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ID No. 02203691 European Union Law (LS2011) Question 4: Discuss the Importance of the Doctrine of Supremacy. Throughout the 1960's a transformation of the European Economic Community (EEC) was in progression, this resulted in the birth of the European Court of Justice (ECJ). This process was known as, 'constitutionalisation'. The intention of the ECJ was to put into practice and bring force to the terms and the amendments of the Treaty of Rome which established the European Economic Community. The aim of the ECJ was to try to create "a uniform common market between different States"1. However, the premise of this aim "would be undermined if Community laws could be made subordinate to the national laws of various States."2 And this would "lead inevitably to the destruction of the unity of the Common Market".3 The integrity of EC law is ensured by its supremacy over national law. This is one...

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