nam 22 uu 4500 10.59704/fd7c73b81fae5ca8 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 260120s2026||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.59704/fd7c73b81fae5ca8 doi eng 342 23 Hasubek, Leander Author aut Double-Layered Horizontal Effect - How the CJEU and the FCC Effectuate a Directive in a Horizontal Constellation via Two Layers of Fundamental Rights Hasubek, Leander Verfassungsblog 2026-01-20 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier In the Egenberger case, the CJEU again effectuated a directive’s content via the horizontal direct effect of EU fundamental rights. The FCC not only continues to show openness to the CJEU’s approach, but even finds that notwithstanding differences in legal construction, it can achieve equivalent substantive results via its own doctrine of indirect horizontal effect. This leads to a curious result that may be described as a “double-layered horizontal effect”: Effectuating a directive via both the horizontal direct effect of EU fundamental rights and the indirect horizontal effect of German fundamental rights. CC BY-SA 4.0 EU EU Charter Egenberger Honeywell Ultra Vires fundamental rights horizontal effect (DE-588)10290611-7 gnd EU Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://verfassungsblog.de/double-layered-horizontal-effect/ raw object