European Union legal order

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legal order supranational legal system

The European Union legal order is a supranational legal system in which EU law, created by its institutions and binding on member states, operates with primacy and direct effect over national laws in many areas of policy.

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form	Occurrences
European Union law	14
EU law	1
European Union acquis communautaire	1
European law	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	legal order ⓘ supranational legal system ⓘ
aimsAt	integration of member state legal systems in EU competences ⓘ
allows	preliminary references from national courts to the CJEU ⓘ
appliesIn	Member States of the European Union ⓘ surface form: European Union member states
basedOn	Treaty on European Union ⓘ Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union ⓘ
bindingOn	European institutions ⓘ surface form: EU institutions EU member states ⓘ legal persons within the EU ⓘ natural persons within the EU ⓘ
coexistsWith	national legal orders of member states ⓘ
constrainedBy	Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union ⓘ fundamental rights ⓘ
createdBy	European institutions ⓘ surface form: European Union institutions
developedThrough	CJEU case law ⓘ
enforcedBy	Court of Justice of the European Union ⓘ
hasFeature	autonomy of EU law ⓘ limited conferred competences ⓘ principle of proportionality ⓘ principle of subsidiarity ⓘ supremacy over conflicting national law in its fields of competence ⓘ uniform application of EU law ⓘ
hasPrinciple	direct effect of EU law ⓘ primacy of EU law ⓘ
implementedThrough	decisions ⓘ directives ⓘ opinions ⓘ recommendations ⓘ regulations ⓘ
includes	general principles of EU law ⓘ primary EU law ⓘ secondary EU law ⓘ
interpretedBy	Court of Justice of the European Union ⓘ
legislatedBy	Council of the European Union ⓘ European Parliament ⓘ
monitoredBy	European Commission ⓘ
originatedInCase	Costa v ENEL ⓘ Van Gend en Loos ⓘ
partOf	European Union ⓘ
regulates	agriculture policy ⓘ area of freedom, security and justice ⓘ common commercial policy ⓘ competition policy ⓘ consumer protection ⓘ customs union ⓘ environmental policy ⓘ internal market ⓘ
requires	conform interpretation of national law with EU law ⓘ