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The european community as a new legal order.
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THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY AS A NEW LEGAL ORDER Litini Newcombe "The Community constitutes a new legal order in international law, for whose benefit the States have limited their sovereign rights, albeit within limited fields, and the subjects of which comprise not only the member states but also their nationals." Van Gend en Loos (1963) ECR 1 One of the features that makes the EC unique in international law is the power entrusted by the Member States to the institutions to enact legislation. Article 249 EC provides that the institutions can enact secondary legislation in the form of Regulations, Directives and Procedures. The EC Treaty and the secondary legislation both give rise to 'rights' which are enforceable. Different articles of the EC treaty also confer power to make legislation in specific fields, e.g. Article 39 confers a right on any EU national to work in another Member State and this can be enforced by...
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