Transcript Article 54 CISA: Are UK courts bound?

Article 54 CISA: Are UK
courts bound?
Estella Baker
Professor of European Criminal Law & Justice
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Contents
• Article 54 CISA under EU law
• The UK opt in
• EU side
• UK side
• Are UK courts bound?
• Legal effect (& do we have an accurate
translation)?
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Article 54 CISA under EU law
• Schengen Agreement 1985 & CISA 1990
• Treaty of Amsterdam, Protocol No.2 to the ECT &
TEU
• Council decisions 1999/435/EC & 1999/436/EC
• Annex 2: revised legal basis - Articles 34 & 31 TEU(A),
ie third pillar law
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But UK (& Eire) does not
participate in Schengen..???
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The UK opt in – EU side
• Council decisions 2000/365/EC, 2004/926/EC
(& 2010/779/EU)
• Legal effect
• International law
• Article 4(3) TEU(L) (ex Article 10 EC)
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The UK opt in – UK side
• ECA 1972 as amended by EC(A)A 1998
• “Transposition”
• Criminal Justice Act 2003, s 76(4)
• Double Jeopardy (Scotland) Act 2011, s 10
• “Do we have an accurate translation…?”
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Legal effect
• Not supreme over domestic law but Case C105/03 Pupino
• Direct effect? State liability in damages?
• No Article 35 TEU(A) preliminary rulings from
UK
• Protocol 36 & the UK opt out but Article 50
CFR & ECHR, Protocol 7, Article 4
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Thank you for listening!
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