An excellent example of national provision of laws free of charge to the populace is Légifrance, seen as a model for other countries. (slaw.ca)
Thus, it is not because the national courts — even Constitutional Courts — interpret national provisions in a manner deemed to satisfy the requirements of a directive, that a Member State is exempted from its obligation under EU law to transpose a directive. (europeanlawblog.eu)
The more open - textured EU provisions with which national provisions are incompatible, the more limited the possibility to apply them directly to the detriment of individuals (para. 181; see also C ‑ 387 / 02, C ‑ 391 / 02 and C ‑ 403 / 02, Berlusconi and C - 105 / 03, Pupino, paras 44 - 45). (europeanlawblog.eu)