. Aims of the EU- ARTICLE 3 of the TREATY ON THE EUROPEAN UNION TEU. 1. To promote peace, European values and the well-being of the European populace. 2. To remove internal frontiers, ensuring the free movement of persons in conjunction with appropriate controls over external borders, asylum, immigration and crime. 3. To establish an internal market, which shall work for sustainable development, balanced economic growth, full employment, social progress, environmental protection, scientific and technological advancement, social justice, equality, solidarity, economic social and territorial cohesion, and respect for cultural and linguistic diversity. 4. To establish an economic and monetary union; its currency is the Euro. 5. To promote its values and interests, protect its citizens, contribute to peace, security, the sustainable development of the Earth, free and fair trade, eradication of poverty and the protection of Human Rights, as well as to the strict observance and the development of international law, in its relations with the wider world, and; 6. To pursue its objective by appropriate means commensurate with the competences which are conferred upon it in the Treaties.