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Laws created by institutions of the European Community have primacy over the national laws of its member states.
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Mohammed Loonat W200 TMA03 W2917585 Word count 1065 Laws created by institutions of the European Community have primacy over the national laws of its member states. This is the doctrine of supremacy. This fundamental doctrine is not written in any of the founding treaties: it was invented by the European Court of Justice in the van Gend en Loos case, and has been expanded ever since by the same court. The court in this case looked to the creation, by the member states, of Community institutions with sovereign powers to conclude that "the Community constitutes a new legal order, ... the subjects of which comprise not only Member States but also their nationals." The Treaties set out the basic and fundamental objectives and limitations of the Community and its manifestations, and the Court of Justice interprets, asserts and develops them. UK joined membership of the EC in 1973, passing the European communities Act 1972,to...
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