Unit 4: Organisations, Competition and Environment
The Decision-Making Process and Directives
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What is the decision making process within the European Union?
What are directives?
Decision Making in the EU
Community Law
Community Law is created by:
- treaties and conventions
- regulations
- directives
- decisions
Treaties & Conventions
- Member nations create new laws when they sign major treaties and conventions.
- Treaty of Rome (1957)
- European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights (1950)
- Treaty of European Union (1992)
- Amsterdam Treaty (1997)
Regulations
- Regulations are issued by the Council of Ministers or the Commission.
- Regulations automatically become Community Law.
- All member nations must obey them.
Directives
- Directives are issued by the Council of Ministers or the Commission.
- They are binding on the member states.
- The exact details are left up to the individual governments of the member states.
Decisions
- Decisions are issued by the Council of Ministers and are made about specific matters and relate to specific people, companies, etc.
- They are binding on those people.
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