Agreements, laws, decisions

Regulations, recommendations, communications

Regulations, directives and decisions

Recommendations, directives, proposals

The Court of Justice

The Council of the EU

The European Parliament

The European Council

The Netherlands, Czech Republic, Luxemburg, France, Estonia

Lithuania, Croatia, Portugal, Italy, Belgium

Moldova, Romania, Austria, Greece, Spain

Latvia, Finland, Ireland, Slovenia, Slovakia

The proposal and adoption of the EU legislative acts

The imposition of sanctions to the EU Member States

The judicial review of legislative acts

The adoption of the EU legislative acts, jointly with the Council

Everybody is accountable before the law

The law is right

Only the citizens are accountable to law

Only the government is accountable to law

Lawful acts designed to injure the wrongdoing State

Sanctions for individuals

Judgements

Acts that would normally be illegal but that are made legal by a prior illegal act committed by another State

The settlement of a dispute by mutual and friendly agreement 

An intervention between parties to promote settlement or compromise

The process of resolving a dispute outside the court system by presenting it to an impartial third party or a panel for a decision

A proceeding before a Court

Admitted

Without disadvantages

Prohibited

Often used in the national legal systems

Lawful acts designed to injure the wrongdoing State

Sanctions for individuals

Judgements

Acts that would normally be illegal but that are made legal by a prior illegal act committed by another State

The settlement of a dispute by mutual and friendly agreement 

An intervention between parties to promote settlement or compromise

The process of resolving a dispute outside the court system by presenting it to an impartial third party or a panel for a decision

A proceeding before a Court