Verwerfungsmonopol des EuGH und Soft Law (The CJEU's monopoly on declarations of invalidity and soft law)

12 Pages Posted: 23 Dec 2024 Last revised: 24 Dec 2024

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Sebastian Scholz

University of Graz - Faculty of Law

Date Written: December 16, 2024

Abstract

German Abstract: In seiner zu verbindlichen Unionsakten geprägten Foto-Frost-Rechtsprechung beansprucht der EuGH das Verwerfungsmonopol für Sekundärrecht. Demnach sind sämtliche (auch nicht-letztinstanzliche) Gerichte iSd Art 267 AEUV verpflichtet, Gültigkeitsvorlagen an den EuGH zu stellen, wenn sie Sekundärrecht als primärrechtswidrig erachten und unangewendet lassen wollen. Der Beitrag geht der umstrittenen Frage nach, ob diese Vorlagepflicht auch für EU-Soft Law gilt, das nicht zwingend befolgt, aber berücksichtigt werden muss.

English Abstract: In its Foto-Frost case law on binding European Union acts, the CJEU claims a monopoly to declare secondary law invalid. Accordingly, all courts (including those not of last instance) within the meaning of Art 267 TFEU are obliged to make referrals to the CJEU if they consider secondary law to be in breach of primary law and wish to leave it unapplied. The article examines the controversial question of whether this obligation to refer to the CJEU also applies to EU soft law, which does not necessarily have to be followed but must be taken into consideration.

Keywords: Soft Law, Berücksichtigungspflichten, Foto-Frost-Judikatur, Verwerfungsmonopol

Suggested Citation

Scholz, Sebastian, Verwerfungsmonopol des EuGH und Soft Law (The CJEU's monopoly on declarations of invalidity and soft law)
(December 16, 2024). Graz Law Working Paper No. 14-2024, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=5068068 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.5068068

Sebastian Scholz (Contact Author)

University of Graz - Faculty of Law ( email )

Austria

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