I shall look it out. It sounds interesting .. and perhaps somewhat
prophetic?
Nigel
Andrew Charlesworth wrote:
> I co-authored an article on legal basis challenges back in 1999 in the
> Common Market Law Review, which while rather technical, gives an
> overview of how and, more importantly, why, legal basis challenges occur:
>
> Charlesworth A. and H. Cullen "Diplomacy by Other Means: The Use of
> Legal Basis Litigation as a Political Strategy by the European
> Parliament and Member States" (1999) 36 Common Market Law Review 1243 -
> 1270.
>
> Best wishes
>
> Andrew
>
> --On 09 June 2006 11:03 +0100 Nigel Roberts <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
>> The decision on APD is a highly technical one. It is founded on the fact
>> that the Council and the Commission did not have a legal basis for making
>> the agreement with the USA. It is a form of judicial review of (European)
>> executive action.
>>
>> What is really interesting about the case is the activist way the ECJ
>> (Luxembourg) appear to be considering matters which are the purview of
>> the ECtHR (Strasbourg) in reaching their decision.
>>
>> Now there are are two possibilities post September.
>>
>> 1. That the Commission and the Council attempt to cobble together another
>> legal justification for their agreement, and we go round the circle
>> again.
>>
>> 2. That it is recognised that there ARE no legal powers available, and
>> there has to come a proposal for a Regulation (preferred to a Directive)
>> on passenger data handling.
>>
>>
>>
>> Nigel
>>
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