Onderzoekcentrum voor Staat en Recht (SteR) Research Centre for State and Law European Rules as ‘The Law of the Land’? Towards Optimalisation of EU Member State Compliance Henri de Waele 1 04/10 Research Centre for State and Law research papers 04 ISSN 1875-1431 January 2010 © by the author Research Centre for State and Law Radboud University Nijmegen Thomas van Aquinostraat 6-8 P.O. Box 9049 6500 KK Nijmegen The Netherlands Website: www.ru.nl/rechten/ster 1 LLM, PhD, Dip EUI; Assistant Professor of European Law, Radboud University Nijmegen. Contact details: Department of International and European Law, Faculty of Law, Radboud University Nijmegen, PO Box 9049, 6500 KK, Nijmegen, The Netherlands. E-mail: h.dewaele@jur.ru.nl. Earlier versions of this paper were presented at seminars in Florence (June 2009) and Nijmegen (January 2010). Thanks go to all the participants for their helpful comments and suggestions, in particular to Betty de Hart, Ellen Mastenbroek and Anna van der Vleuten. As usual, any remaining mistakes and omissions remain the sole responsibility of the author. 1