Difference between primary sources of law and secondary sources of law


Primary sources of law: The supreme source of EU law consists mainly of the founding treaties of the European Union. They are at the apex of the European legal order; they prevail over all other sources of law.


Secondary sources of law: Laws made by the European Union institutions in exercising the powers conferred to them by the Treaties. They consist of regulations, directives, decisions, recommendations and opinions of the appropriate bodies