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German Membership in Supranational and International Organizations after the Maastricht and AWACS/Somalia Decisions of the Federal Constitutional Court

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 February 2017

Rudolf Streinz*
Affiliation:
University of Bayreuth, Faculty of Law and Economics

Abstract

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International Organizations and National Law
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Copyright © American Society of International Law 1995

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References

1 87 UNTS 103; 604 UNTS 296; 777 UNTS 322; 793 UNTS 350.

2 985 UNTS 351.

3 298 UNTS 11.

4 523 UNTS 117.

5 37 BVerfGE 271 at 279–Solange-Cuse; see also 73 BVerfGE 339 at 376–Solange //-Case. English translation, as hereinafter in all cases if not stated otherwise, according to Decisions of the Bundesverfassungsgericht, Federal Constitutional Court, Federal Republic of Germany, Vol. 1 part I and II, Int’l Law and Law of the European Communities, 1992.

6 34 UNTS 243; 126 UNTS 350; 243 UNTS 308.

7 90 BVerfGE 286 at 345 et sequ.—AWACS and Somalia case.

8 Cf. ibid., p. 347, with further references.

9 Cf. H.D. Jarass, in: Jarass/Pieroth, Grundgesetz, Kommentar, 3d ed, Art. 23, No. 1.

10 89 BVerfGE 155, Maastricht Treaty case.

11 90 BVerfGE 286.

12 1993 Bundesgesetzblatt 1473.

13 89 BVerfGE 155 at 210 and note 6.

14 Council Directive 89/552/EEC of 30 October 1989, OJ 1989 L 298, p. 23, corr. OJ 1989 L 331, p. 51.

15 BVerfG, Decision of 22 March 1995, 2 BvG 1/89, 1995 EuZW277.

16 Cf. ECJ, Case C-280/93 Bundesrepublik DeutschlandlRat, 1994 EuZW 688 and BVerfG, Decision of 25 January 1995, 1995 EuZW 126.

17 35 BVerfGE 257 at 262; 36 BVerfGE 1 at 14.

18 30 BVerfGE 272 at 284 et sequ., 72 BVerfGE 200 at 275. German-Swiss Double Taxation Agreement cases. The retroactivity of tax law provisions violated the principle of rule of law (Art. 20, para. 3 BL).

18 36 BVerfGE 1.

20 4 BVerfGE 157 at 168 et sequ.

21 1992 BGB1. II 1251.

22 1992 BGB1. I 2086.

23 89 BVerfGE 155 at 184 and note 8. Translation by K. Michos-Ederer, in: I. Winkelmann (Ed.), Das Maastricht-Urteil des Bundesverfassungsgerichts vom 12 Oktober 1993. Dokumentation des Verfahrens mit EinfUhrung, 1994, p. 751 et sequ. For the notion "Staatenverbund," coined by the FCC itself, see ibid., p. 752, footnote 3.

24 Cf. Art. 87a para. 2 BL. This means “action.

25 68 BVerfGE 1 at 86 and sequ.

26 Cf. 90 BVerfGE 286 at 381 and sequ.