Direct effect is entirely adequate for enforcing EU measures in national courts. There was no need for the Court of Justice to have developed indirect effect and state liability. They should be abolished. Critically analyse the above statement with

Case List: Supremacy and Direct Effect
Supremacy and Direct Effect

Van Gend en Loos

Case 26/62, NV Algemene Transport – en Expeditie Onderneming van Gend en Loos v Nederlandse Administratie der Belastingen [1963] ECR 1
Supremacy

Case 6/64, Costa v E.N.E.L. [1964] ECR 585
Case 11/70, Internationale Handelsgesellschaft v Einfuhr und Vorratstelle fr Getreide und Futtermittel [1970] ECR 1125
Case 106/77, Amministrazione delle Finanze dello Stato v Simmenthal SpA [1978] ECR 629
General Conditions for Direct Effect

Van Gend en Loos
Case C-249/94, Cooperativa Agricola Zootecnica S. Antonio v Amministrazione delle finanze dello Stato [1996] ECR I-4373
Direct Effect of Treaty Articles

Van Gend en Loos
Case 57/65, Alfons Ltticke GmbH v Hauptzollamt Saarlouis [1966] ECR 205
Case 2/74, Reyners v The Belgian State [1974] ECR 63
Case 43/75, Defrenne v SABENA (No. 2) [1976] ECR 455
Direct Effect of Regulations

Case 9/70, Franz Grad v Finanzmant Traunstein [1970] ECR 835
Case 43/71, Politi s.a.s. v Ministry for Finance of the Italian Republic [1971] ECR 1039
Case 403/98, Azienda Agricola Monte Arcosu Srl v Regione Autonoma della Sardegna [2001] ECR I-103
Case C-253/00, Antonio Munoz y Cia SA v Frumer Ltd [2002] ECR I-7289
Direct Effect of Decisions

Franz Grad
Case C-80/06, Carp Snc di L. Moleri e V. Corsi v Ecorad Srl [2007] ECR I-4473
Direct Effect of Directives

General
Case 41/74, Van Duyn v Home Office [1974] ECR 1337
Case 51/76, Verbond van Nederlandse Ondernemingen (VNO) v Inspecteur der Invoerrechten en Accijnzen [1977] ECR 113
Case 148/78, Pubblico Ministero v Ratti [1979] ECR 1629
Case 152/84, Marshall v Southampton and South West Area Health Authority (Teaching) (No 1) [1986] ECR 723
Case C-91/92, Dori v Recreb Sri [1994] ECR I-3325
Case C-62/00, Marks & Spencer plc v Commissioners of Customs & Excise [2002] ECR I-6325
Case C-387/02, Criminal Proceedings against Berlusconi [2005] ECR I-3565
Concept of an Emanation of the State
Case 8/81, Becker v Finanzamt Mnster-Innenstadt [1982] ECR 53
Case 222/84, Johnston v Chief Constable of the RUC [1986] ECR 1651
Case 103/88, Fratelli Costanzo Spa v Comune di Milano [1989] ECR I-1839
Case C-188/89, Foster v British Gas plc. [1990] ECR I-3313
Foster v British Gas plc. (No.2) [1991] 2 AC 306
Doughty v Rolls Royce plc. [1992] 1 CMLR 1045
Griffin v South West Water Services Ltd [1995] IRLR 15
National Union of Teachers v Governing Body of St Mary\’s Church of England School (Aided) Junior School [1997] CMLR 630
Cases C-243 to 258/96, Kampelmann v Landschaftsverband Westfalen-Lippe [1997] ECR I-6907
Cases T-172/98 and T-175/98 to T-177/98, Salamander AG, Una Film City Revue GmbH and others v European Parliament and Council of the European Union [2000] ECR II-2487
Case C-157/02, Reiser Internationale Transporte GmbH v Autobahnen und Schellstrassen Finanzierungs AG (Asfinag) [2004] ECR I-1477
Case C-297/03, Sozialhilfeverband Rohrbach v Arbeiterkammer Obersterreich [2005] ECR I-4305
Case C-180/04, Vassallo v Azienda Ospedaliera Ospedale [2006] ECR I-7251
Case C282/10, Dominguez v Centre informatique du Centre Ouest Atlantique [2012] ECR I-0000
Case C-425/12, Portgs – Sociedade de Produo e Distribuio de Gs SA v Ministrio da Agricultura, do Mar, do Ambiente e do Ordenamento do Territrio [2013] ECR I-0000.
Situations in which a Directive can have horizontal effect
Case C-194/94, CIA Security International v Signalson SA [1996] ECR I-2201
Case C-144/04, Mangold v Helm [2005] ECR I-9981

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