1. Sources of EU law PRIMARY SOURCES - Founding Treaties
- General Principles of EU Law
SECONDARY SOURCES
- Legal acts enacted by EU institutions
- International Agreements
CASE-LAW OF THE CJEU

2. TYPES OF LEGAL ACTS OF EU INSTITUTIONS
Article 288 TFEU:
Regulation (Uredbe)
Directives (Direktive)
Decisions (Odluke)
Recommendations (Preporuke)
Opinions (Mišljenja)

3. Differences between legal acts
Regulation
Directive
Decision
Opinion/Recommendation
adresees
General public (adresees not specified)
All Member States or just some Member States
General public, Member States (all or some) or individuals
Member States, Individuals
Legally binding nature
Legally binding in its entirety + direct effect
Legally binding on MS + vertical direct effect
Legally binding on its adresees
Not binding

4. NEW SYSTEMATISATION OF ACTS : LEGISLATIVE AND NON-LEGISLATIVE ACTS
Leigislative Acts
- Those adopted in the legislative procedure (ordinary or special)
- Form: Regulation/Directive/Decision
2. Non-legislative Acts
Delegated
Legislative act delegates power to the Commission
Form: delegated Regulation/Directive/Decision
Implementing
EU law is in principle implemented by Member States
Exceptionally: Commission or Council may adopt implementing acts, if necessary for uniform implementation
Form: implementing Regulation/Directive/Decision

5. Difference delegated/implementing acts
Main difference is in the control over Commission:
In delegation, delegating body controls Commission’s powers
In implementation, Member States control Commission through comitology procedure