Borchardt Klaus-Dieter. The ABC of European Union law

Luxemburg: EU Publications office, 2010. — 131 p.Foreword
From Paris to Lisbon, Via Roma and Maastricht
Amsterdam and Nice
Fundamental values of the EU
The EU as guarantor of peace
Unity and equality as the recurring theme
The fundamental freedoms
The principle of solidarity
Respect of national identity
The need for security
The fundamental rights
The Constitution od the EU
The legal nature of the EU
The tasks of the EU
The powers of the EU
The institutions of the EU
Institutions: European Parliament — European Council — Council —
European Commission — Court of Justice of the European Union —
European Central Bank — Court of Auditors
Advisory bodies: European Economic and Social Committee —
Committee of the Regions European Investment Bank
The legal order of the EU
The EU as a creation of law and a Community based on law
The legal sources of Union law
The EU founding Treaties as the primary source of Union law — The EU
legal instruments as the secondary source of Union law — International
agreements of the EU — General principles of law — Legal custom —
Agreements between the Member States
The EU’s means of action
Regulations — Directives — Decisions — Recommendations and
opinions — Resolutions, declarations and action programmes
The legislative process in the EU
Ordinary legislative procedure — Approval procedure — Simplified
procedure
The EU system of legal protection
Treaty infringement proceedings — Actions for annulment — Complaints
for failure to act — Actions for damages — Actions by Community staff
— Disputes over Union patents — Appeals procedure — Provisional legal
protection — Preliminary rulings
Liability of the Member States for infringements of Union law
Member States’ liability for legal acts or failure to act — Liability for
infringement of Union law by the Courts
the position of the union law in relation to the
orders as a whole
Autonomy of the EU legal order
Interaction between Union law and national law
Conflict between Union law and national law
Direct applicability of Union law to national law — Primacy of Union law over national law — Interpretation of national law in line with Union law
Conclusions
Annex