European Union law is a system of rules operating within the member states of the European Union (EU). Since the founding of the European Coal and Steel...

In the European Union, competition law promotes the maintenance of competition within the European Single Market by regulating anti-competitive conduct...

The copyright law of the European Union is the copyright law applicable within the European Union. Copyright law is largely harmonized in the Union, although...

The primacy of European Union law (sometimes referred to as supremacy or precedence of European law) is a legal principle establishing precedence of European...

The European Union (EU) is a political and economic union of 27 member states that are party to the EU's founding treaties, and thereby subject to the...

institution. The CJEU is the chief judicial authority of the European Union and oversees the uniform application and interpretation of European Union law, in co-operation...

Europol, officially the European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Cooperation, is the law enforcement agency of the European Union (EU). Established in...

A regulation is a legal act of the European Union which becomes immediately enforceable as law in all member states simultaneously. Regulations can be...

The general principles of European Union law are general principles of law which are applied by the European Court of Justice and the national courts...

directive is a legal act of the European Union that requires member states to achieve particular goals without dictating how the member states achieve those...

The institutions of the European Union are the seven principal decision-making bodies of the European Union and the Euratom. They are, as listed in Article...

by the European Commission and approved by the Council of the European Union and European Parliament to become law. Over the years the power of the European...

In European Union law, direct effect is the principle that Union law may, if appropriately framed, confer rights on individuals which the courts of member...

European Union citizenship is afforded to all nationals of member states of the European Union (EU). It was formally created with the adoption of the...

European Union, with minimal differentiation between the national contract laws which apply within the member states. Contract law represents one of the...

The European Union (EU) is a supranational political and economic union of 27 member states that are located primarily in Europe. The Union has a total...

Union in matters of European Union law. As a part of the Court of Justice of the European Union, it is tasked with interpreting EU law and ensuring its...

mark law of the European Union is governed by European Union law together with national law within those countries which are also member states of the European...

European Union shipping law is the body of law developed by the European Union ("EU") relating to shipping or maritime matters. Shipping is extremely important...

The political structure of the European Union (EU) is similar to a confederation, where many policy areas are federalised into common institutions capable...

states of the European Union (EU). With certain exceptions, it also comprises Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway (through the Agreement on the European Economic...

The European Union (EU) has expanded a number of times throughout its history by way of the accession of new member states to the Union. To join the EU...

form part of the European Union, though they benefit from derogations from some EU laws due to their geographical remoteness from mainland Europe; thirteen...

The Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union (CFR) enshrines certain political, social, and economic rights for European Union (EU) citizens...

officially the European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Training, is an agency of the European Union dedicated to training law enforcement officials. The institution...

European patent law covers a range of legislations including national patent laws, the Strasbourg Convention of 1963, the European Patent Convention of...

Following Brexit, EU law and the Court of Justice of the European Union no longer have primacy over British laws. The European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018...

The European Union is a geo-political entity covering a large portion of the European continent. It is founded upon numerous treaties and has undergone...

European Union merger law is a part of the law of the European Union. It is charged with regulating mergers between two or more entities in a corporate...

The term soft law is also often used to describe various kinds of quasi-legal policy instruments of the European Union: "recommendation", "codes of conduct"...