How Are Laws Made In The EU?

European Union law is the distinct legal structure which functions side by side with the laws of Member States of the European Union or the EU. EU law has straight effect within the legal structures of its Member States, and overrules national law in many regions, mainly in the cases regarding policies of an economic or social nature. The European Union is not a federal governmental structure, and it is not an inter-governmental establishment as well. It simply comprises of a new legal system in international law to serve the mutual needs of social and economic privileges of the Member States.

European Union law has gone through a gradual evolution since the last five hundred years, making it into the formidable body that it is today.

There are 3 kinds of EU law: Treaties, Institutional acts and case laws.

The European Union, which is abbreviated as the EU, makes three types of Union law, namely treaties, institutional acts and case laws. Treaties are made by the member states of the European Union. They are the primary sources of law for the EU.

Institutional acts are a combination of regulations, directives, decisions, recommendations and opinions which are made by the EU institutions. They are the secondary sources of law. Case laws are defined as the interpretation of treaties and institutional acts which are carried out by the European Court of Justice (which is abbreviated as the ECJ) and the Court of First Instance (which is abbreviated as the CFI).

The whole body of the European Union, when taken together, is called acquis communautaire. It is broken into thirty-one chapters for the purpose of accession negotiations.