PREISPITIVANjE ULTRA VIRES AKTA EVROPSKOG SUDA PRAVDE – SLUČAJ Mangold/Honeywell (2010) PRED NEMAČKIM SAVEZNIM USTAVNIM SUDOM

Novičić Žaklina (Истраживач-сарадник, Институт за међународну политику и привреду, Београд),

German Federal Constitutional Court (FCC) published its long awaited decision in highly controversial Honeywell case (26.08.2010). The case concerned the question whether the European Court of Justice (ECJ) went beyond its competences in Mangold case (22.11.2005) and whether the FCC should, therefore, declares that the said decision of ECJ is an ultra vires act. The FCC confirmed a Mangold ruling by the ECJ, but also once again confirmed that it has the final say when it comes to ruling upon ultra vires acts of EU institutions.

Keywords: Ultra vires, exceed one’s competences, prohibition of discrimination based on age, direct horizontal effect of EU directives and of general principles