COM(2010)573 - Strategy for the effective implementation of the Charter of Fundamental Rights by the EU

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Key information

official title

COMMUNICATION FROM THE COMMISSION Strategy for the effective implementation of the Charter of Fundamental Rights by the European Union
 
Legal instrument Communication
Decision making procedure Own-initiative procedure (INI)
reference by COM-number57 COM(2010)573 EN
Additional COM-numbers COM(2010)573
procedure number59 2009/2161(INI)
CELEX number60 52010DC0573

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Document 19-10-2010
Online publication 19-10-2010

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  • 1. 
    Article 6(1) of the Treaty on European Union (TEU). In addition, Article 6(3) reaffirms that fundamental rights as guaranteed by the European Convention on Human Rights and as they result from the constitutional traditions common to the Member States are general principles of EU law.

     
  • 2. 
    Article 6(2) TEU.

     
  • 3. 
    European Parliament resolution of 25 November 2009 on the Communication from the Commission
     
  • 4. 
    Stockholm Programme, OJ C 115, 4.5.2010.

     
  • 5. 
    Text of the solemn undertaking: I solemnly undertake: - to respect the Treaties and the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union in the fulfilment of all my duties; - to be completely independent in carrying out my responsibilities, in the general interest of the Union; - in the performance of my tasks, neither to seek nor to take instructions from any Government or from any other institution, body, office or entity; - to refrain from any action incompatible with my duties or the performance of my tasks. I formally note the undertaking of each Member State to respect this principle and not to seek to influence Members of the Commission in the performance of their tasks. I further undertake to respect, both during and after my term of office, the obligation arising therefrom, and in particular the duty to behave with integrity and discretion as regards the acceptance, after I have ceased to hold office, of certain appointments or benefits .

     
  • 6. 
    The Charter was solemnly proclaimed by Parliament, the Council and the Commission in Nice on 7 December 2000. On 12 December 2007 the Presidents of Parliament, the Council and the European Commission signed and once again solemnly proclaimed the Charter. This second proclamation was necessary because the Charter proclaimed in 2000 had been amended to make it legally binding.

     
  • 7. 
    The rights and principles enshrined in the Charter stem from the constitutional traditions and international conventions common to the Member States, the European Convention on Human Rights, the Social Charters adopted by the Community and the Council of Europe, and the case law of the Court of Justice of the Union and the European Court of Human Rights.

     
  • 8. 
    Article 6(1) of the Treaty on European Union (TEU). In addition, Article 6(3) reaffirms that fundamental rights as guaranteed by the European Convention on Human Rights and as they result from the constitutional traditions common to the Member States are general principles of EU law.

     
  • 9. 
    Article 6(1) of the Treaty on European Union (TEU). In addition, Article 6(3) reaffirms that fundamental rights as guaranteed by the European Convention on Human Rights and as they result from the constitutional traditions common to the Member States are general principles of EU law.

     
  • 10. 
    See Section I.3.

     
  • 11. 
    Article 51(2) of the Charter states that it does not extend the field of application of Union law beyond the powers of the Union or establish any new power or task for the Union, or modify powers and tasks as defined in the Treaties.

     
  • 12. 
    Article 6(2) TEU.

     
  • 13. 
    All the Member States have acceded to the main United Nations conventions on human rights, and the Council has adopted a decision on the conclusion by the European Community of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, OJ L 23, 27.1.10, p.35.

     
  • 14. 
    The ban on torture, for example.

     
  • 15. 
    Article 52 (2) of the Charter.

     
  • 16. 
    Commission communication
     
  • 17. 
    Report on the practical operation of the methodology for a systematic and rigorous monitoring of compliance with the Charter of fundamental rights, COM(2009) 205 final of 29.4.2009.

     
  • 18. 
    Impact Assessment Guidelines, SEC(2009) 92 of 15.1.2009.

     
  • 19. 
    In its Communication on Smart Regulation in the European Union (COM(2010) 543 final of 7.10.2010), the Commission stressed that in order to reflect the new status of the Charter it will reinforce the assessment of impacts on fundamental rights and develop operational guidelines on the matter.

