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4.3.3 Read the text again to answer the following questions.

1) Why was the European Union founded?

2) What are its main institutions? How are political responsibilities shared among them?

3) What are the membership, representation and functions of the Commission, the Council of the European Union, the European Council, the European Parliament and the European Court of Justice?

4) Why was the Court of First Instance attached to the Court of Justice?

5) What additional institutions have been created as the European Union has grown larger?

4.4. Grammar: The Gerund Forms of the Gerund

Active

Passive

Present

Perfect

dealing

having dealt

being dealt

having been dealt

4.4.1 Turn the following gerunds into their passive and perfect forms.

Involving, concerning, considering, deciding, referring, creating, applying, regulating, supporting, coexisting, incorporating, establishing, accommodating, entering, concluding, binding, possessing, enhancing;

4.4.2 Complete the following sentences with the Gerunds from the table.

dealing (with)

(when) deciding

(in) interpreting

(in) joining,

(of) padding

(without) being adopted

leaving

(after) starting

being addressed

(of) ensuring.

  1. If the English courts are uncertain … a piece of European legislation they can, and sometimes must, refer it to the European court of Justice for interpretation.

  2. … the European Communities in 1973, the UK agreed to apply and be bound by community law.

  3. … civil cases that involve a foreign element, private international law considers foreign laws within a particular country.

  4. Unlike other forms of international law, EEC law is capable … directly into national law.

  5. Directives are binding on Member States as to the result to be achieved, … each Member State a choice about the method used to achieve that result.

  6. … the legality of the contract of sale of some property in France, any English court must consider French law.

  7. EEC law is applicable in the UK … by an act Parliament.

  8. The Ombudsman is in charge … good practice in the administration of the community institutions.

  9. … as a series of economic agreements between six nations in 1950s, community law now has direct authority in the social and economic affairs of many countries.

10) … to any or all member states, to companies, or individuals the EU decisions are binding only on the recipient.

Constructions with the Gerund

Noun/object pronoun + Gerund

or

The law having been adopted was quite unexpected for all.

То, что закон был принят, было неожиданно для нас.

Possessive noun/possessive pronoun + Gerund

Professor Johnson’s (His) voting against this project is obvious.

То, что профессор Джонсон (он) голосует против этого проекта, вполне очевидно.

I remember him/his/the boss/the boss’s talking about the project.

Я помню, как он/босс говорил о проекте.

I don’t like you/your/Jim/Jim’s being illegal in business.

Мне не нравится, что ты незаконно действуешь в бизнесе.