The Power to Shape the Internal Market: Implications of CJEU Case Law for the EU’s Institutional Balance

This paper is concerned with the implications of CJEU internal market case law for the balance of powers between the EU institutions. It argues that the Court’s case law involving the areas of domestic policy reserved by the Treaty predominantly for the competence of the Member States creates an int...

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Main Author: Vilija Velyvyte
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Zagreb, Faculty of Law 2016-12-01
Series:Croatian Yearbook of European Law and Policy
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Online Access:https://www.cyelp.com/index.php/cyelp/article/view/248
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spelling doaj-096244ac42004a84b00c2a2ab483efa52020-11-25T03:56:57ZengUniversity of Zagreb, Faculty of LawCroatian Yearbook of European Law and Policy1845-56621848-99582016-12-0112254710.3935/cyelp.12.2016.248The Power to Shape the Internal Market: Implications of CJEU Case Law for the EU’s Institutional BalanceVilija Velyvyte0Brasenose College, University of OxfordThis paper is concerned with the implications of CJEU internal market case law for the balance of powers between the EU institutions. It argues that the Court’s case law involving the areas of domestic policy reserved by the Treaty predominantly for the competence of the Member States creates an inter-institutional dynamic that restrains the rule-making capacity of the EU legislature. This dynamic seems to undermine the EU law principle of institutional balance because it either (i) prevents EU-level legislative action, or (ii) predetermines its content, or (iii) makes it devoid of practical force through expansive judicial interpretation of secondary legislation.https://www.cyelp.com/index.php/cyelp/article/view/248cjeuinternal marketcase laweu institutionsbalance of powerscompetencesmember states
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The Power to Shape the Internal Market: Implications of CJEU Case Law for the EU’s Institutional Balance
Croatian Yearbook of European Law and Policy
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internal market
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title The Power to Shape the Internal Market: Implications of CJEU Case Law for the EU’s Institutional Balance
title_short The Power to Shape the Internal Market: Implications of CJEU Case Law for the EU’s Institutional Balance
title_full The Power to Shape the Internal Market: Implications of CJEU Case Law for the EU’s Institutional Balance
title_fullStr The Power to Shape the Internal Market: Implications of CJEU Case Law for the EU’s Institutional Balance
title_full_unstemmed The Power to Shape the Internal Market: Implications of CJEU Case Law for the EU’s Institutional Balance
title_sort power to shape the internal market: implications of cjeu case law for the eu’s institutional balance
publisher University of Zagreb, Faculty of Law
series Croatian Yearbook of European Law and Policy
issn 1845-5662
1848-9958
publishDate 2016-12-01
description This paper is concerned with the implications of CJEU internal market case law for the balance of powers between the EU institutions. It argues that the Court’s case law involving the areas of domestic policy reserved by the Treaty predominantly for the competence of the Member States creates an inter-institutional dynamic that restrains the rule-making capacity of the EU legislature. This dynamic seems to undermine the EU law principle of institutional balance because it either (i) prevents EU-level legislative action, or (ii) predetermines its content, or (iii) makes it devoid of practical force through expansive judicial interpretation of secondary legislation.
topic cjeu
internal market
case law
eu institutions
balance of powers
competences
member states
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