The Commission, together with the Court of
Justice, is responsible for making sure that
EU law is properly applied in all the member
states. EU community law, to the extent that
is part of the national law or it affects
the national law, is considered as incorporated
in all practice areas such as citizens' rights;
ensuring freedom, security and justice; job
creation; regional development and environmental
protection.
Moreover,
European Criminal Law covers the field of
issuing European arrest warrants, seeking
or defending extradition requests filed
for or against member states and cooperating
with Europol for enforcing specific measures
that the National Courts impose.
The member states
often vote laws and regulations that lead
to a direct or indirect conflict to community
law. Thus, violations of the national law
affects the interests of citizens and companies
in several economic practice areas in the
EU internal market, such as citizens' rights,
freedom of circulation of goods and services,
competition, taxation and transportation.
In these
cases, the EU law provides many means
of defense against the EU member state
that infringed the law: A complaint
can be filed before the European Commission
asking for compensation and ruling
against the State. A “reasoned opinion”
is then being issued by the EC and
the case is being brought in front
of the European Court of Justice (CURIAE)
for a final decision.
Our attorneys practice
European Law systematically for consultation
as well as litigation in several serious
matters.
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The firm together
with its corresponding office in Brussels
handles numerous different petitions to
the European Community covering all major
fields of Community law such as Fundamental
rights, Taxation and Customary Practices,
Enforcement of Community Provisions and
Justice. Prof. Asprogerakas – Grivas
& Partners in Law is generally
accepted as of the best known in the field
of Competition before the European Commission’s
Competition Department.
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