The Community acquis or acquis communautaire (; ), sometimes called the EU acquis, and often shortened to acquis, is the accumulated legislation, legal acts, and court decisions which constitute the body of European Union law.

This atrocious war crime was heavily criticised by the whole world and caused Macedonia to lose much of its foreign support especially from the west, the EU and Pakistan governments strongly insisted that the people responsible for this war crime be brought to justice but the four men allegedly responsible for this were cleared of all charges and received a hero ’ s sheared after they left court.

Even the terms méthode champenoise and champagne method were forbidden by an EU court decision in 1994.

Though the EU is still evolving, it already has many attributes of a federal government, such as open internal borders, a directly elected parliament, a court system, an official currency ( Euro ) and a centralized economic policy.

After many court disputes the EU decided to leave 33 % of the flights at Linate until the rail link opened.

The primary role of the court is to externally check if the budget of the European Union has been implemented correctly, in that EU funds have been spent legally and with sound management.

Further, individuals will not be able to take a member state to court for failing to uphold the rights in the Charter unless the member state in question was implementing EU law.

On September 12, 2007, the Luxembourg-based EU court ruled that Olympic should repay a reduced amount of money than the one the EU Commission had ordered.

* EU court upholds antitrust fine against France Telecom unit

Poland's accession to the EU will enable us to take our case to the Strasbourg court for the first time.

The basis of such a duty lies in the nature and object of directly effective Community law rights which are intended to be fully effective throughout the EU, and where, in order to safeguard such a right, it is necessary to grant interim measures, a national court must do so.

Addressing the public criticism expressed following the ECJ's decision and the alleged erosion of Parliamentary sovereignty, Lord Bridge remarked that such comments were " based on a misconception ", and that under the European Communities Act 1972, the law regulating the UK's membership of the EU, it had " always been clear that it was the duty of a United Kingdom court when delivering final judgment, to override any rule of national law found to be in conflict with any directly enforceable rule of Community law.

* When disclosing the information is prohibited by an enactment ; incompatible with an EU obligation ; or would commit a contempt of court ( s. 44 )

However, it later became known that although Lippens, the chairman of the Supervisory Board of Fortis had claimed to have moved heaven and earth at the EU ( only stopping short of taking the EU to court ) to get an extension of the time limit so as to gain bargaining space ( and a better price ) it had not actually applied for an extension.

* Top Portuguese court rejects EU constitution referendum question

* EU court: Turkey violated privacy of Kurdish prisoners 2011

The case was referred by the German higher court to the European Court of Justice, for a determination on whether the Association Agreement between Slovakia and the European Union provided equal rights for Slovakian workers who were living and working legally within the EU.

" Even the EU preliminary statement of 2005 also said "... the polling processes were generally positive.

" Even the EU preliminary statement of 2005 said that "... the polling processes were generally positive.

The EU mission's spokesman in Guinea-Bissau said the EU had to suspend its programme when the mastermind of the mutiny, General Antonio Indjai, became army chief of staff.

Early 2007, the EU had yet to decide how to pay for the system and the project was said to be " in deep crisis " due to lack of more public funds.

This model was said to be found in EU core countries such as Belgium, France, Germany, the Netherlands and Italy, and it is also mirrored and emulated to some extent in the institutions of the EU, due to the relative weight that these countries had in the EU until the EU expansion by the inclusion of 10 new Eastern European member states in 2004.

The Indian Health Minister said the CSE tests were inaccurate, and said that the government's tests found pesticide levels within India's standards but above EU standards.

The accession talks did not follow immediately, however, as the EU said Turkey had to make significant reforms, particularly in the field of human rights, before the talks could begin.

Turunen said the visit was inconclusive, but promising enough for the EU to " analyze " to see if the sanctions imposed on Uzbekistan could be lifted.

Although he was unsure what prompted the invitation to EU officials, he said Uzbekistan is trying to overcome its isolation.

He said Russia-Uzbek relations and possible EU development of Uzbek energy reserves were not " directly " discussed but that " one might assume in the longer run they look forward to EU investment in this area.

For example, it has also been said that competition law in the European Union ( EU ) tends to protect the competitors in the marketplace, even at the expense of market efficiencies and consumers.

EU Competition Commissioner Neelie Kroes said she was " very disappointed " that the collusion took place at the very highest ( boardroom ) level.

There are still unacceptable phrases which, if there had been a smidgen of consistency with what was said at the EU ministers ' meeting, should have convinced people to forgo attending the conference-as we have decided to do, and as the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and The Netherlands have decided to do.

