Affiliation:
1. Doc. JUDr. Mária T. Patakyová, PhD., Associate Professor at the Institute of European Law, Faculty of Law , Comenius University in Bratislava , Slovakia .
Abstract
Summary
Protection of individual rights arising from EU law is to a great extent in the hands of national courts. Their role is underlined in cases of imperfect implementation of a directive, where individuals are left at mercy of a euro-conform interpretation. Euro-conform interpretation is not limitless, as, for instance, it shall not be contra legem. However, when exactly is the interpretation contra legem, i.e. impossible? This article shows how intricate euro-conform interpretation may be, using the example of Directive 2008/48/EC on consumer credit agreements, a piece of law much discussed by the ECJ in preliminary rulings. Even if the proper way of interpretation is shown by the Supreme Court of a Member State, individuals may still find it difficult, even impossible, to enforce their rights arising from EU law. The aim of this article is to show how the euro-conform interpretation works in practice.
Subject
Law,General Economics, Econometrics and Finance,Political Science and International Relations
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