Meaning of Vires | Babel Free

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the state of being either ultra vires or intra vires; the extent of a court's, legislature's, or other government entity's jurisdiction to do something.

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“The United Kingdom, in particular, argued that the adoption of universally applicable rules for determining the law applicable to non-contractual obligations was not necessary for the proper functioning of the Internal Market and that some territorial restriction on the situations to which the Regulation’s rules would apply⟳ was appropriate. Although that position was apparently supported by a legal opinion given by the Council’s legal service (Opinion of the Council Legal Service on the proposal for a Regulation on the law applicable to non-contractual obligations (“ROME II”) of 2 March⟳ 2004, 7015/04), the Commission, with the support⟳ of the vast majority of Member States, fiercely resisted limits of this kind. Its wish⟳ ultimately prevailed, and a challenge⟳ to the vires of the Regulation now appears a remote prospect given the broadening of EU competence in the area of justice by the Lisbon Treaty (see⟳ now art 81 TFEU).”

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