{"id":480,"date":"2013-02-13T14:01:05","date_gmt":"2013-02-13T14:01:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hum.port.ac.uk\/europeanstudieshub\/?page_id=480"},"modified":"2017-06-02T10:49:57","modified_gmt":"2017-06-02T10:49:57","slug":"primary-law","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/hum.port.ac.uk\/europeanstudieshub\/learning\/module-3-governance-in-a-multi-level-europe\/primary-law\/","title":{"rendered":"Primary law"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Put simply, primary law of the EU derives from the treaties. In module two we noted that the EU was run by its treaties. Exactly the same idea applies here. Without the treaties there is no EU and contained in the treaties are the \u2018substantive rules\u2019 that determine how the EU is run.<\/p>\n<p>To summarise, primary law is composed of \u2013<\/p>\n<p>a)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The founding treaties (the treaties that created the European Communities and the EU in the first place) such as the Treaty of Rome or the Treaty on European Union (Maastricht).<\/p>\n<p>b)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The major amending treaties (those treaties that change or add to founding treaties \u2013 the Treaty of Amsterdam and the Treaty of Lisbon for example)<\/p>\n<p>c)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Protocols (parts of EU law added to the end of treaties)<\/p>\n<p>d)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Treaties on Accession that set out what states must do to meet accession requirements.<\/p>\n<p>Copies of the major sources of primary law can be found at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/eur-lex.europa.eu\/collection\/eu-law\/treaties.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">the following website<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Put simply, primary law of the EU derives from the treaties. 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