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- Title
- Summary – relevant catchwords categorising the case, taken from the EURO-VOC Thesaurus
- Document Number – the document’s unique CELEX number
- Document Reference – the document’s Official Journal Reference
- Document Type – e.g. Directive, Parliamentary Question, etc.
- Recently Amended By - the three most recent EU legislative documents that have altered the instant legislation
- Implementing SIs – how the Directive is implemented in UK law
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Legislative Base
This view lists the provisions which empower the Commission and the Parliament to legislate on the subject matter which the Directive concerns. These will almost invariably be Treaty Articles.
Earlier Proposals
This view lists the prior legislative proposals which form the basis of the instant provision.
Legislative Citations
This view lists the prior legislative provisions cited in the text of the instant provision, but which do not form part of the Legislative Base and which are not amended by the instant provision.
Amended Items
This view lists the previous legislative provisions amended by the instant provision.
ECJ Citing Cases
This view lists the judgments of the European courts, including the Court of Justice, the General Court and the Civil Service Tribunal.
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Prior to the Lisbon Treaty, the Court of Justice was called the European Court of Justice and the General Court was called the Court of First Instance.
Other Citing Cases
This view lists cases from any series indexed by JustCite which add to the learning on the interpretation or application of the instant provision. Many of these come from the Caselex service, which aims to collate decisions of the domestic courts of the Member States on points of law where the EU has competence to legislate.
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Amending Items
This view lists subsequent EU provisions which amend the instant provision. In addition to any substantive amendments, it is not unusual to find one or more corrigenda under this View. Corrigenda are documents which correct minor errors in the text of one or more versions of the instant provision, such as mistranslations, typing errors and spelling mistakes.
Subsequent Legislation
This view lists subsequent EU provisions for which the instant provision forms part of the Legislative Base.
Subsequent Legislative Citations
This view lists subsequent EU provisions which cite the instant provision but for which the instant provision does not form part of the Legislative Base and which do not amend the instant provision.
Future Proposals
This view lists subsequent EU legislative proposals which are based upon or which affect the instant provision.
Implementing SIs
This view lists the Statutory Instruments which implement the instant provision in UK law pursuant to s2 European Communities Act 1972.
Articles
This view lists journal articles referencing the instant provision.