... of EU law include; 1) Legal certainty and legitimate expectations, (the knowledge of citizens of the likely legal consequences of their actions); 2) Proportionality, (originally a German based principle that the ECJ has adopted, which says that "it must be ascertained whether the means which it employs are suitable for the purpose of achieving the desired objective and whether they go beyond what is necessary to achieve it."2); 3) Equality/ non-discrimination, ("comparable situations must not be treated differently and different situations must not be treated in the same way unless such treatment is objectively justified."3); 4) Transparency, (the right to obtain information); 5) The right to a fair hearing, ("a person whose interests are perceptibly affected by a decision taken by a public authority must be given the opportunity to make his point of view known."4) Within the general principles there is also what is known as the special case ...

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