---

European Union (Amendment) Bill

They are coming to an end, my Lords. I thank the Minister for his prompt. Regarding the Rasmussen case, Denmark’s top constitutional court said, "““Danish courts must rule that an E.C. act is inapplicable in Denmark if the extraordinary situations arise that with the required certainty it can be established that an E.C. act which has been upheld by the European Court of Justice is based on an application of the Treaty which lies beyond the surrender of sovereignty according to the Act of Accession. Similar interpretations apply with regard to Community law rules and legal principles which are based on the practice of the European Court of Justice””.—[Official Report, 14/5/08; col. 1095.]" That is the Danish court saying that it will review. I think I might be allowed to say something about Poland because I was cut short on the last occasion, unless the noble Baroness, Lady Ashton, is unwilling to permit that. The source is quite interesting. All this material is elementary; it is in a student textbook by Professor Trevor Hartley, who is a professor of international—