The phrase "application of legislation" is correct and usable in written English.
This phrase typically refers to the way a law or legal regulation is enforced or interpreted in practice. For example, you could say "The judicial system is responsible for the application of legislation within the country."
Yet the European Commission is also the guardian of the Treaties, and as such it monitors the Member States' application of legislation.
There are other examples of such practices, and I would therefore call on Mr Barroso to ensure that the Commission monitors the application of legislation very closely as far as the principle of non-discrimination is concerned.
The results also have significant implications for the application of legislation with respect to the detection of CAP in food products and may imply, if not a change in the legislation, at least a change in the interpretation of analytical results and in follow-up actions and penalties to producers for the suspected illegal use of CAP.
Subnational authorities therefore already have an important role to play, both in the application of European legislation - for instance much of our environmental legislation imposes requirements on local authorities to deal with packaging and waste - and even, in some cases, in the transposition of directives into domestic legislation, as is the situation in Belgium, for example.
"We're taking a look at the practical application of the legislation," Mr. Martin said.
"It is a clear case for the commission to start an investigation with a view to launching an infringement proceeding against the UK for a bad application of EU legislation".
The court's decision comes amid increasing pressure from some of the biggest trading partners of the 27-member bloc to suspend or amend application of the legislation to expressly exclude non-European Union countries — at least initially.
Prior years are not in scope since Germany's 2008 Corporate Tax Reform led to substantial changes in tax rates and the application of tax legislation.
There are limits to this comparison, since it does not account for local police and forensic practices and contingencies in the application of the legislation, and because it does not take into account the date of implementation of the databases, methods of match counting, crime rates or policy changes over time.
"On a number of prior occasions across administrations, this authority has been used to postpone the application of new legislation when immediate application would have subjected taxpayers to unreasonable administrative burdens or costs," Iwry said.
Correct application of the legislation on the Natura 2000 network plays an important role in the realisation of goals concerning biodiversity.
