Transposition (law)

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In

secondary legislation
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The

gold-plating" (exceeding the requirements of the directive), "double-banking" (overlapping between existing national laws and the transposed directive), or "regulatory creep" (overzealous enforcement or a state of uncertainty in the status of the regulation).[3]

The European Commission may bring a case in the European Court of Justice against states which have not transposed directives adequately.[4] Additionally, any individual or business in a Member State may lodge a complaint with the Commission about the incorrect or delayed transposition of an EU directive or "for any measure (law, regulation or administrative action) or practice attributable to a Member State which they consider incompatible with a provision or a principle of EU law".[5]

The Commission publishes an annual report summarising how EU law has been transposed, with statistics on the numbers and types of infringements, per country and sector.[6]

References

  1. ^ "Better Regulation Glossary" (PDF). European Commission. Retrieved 2019-10-12.
  2. ^ "EUROPA - Glossary - Monitoring the application of Community law". Archived from the original on 2009-01-16. Retrieved 2009-01-17.
  3. ISBN 978-9290798859
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  4. ^ "Infringements of EU law". European Commission. Retrieved 29 September 2013.
  5. ^ "Exercise your rights". European Commission. Archived from the original on 4 October 2013. Retrieved 29 September 2013.
  6. ^ "Annual reports on monitoring the application of EU law". European Commission. Retrieved 6 December 2018.


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