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Abstract
EU law is a very wide-ranging legal system that comprises thousands of legal acts. It endeavours to regulate many relationships in the Member States of the European Union and effects everyday lives both of individuals and public bodies. EU law is, however, not always positively accepted. Such non-acceptance often follows from the increasing number of cases when EU law cannot be effectively applied on the national level. Significant reason for that lies in the poor quality of EU law.
The article describes features that cause ambiquity of EU legislation, its complexity and incompleteness, that have a very detrimental effect on the application of EU law on the national level. Further it refers to defects of form of certain pieces of EU legislation that give rise to questions concerning legal certainty and due implementation into national legal orders. The article contains many illustrative examples supporting the presented points of view and indicates ways to be taken in the future.
European Journal of Law Reform |
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Article | Quo Vadis, Europa?Loopholes in the EU Law and Difficulties in the Implementation Process |
Keywords | EU Law, Quality of Legislation, Loopholes, Implementation, Joint Practical Guide |
Authors | Markéta Whelanová |
DOI | 10.5553/EJLR/138723702016018002004 |
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