The Banking Union and the decisions of the CJEU

Table of Contents

• LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS 6
• EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 7
• 1. FOREWORD 9
• 2. THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE ECB AND NATIONAL AUTHORITIES 11
• 2.1. The Landeskreditbank case 11
• 2.2. The Berlusconi I decision 12
• 3. THE RESOLUTION PROCESS 14
• 3.1. The peculiarity of the SRM 14
• 3.2. The Banco Popular cases 15
• 4. THE LIMITS TO THE APPLICATION OF NATIONAL LAWS 19
• 4.1. Early deferential and autonomous approaches 20
• 4.2. A new trend towards centralisation? 22
• 5. THE ECB’s DISCRETION and the “limited standard of review” 26
• 6. Final REMARKS 29
• REFERENCES 30