     
  • 20. 
    Article 2.1

     
  • 21. 
    Point 3.4 of the report of 29.4.2009.

     
  • 22. 
    Council document 14901/05 of 24.11.2005.

     
  • 23. 
    The areas of judicial cooperation in criminal matters and police and administrative cooperation in the area of freedom, security and justice (Article 76 TFEU).

     
  • 24. 
    For example, a connecting factor exists when national legislation transposes a Union Directive in a way contrary to fundamental rights, when a public authority applies Union law in a manner contrary to fundamental rights or when a final decision of a national court applies or interprets the Union law in a way contrary to the fundamental rights.

     
  • 25. 
    The conditions for implementing this mechanism are explained in the Commission communication on Article 7 TEU on Article 7 of the Treaty on European Union - Respect for and promotion of the values on which the Union is based, COM(2003) 606 final of 15.10.2003.

     
  • 26. 
    When young people between 15 and 18 were asked which problems might be encountered by under 18s seeking to defend their rights; Flash Eurobarometer No 273, May 2009, The Rights of the Child.

     
  • 27. 
    EU-MIDIS European Union Minorities and Discrimination Survey.

     
  • 28. 
    See, for example, Human rights and democracy in the world: report on EU action - July 2008 to December 2009 .

     
  • 29. 
    Article 6(1) of the Treaty on European Union (TEU). In addition, Article 6(3) reaffirms that fundamental rights as guaranteed by the European Convention on Human Rights and as they result from the constitutional traditions common to the Member States are general principles of EU law.

     
  • 30. 
    Article 6(2) TEU.

     
  • 31. 
    European Parliament resolution of 25 November 2009 on the Communication from the Commission
     
  • 32. 
    Stockholm Programme, OJ C 115, 4.5.2010.

     
  • 33. 
    Text of the solemn undertaking: I solemnly undertake: - to respect the Treaties and the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union in the fulfilment of all my duties; - to be completely independent in carrying out my responsibilities, in the general interest of the Union; - in the performance of my tasks, neither to seek nor to take instructions from any Government or from any other institution, body, office or entity; - to refrain from any action incompatible with my duties or the performance of my tasks. I formally note the undertaking of each Member State to respect this principle and not to seek to influence Members of the Commission in the performance of their tasks. I further undertake to respect, both during and after my term of office, the obligation arising therefrom, and in particular the duty to behave with integrity and discretion as regards the acceptance, after I have ceased to hold office, of certain appointments or benefits .

     
  • 34. 
    The Charter was solemnly proclaimed by Parliament, the Council and the Commission in Nice on 7 December 2000. On 12 December 2007 the Presidents of Parliament, the Council and the European Commission signed and once again solemnly proclaimed the Charter. This second proclamation was necessary because the Charter proclaimed in 2000 had been amended to make it legally binding.

     
  • 35. 
    The rights and principles enshrined in the Charter stem from the constitutional traditions and international conventions common to the Member States, the European Convention on Human Rights, the Social Charters adopted by the Community and the Council of Europe, and the case law of the Court of Justice of the Union and the European Court of Human Rights.

     
  • 36. 
    Article 6(1) of the Treaty on European Union (TEU). In addition, Article 6(3) reaffirms that fundamental rights as guaranteed by the European Convention on Human Rights and as they result from the constitutional traditions common to the Member States are general principles of EU law.

     
  • 37. 
    Article 6(1) of the Treaty on European Union (TEU). In addition, Article 6(3) reaffirms that fundamental rights as guaranteed by the European Convention on Human Rights and as they result from the constitutional traditions common to the Member States are general principles of EU law.

     
  • 38. 
    See Section I.3.

     
  • 39. 
    Article 51(2) of the Charter states that it does not extend the field of application of Union law beyond the powers of the Union or establish any new power or task for the Union, or modify powers and tasks as defined in the Treaties.

     
  • 40. 
    Article 6(2) TEU.

