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European Union Law And International Law

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One of the most important questions arising in the study of the European Union, is the question of the relationship between EU law and international law, including the EU law regulations in relation to the international agreements made by the member-states of the EU, both before and after the accession to the union.
The European Union law walks hand in hand with international law. The inevitable connection between them two is due to the fact that the international law forms the basis of the legal system of the European Union. Nevertheless, the interaction between the two sometimes causes conflicts due to the various factors.
On the one hand, the integrated union institutions such as and, above all, the Court of Justice of the EU makes every …show more content…

In particular, there is the scope of regulation of external relations that fall within the exclusive competence of the EU due to the transmission of member-states’ powers to the union. In other areas there is a joint competence of the community and the member-states. There are also areas where the EU has lacking competence. Finally, there are areas where member-states carry out their own foreign authority, although the impact of such actions on the part of member-states may also influence the legal order of the European Union.
To investigate the relationship between EU law and international law both, the provisions of the founding treaties of the European Union, and the practice of the Court of Justice on this matter, should be taken into …show more content…

It is diverse and covers almost the entire spectrum of relations between the two law enforcements. The fundamental nature in this regard is the Court's decision in the case of the EU 22/70 Commission v. Council [1970]. In it the Court of Justice of the European Community recognized international legal personality. The logical consequence of such recognition was for the activities of the union to be subject to the compliance with international law, as an organization that claims to be the international legal personality, cannot be opposing to international law. Activities of the EU in this case should be understood in a broad sense, including the law-making efforts through the participation in international treaties and the adoption of the EU institutions acts. Therefore, the law of the European Union should not contradict the norms of international law. It should be borne in mind that it relates to the universal character of international

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