European Security Legislation

EU: Types of legislation

Types of legislation | European Union

• Regulations
• Directives
• Decisions
• Recommendations
• Opinions

Structure of EU regulation

The regulation starts with recitals (🇩🇪 Erwägungsgründe). Those are listed as a numbered list:

(1) xyz

(2) zxy

...

The recitals of a EU regulation are not legally binding (European Court of Justice Case C-345/13).
– 🇩🇪 Source: Kurzinformation Bedeutung der Erwägungsgründe bei der Umsetzung von Richtlinien