     
  • 41. 
    All the Member States have acceded to the main United Nations conventions on human rights, and the Council has adopted a decision on the conclusion by the European Community of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, OJ L 23, 27.1.10, p.35.

     
  • 42. 
    The ban on torture, for example.

     
  • 43. 
    Article 52 (2) of the Charter.

     
  • 44. 
    Commission communication
     
  • 45. 
    Report on the practical operation of the methodology for a systematic and rigorous monitoring of compliance with the Charter of fundamental rights, COM(2009) 205 final of 29.4.2009.

     
  • 46. 
    Impact Assessment Guidelines, SEC(2009) 92 of 15.1.2009.

     
  • 47. 
    In its Communication on Smart Regulation in the European Union (COM(2010) 543 final of 7.10.2010), the Commission stressed that in order to reflect the new status of the Charter it will reinforce the assessment of impacts on fundamental rights and develop operational guidelines on the matter.

     
  • 48. 
    Article 2.1

     
  • 49. 
    Point 3.4 of the report of 29.4.2009.

     
  • 50. 
    Council document 14901/05 of 24.11.2005.

     
  • 51. 
    The areas of judicial cooperation in criminal matters and police and administrative cooperation in the area of freedom, security and justice (Article 76 TFEU).

     
  • 52. 
    For example, a connecting factor exists when national legislation transposes a Union Directive in a way contrary to fundamental rights, when a public authority applies Union law in a manner contrary to fundamental rights or when a final decision of a national court applies or interprets the Union law in a way contrary to the fundamental rights.

     
  • 53. 
    The conditions for implementing this mechanism are explained in the Commission communication on Article 7 TEU on Article 7 of the Treaty on European Union - Respect for and promotion of the values on which the Union is based, COM(2003) 606 final of 15.10.2003.

     
  • 54. 
    When young people between 15 and 18 were asked which problems might be encountered by under 18s seeking to defend their rights; Flash Eurobarometer No 273, May 2009, The Rights of the Child.

     
  • 55. 
    EU-MIDIS European Union Minorities and Discrimination Survey.

     
  • 56. 
    See, for example, Human rights and democracy in the world: report on EU action - July 2008 to December 2009
     
  • 57. 
    De Europese Commissie kent nummers toe aan officiële documenten van de Europese Unie. De Commissie maakt onderscheid in een aantal typen documenten door middel van het toekennen van verschillende nummerseries. Het onderscheid is gebaseerd op het soort document en/of de instelling van de Unie van wie het document afkomstig is.
     
  • 58. 
    De Raad van de Europese Unie kent aan wetgevingsdossiers een uniek toe. Dit nummer bestaat uit een vijfcijferig volgnummer gevolgd door een schuine streep met de laatste twee cijfers van het jaartal, bijvoorbeeld 12345/00 - een document met nummer 12345 uit het jaar 2000.
     
  • 59. 
    Het interinstitutionele nummer is een nummerreeks die binnen de Europese Unie toegekend wordt aan voorstellen voor regelgeving van de Europese Commissie.
    Binnen de Europese Unie worden nog een aantal andere nummerseries gebruikt. Iedere instelling heeft één of meerdere sets documenten met ieder een eigen nummering. Die reeksen komen niet overeen met elkaar of het interinstitutioneel nummer.
     
  • 60. 
    Deze databank van de Europese Unie biedt de mogelijkheid de actuele werkzaamheden (workflow) van de Europese instellingen (Europees Parlement, Raad, ESC, Comité van de Regio's, Europese Centrale Bank, Hof van Justitie enz.) te volgen. EURlex volgt alle voorstellen (zoals wetgevende en begrotingsdossiers) en mededelingen van de Commissie, vanaf het moment dat ze aan de Raad of het Europees Parlement worden voorgelegd.
     
  • 61. 
    Als dag van bekendmaking van een Europees besluit geldt de dag waarop het besluit in het Publicatieblad wordt bekendgemaakt, en daardoor in alle officiële talen van de Europese Unie bij het Publicatiebureau beschikbaar is.