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Contents
INTRODUCTION ....................................................................................... 5

I. THE LAW OF THE EUROPEAN UNION AFTER LISBON TREATY .. 6
II. BASIC PRINCIPLES ..............................................................................9
1. AUTONOMY / INDEPENDENCE ...................................................... 9

2. SUPREMACY ..................................................................................... 9
3. DIRECT APPLICATION/DIRECT EFFECT ...................................10
4. THE PRINCIPLES OF CONFERRAL, SUBSIDIARITY AND PRO-
PORTIONALITY ............................................................................... 13
III. EUROPEAN UNION LEGISLATION ................................................ 14
1. PRIMARY LEGISLATION ........................................................... 14
Guidelines for the national legislator .......................................... 17

2. SECONDARY LEGISLATION ..................................................... 18
Regulation ........................................................................................ 19
Guidelines for the national legislator ........................................... 20
Directive ............................................................................................ 24
Guidelines for the national legislator ............................................ 26
Decision ........................................................................................... 29
Recommendations and opinions ..................................................... 31
International Agreements ................................................................ 33
Case law of the Court of Justice of the European Union .................. 35
EU “Soft law” ...................................................................................... 35
IV. IMPLEMENTATION AND TRANSPOSITION .................................. 37

1. HARMONISATION, LEGITIMACY AND ENFORCEMENT OF
DRAFT LEGAL ACTS........................................................................ 37

2. MAIN PHASES AND METHODS OF THE LEGAL APPROXIMA-
TION AND TRANSPOSITION TECHNIQUES .............................. 38

3. PREPARATORY WORK ................................................................. 43
4. TRANSPOSITION OF REGULATIONS IN THE NATIONAL LE-
GAL SYSTEM .................................................................................... 44
5. TRANSPOSITION OF PROVISIONS OF DIRECTIVES IN THE
NATIONAL LEGAL SYSTEM .......................................................... 48
6. DECISIONS .................................................................................... 50

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