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15 July 1964 | Costa/ENEL ruling. A groundbreaking case that established the principle of primacy of EU law over the laws of EU countries.
Or how an unpaid electricity bill led to one of the key principles of EU law.
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Or how an unpaid electricity bill led to one of the key principles of EU law.
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The judgment concerned an Italian law which nationalised the production and distribution of electrical energy.
Mr. Costa, in the course of a dispute over his electricity bill (1925 lire) invoked the incompatibility of this law with the EEC Treaty.
Mr. Costa, in the course of a dispute over his electricity bill (1925 lire) invoked the incompatibility of this law with the EEC Treaty.
