An Analysis of Technical Rules for Legislation of the European Union and the Republic of Estonia

According to Article 1, Subsection 1 of Technical Rules for Draft Legislation of the Republic of Estonia, draft legislation has to be consistent with generally recognised principles and rules of international law, the constitution, international agreements that have entered into force with respect to Estonia and the law of the European Union (1999). The specific character of the technical rules of European Union law arise from the joint practical guidelines for drafting legislation compiled by the European Parliament, Council and the Commission of the European Communities (The Joint Practical Guidelines, 2000), which should meet the requirements of the standard structure of generally applicable legislation. Having analyzed the elements of legislation in the Guidelines, the author was able to compile the following table 1, which reflects the standard structure of the legislation.