In November 2008, Serbian media reported Pierre Mirel, director of the EU enlargement commission's western Balkans division as saying: " The EU has accepted that the deployment of EULEX has to be approved by the United Nations Security Council, and that the mission has to be neutral and will not be related to the Ahtisaari plan ," Mirel said, following his meeting with Serbia's vice-president Bozidar Djelic.

Jonas Sjoestedt, a Swedish Left member of the EU assembly, said that " this legislation should help the EU to counter recent accusations by the U. S administration that the EU is to blame for the African rejection of GM food aid last year.

In May 2004, Cyprus entered divided the EU, although in practice membership only applies to the southern part of the island which is in the control of the Republic of Cyprus.

" This has strained relations with Egypt's southern neighbors, and with Israel and the members of the EU as these immigrants attempt to move on to wealthier countries.

In the EU it remains a regulated ( quarantine ) pest for the UK, Republic of Ireland, Balearic Islands, Cyprus, Malta and southern parts of Sweden and Finland.

The directive had aimed at opening up the European Single Market to competition amongst service providers but was, after much political pressure from mostly western and southern EU countries, subsequently watered down by the European Parliament.

Emmerich station is located about 1 km southeast of the city center on the double-track electrified “ Holland Route ,” which plays an important role in passenger travel and commercial transport and is therefore treated in the EU as a part of the Trans-European Network in the category “ priority projects which should be begun before 2010 .” In addition to the ICE International from Amsterdam to Frankfurt am Main, the night train CityNightLine to southern Germany, Austria and to Switzerland travels through here with a stop in Emmerich.

The Dutch have been strong advocates of European integration, and most aspects of their foreign, economic, and trade policies are coordinated through the European Union ( EU ).

New law to come in shortly in three provinces first including Maastricht and Eindhoven ( covering other provinces including Amsterdam in 2012 ) only allowing registered members of clubs to go to the cannabis cafes, only Dutch residents who are at least 18 years of age can register but all foreigners will be banned including these from EU states.

Sharia and National Law in Muslim Countries – Tensions and Opportunities for Dutch and EU Foreign Policy – Law, Governance, and Development.

Production was for the Dutch market, but also for export to non EU countries and even for export to the UK if the demand there was higher than the UK production capacity.

This support increased ING's capital ratio above 8 %, however as a condition of Dutch state aid, the EU demanded a number of changes to the company structure.

The actions are in line with EU demands to split the Group's banking and insurance operations as a condition of Dutch state aid ( see below ).

* Dutch Parliament causes EU software patents crisis 2 July 2004, The Inquirer.

The change in Saint Barthélémy's status was made possible by a provision of the Lisbon Treaty which allow the European Council to change the EU status of a Danish, Dutch or French territory on the initiative of the member state concerned.

The inhabitants of the islands are EU citizens owing to their Dutch citizenship, but most of them were not, until recently, entitled to vote in European Parliamentary Elections.

This has been recently ruled to be contrary to EU law by the European Court of Justice as Dutch citizens resident outside the EU, other than those resident in either the former Netherlands Antilles and Aruba, were entitled to vote in the Dutch elections to the European Parliament.

Also, for the municipal election one does not have to be Dutch ; residents who are citizens of another EU country are also eligible to vote, as well as citizens of other countries who have lived ( legally ) in the Netherlands for five years.

Following the beginning of the gradual liberalisation of the European Union ( EU ) internal air transport market in 1987, Dutch flag carrier KLM, a long-standing business partner of Air UK and its predecessor Air Anglia, acquired a 14. 9 % minority stake in Air UK's holding company.

Its editors have included a number of well-known Dutch writers, media figures and politicians, including the polemicist Menno ter Braak, poet and novelist J. Slauerhoff and former EU Commissioner Frits Bolkestein.

For Dutch and EU / EEA students, the tuition fees are fixed at 1, 672 euros per academic year ( 2010 / 2011 ), the same as other universities in the Netherlands.

All fees included, the university administration estimates studying one year at Roosevelt Academy costs 9, 000 Euros for Dutch / EU students and 17, 000 for students from outside the EU / EEA.

* Jaap de Zwaan, Dutch diplomat and negotiator of several European treaties, Professor of EU Law at the Erasmus University Rotterdam

This distinctive academic curriculum provides students with tools to analyse political, economic and judicial aspects of the EU as a region of internal and global interactions. The MSc in EU POlicy is accredited by the Dutch Flemish Accreditation Organisation ( NVAO ).

Because all EU member states needed to ratify the treaty for it to take effect, some regarded the Dutch referendum as irrelevant.

It was the second referendum with a vote in favor of the EU treaty ( after Spain ) and the first referendum since the French and the Dutch voters rejected the EU treaty.