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1
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Accession

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process of joining the EU

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competence

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authority to govern in a particular policy area

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conferral

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the principle that the Union only has the power to act where such competence has been bestowed upon it by the MS

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enlargement

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addition of new MS

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legal autonomy

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independence of a legal system such that it it is legally bound by any other system except where it has specifically agreed to be

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6
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ratification

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formal consent to a treaty at the national level

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four freedoms

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free movement of people, goods, services and capital

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Art 2 TEU

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values of the UnionA

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Art 3 TEU

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objectives of the Union
- Peace, values, well-being
- Area of freedom, security and justice without internal frontiers
- Internal market, sustainability, social well-being etc.
- Economic and monetary union
- Human rights in foreign policy

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Art 13-19

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Institutions
- EP
- European Council
- Council
- European Commission
- CJEU
- ECB
- Court of Auditors

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11
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Art 49 TEU

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Accession criteria (Copenhagen criteria)

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12
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Art 50

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exit from EU

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13
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Accession process

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  • EP consent, Council consensus
  • Accession negotiations in 35 policy areas, called chapters – candidate country has to achieve EU benchmarks until every MS is satisfied
  • Accession treaty
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limitations to EU competence

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  • conferral
  • subsidiarity
  • proportionality
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three levels of competence

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exclusive, shared, supporting

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economic aspects

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  • internal market (=EEA + Iceland, Lichtenstein, Norway)
  • European Economic Area
  • European Free Trade Organization (Iceland, Lichtnstein, Norway, Switzerland)
  • Eurozone
17
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Art 47 TEU

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legal personality of the EU –> international treaties

18
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Treaty of Paris

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  • 1952
  • ECSC
  • F, G, Italy, Belgium, NL, Luxembourg
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Treaty of Rome

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  • 1958
  • EEC Treaty
  • common market
  • F, D, Italy, Belgium, NL, Luxembourg
  • Commission, Coucil of Minitsers, Court of Justice
20
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Euratom

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1957, never fully realized

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Merger Treaty

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  • 1965
  • one Council, Commission, ECJ, Assembly for European Communities
22
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Enlargements

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1973 UK, denmark Ireland
1981 Greece
1986 Portugal, Spain
1995 Finland, Austria, Sweden
2004 Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Slovakia, Slovenia

23
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Single European Act

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  • 1987
  • large addition of competences
  • European Council
  • increased legislative powers of EP
24
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Treaty of Maastricht

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  • 1993
  • renumbered and named EEC Treaty (Treaty of Rome) –> later TFEU
  • established TEU
  • two new pillars of EC: Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP), Cooperation in Justice and Home Affairs (JHA)
25
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Treaty of Amsterdam

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  • 1999
  • Art 2 TEU and Art 7 TEU introduced
  • ECHR justiciable
26
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Treaty of Nice

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  • 2003
  • institutional reform
  • enhanced cooperation
  • amended Treaties to accommodate enlargement
27
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the failed Constitutional Treaty

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  • 2004
  • ratification process failed in F, NL
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The treaty of Lisbon

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  • 2009
  • EC Treaty renamed TFEU
  • legal status of ECHR
  • system of enhanced cooperation Art 20
29
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ratification of the ToL

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  • compromise with Ireland to retain Commissioner
  • Poland and czech Republic: opt-out of ECHR (no direct transfer to national systems)
30
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ECHR

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  • all MS are members
  • obligation to interpret and apply ECHR
  • limited to EU law
  • accession of EU to ECHR in progress, but complicated
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candidates for accession

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  • North Macedonia
  • Montenegro
  • Serbia
  • Albania
32
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re-distributive policies

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  • money directly to people
  • mainly subsidies for farmers
33
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distributive policies

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  • projects funded by EU
  • EU spendage high in absolute terms, low in relative terms (1.2% of collective GDP)
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regulatory policies

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  • focus of the EU
  • negative integration: removing barriers
  • positive integration: re-regulation (market or non-market)

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