EU hard law: hierarchy, types, and opportunities

Customs Compliance & Risk Management, Issue 7, February / March 2021
Monika Bielskienė
Monika Bielskienė
Attorney at Law, Senior Manager at PwC Lithuania, and Candidate PhD at Vytautas Magnus University, Lithuania
Published 27 Feb 2021
EU hard law: hierarchy, types, and opportunities

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Overviews and comments
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Sources of European Union (EU) law can be classified according to their binding nature. 'Hard law' defines binding legislation, and 'soft law' includes non-obligatory guidelines, recommendations, opinions. Andrius Košel has published an excellent article on soft law and here we will examine hierarchy and types of hard law, as well as opportunities in its application.