This Order, which is made under the European Communities Act 1972, concerns obligations of the United Kingdom which arise under the Community Treaties by virtue of provisions in those Treaties which make certain decisions, judgments and order of Community institutions enforceable in Member States in accordance with their national law.
The Order provides for the registration in the High Court in England and Northern Ireland and the Court of Session in Scotland of Community judgments and orders to which the Secretary of State has duly appended an order for enforcement. They are then enforceable, subject to the Treaties, as if they were judgments or orders of the Court in which they are registered.