Treaty on European Union - EUR-Lex
The TEU is one of the EU’s primary treaties, alongside the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU). It forms the basis of EU law, by setting out the EU’s purpose, the governance of its central institutions. The TEU is based on the Maastricht Treaty which marked a new stage of European integration by going beyond the original ...
General data protection regulation (GDPR) - EUR-Lex
Jul 1, 2022 · The general data protection regulation (GDPR) protects individuals when their data is being processed by the private sector and most of the public sector. The processing of data by the relevant authorities for law-enforcement purposes is subject to the data protection law enforcement directive (LED) instead (see summary).
Regulation - 2016/679 - EN - gdpr - EUR-Lex
Jul 9, 2015 · Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data, and repealing Directive 95/46/EC (General Data Protection Regulation) (Text with EEA relevance)
Case-law - EUR-Lex
In this section, you can find case-law of the Court of Justice of the European Union, including: Judgments and orders on: cases brought by EU institutions, EU Member States, corporate bodies or individuals against an act or failure to act of an EU institution, body, office or agency. cases brought against EU Member States for failing to fulfil ...
Digital Services Act - EUR-Lex
The Digital Services Act aims to create a safer online environment for consumers and companies in the European Union (EU), with a set of rules designed to: protect consumers and their fundamental rights more effectively; define clear responsibilities for online platforms and social media; deal with illegal content and products, hate speech and ...
Agreement on the European Economic Area | EUR-Lex
The EEA agreement was signed in 1992 between the then 12 EU countries and 6 EFTA countries: Austria, Finland, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, Sweden and Switzerland, although Switzerland later chose to reject the agreement. It entered into force in 1994. In 1995, 3 of the EFTA countries (Austria, Finland and Sweden) joined the EU.
European Union regulations - EUR-Lex
Regulations are legal acts defined by Article 288 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU). They have general application, are binding in their entirety and are directly applicable in EU Member States. It should be noted, however, that some regulations do not apply to all Member States, and that there are exemptions, known ...
Sources of European Union law - EUR-Lex
There are three sources of EU law: primary law, general principles of EU law and secondary law (detailed in the hierarchy of norms). Primary law. The main sources of primary law are the treaties establishing the EU: the TEU, the TFEU and the Treaty on the European Atomic Energy Community (Euratom). These treaties set out the distribution of ...
European Union directives - EUR-Lex
Mar 16, 2022 · A binding act of general application. Article 288 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union states that a directive is binding, as to the result to be achieved, in the Member States to whom it is addressed (one, several or all of them), while leaving national authorities the power to choose the form and methods to achieve the result.
The European Union’s primary law - EUR-Lex
It is the supreme source of law in the European Union (EU). It comes mainly from the founding treaties, notably the Treaty of Rome (which evolved into the Treaty of the Functioning of the European Union) and the Treaty of Maastricht (also called the Treaty on European Union). Primary law sets out the distribution of competences between the EU ...