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Document 61971CJ0048
Summary of the Judgment
Summary of the Judgment
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1 . COMMUNITY LAW - APPLICATION - GENERAL PRINCIPLES
2 . MEMBER STATES - RIGHTS AND POWERS - TRANSFER TO THE COMMUNITY - SOVEREIGNTY - LIMITATION - DEFINITIVE NATURE
1 . THE ATTAINMENT OF THE OBJECTIVES OF THE COMMUNITY REQUIRES THAT THE RULES OF COMMUNITY LAW ESTABLISHED BY THE TREATY ITSELF OR ARISING FROM PROCEDURES WHICH IT HAS INSTITUTED ARE FULLY APPLICABLE AT THE SAME TIME AND WITH IDENTICAL EFFECTS OVER THE WHOLE TERRITORY OF THE COMMUNITY WITHOUT THE MEMBER STATES BEING ABLE TO PLACE ANY OBSTACLES IN THE WAY .
2 . THE GRANT MADE BY MEMBER STATES TO THE COMMUNITY OF RIGHTS AND POWERS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THE TREATY INVOLVES A DEFINITIVE LIMITATION ON THEIR SOVEREIGN RIGHTS AND NO PROVISIONS WHATSOEVER OF NATIONAL LAW MAY BE INVOKED TO OVERRIDE THIS LIMITATION .