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| 4 Goals of Treaty of Rome |
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| Freedom of: goods, services, capital, and people |
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| Principle of Mutual Recognition |
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| guarantees free movement of goods and services without the need to harmonize member states legislation |
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| Single European Act (SEA) 1986 |
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set deadline of 1992 for single market
involved: european customs union, single currency (euro), shcengen convention, and many other policies and laws designed to unite the diverse economies of Europe into a single unit |
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involved German prohibition of importation of French liqueur because it did not meet German regulations
RESULT: goods that have been legally manufactured and marketed in one member state may be sold in all other member states without additional controls
Principle of mutual recognition |
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| Exception to principle of mutual recognition |
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| limitation of free movement of goods could only be permitted in exceptional cases - to protect health, consumers, or public interest |
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| European Economic Area (EEA) |
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established Jan. 1, 1994
when a country becomes a member of the EU it shall also become member of EEA (enlargement)
allows for inclusions of EU legislation of 4 freedoms (goods, services, people, and capital) throughout the 30 EEA states |
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trade policy is EXCLUSIVE power of EU
scope of powers: goods, services, intellectual property, foreign direct investment
main objective: lower barriers to EU exports + investments |
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Authorizes negotiations and approves directives for negotiations
approves agreements and authorizes signature |
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working group of council of ministers (sub)
consists of representatives from each member states and chaired by the state that holds EU presidency |
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| give consent on agreements, informed and heard on negotiations, co-decides on trade legislation |
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| multilateral (ex: Doha Round) and bilateral trade agreements, deepens relations with strategic partners (USA, China, Russia, Japan, India, Brazil), enforce EU rights, tackling trade barriers |
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| Common tariff (common customs union) |
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| trade not only about tariffs, but also... |
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| standards, licensing practices, domestic taxes, government procurement, IPRs |
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| Trade not just about trade, but also... |
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| environment, labor rights, human rights |
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Changed operation of council of EU, absorbed Schengen Convention, and increased role of EU in home affairs
**pushed forward model of SUPRANATIONAL EU
framework sketched out for future accession of ten new member states
constructive abstention |
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| form of organization through which decisions are made by international institutions not by individual states |
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| form of international organization where governments work together to achieve shared goals |
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| idea that core of countries could co-operate more closely without obliging other members to either veto these policies or adopt them |
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a rule allowing EC to agree on foreign affairs or security decisions even if one country decides to abstain
*treaty of Amsterdam |
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reformed decision-making of EU - extended qualified majority in EC and removed national vetoes from 39 areas
set limits on # of future commissioners and MEPs, revised voting powers of member states (more weight to largest), and formalized idea of enhanced co-operation first set out in treaty of Amsterdam |
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| Arguments "for" and "against" Treaty of Nice |
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necessary to prepare for enlargement - control EU admin
more authority to democratically elected element of EU (EP and EC)
measure that strengthened commission good for small states (more power in EC than EP)
AGAINST:
moved forward process of deeper integration
weakened position of small states in favor of large ones (EP) |
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