Policies RELEX Flashcards
CSSR in charge of enlargement
Olivér Várhelyi
What does the European Neighbourhood Policy offer to partner countries?
Privileged Relationship not prospective membership
Which countries are part of Eastern Partnership?
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine.
Main priorities for eastern partnership[
Stronger Economy (economic development and market opportunities);
Stronger Governance (strengthening institutions and good governance);
Stronger Connectivity (connectivity, energy efficiency, environment and climate change);
Stronger Society (mobility and people-to-people contacts).Which countries are part of Southern Neighbourhood?
Algeria, Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Palestine*, Syria and Tunisia.
Size of ENI, new European Neighbourhood Instrument for 2014-2020
15bn
Current beneficiaries of IPA
Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo*, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia, and Turkey.
Size of IPA Instrument for Pre-accession Assistance in 2014-2020
11.7bn
Copenhagen criteria
stable institutions guaranteeing democracy, the rule of law, human rights and respect for and protection of minorities;
a functioning market economy and the capacity to cope with competition and market forces in the EU; the ability to take on and implement effectively the obligations of membership, including adherence to the aims of political, economic and monetary union.
he EU also needs to be able to integrate new members.
Is Turkey a candidate country?
Yes
Condition for application of membership
1) European State
2) respect the common values: human dignity, freedom, democracy, equality, the rule of law and respect for human rights, including the rights of persons belonging to minorities
How is the EP involved in accession>
By consent
Do SAA provide free tade measures?
Yes
What did the IPA replace in 2007?
CARDS Community Assistance for Reconstruction, Development and Stabilisation
How many Chapters of the acquis/negotiating chapters
35
Who are potential candidate?
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Kosovo
How were the association agreements between the EU and its Member States and the Central and Eastern European countries that joined the EU 2004/2007 called?
Europe Agreements
What is the institution building* instrument financed by IPA* for short-term assistance in adoption, application and enforcement of the acquis*?
TAIEX
What are the projects bring together public sector expertise from EU Member States and beneficiary countries (ENP) with the aim of achieving concrete mandatory operational results through peer to peer activities.
Twinning
Mercosur countries
Argentina; Brazil; Paraguay; Uruguay and Venezuela (suspended since December 2016);
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7 associated states: Suriname, Guyana, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Chile and Bolivia,
Who represents the MS in the WTO founded in 1995
The Commission
What is is the overarching framework for EU relations with African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) countries, when signed and into force
Cotonou Agreement, 2000, 2003
How many economic partnership agreemtns?
79
Is the European development part of the general bugdet and how large?
not part of the EU’s general budget. They are governed by an internal agreement between Member States meeting within the Council.
The 11th EDF, adopted in 2013, runs from 2014 to 2020 and includes a total of €30.5 billion.
Yaounde convention when and what?
20 July 1963, in Yaoundé, Cameroon, the European Economic Community and the 18 Associated African States and Madagascar (AASM) sign the first convention, valid for a period of five years, confirming the association between Europe and Africa on the basis of free trade and financial aid from the Six.
WHich treaty transferred the WEU (international organisation and military alliance) into the EU
Treaty of Amsterdam (signed on 2 October 1997, and entered into force on 1 May 1999)
What is the OSCE
Intergovernmental organization
with no legal personality 57 members, set up in 1973
Special threshold when legislative proposal does not come from the COM ?
72%
Commission is subjecto the EP’s… following which it can be appoitned by the..
consent, European Council
Which was the important ruling by the European Court of Justice (ECJ) in 1980, which confirmed that the European Parliament played an indispensable part in the EC legislative process, even before the institution was granted any formal power to influence the contents of draft laws.
Isoglucose
Which Treaty inserted Employment>
Amsterdam
Which WTO agreement dealt with intellectual property?
TRIPS; WTO Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights
Which country held two referenda on the Treaty of Nice?
Ireland
Since when can the EP consult the EESC?
Amsterdam
Signed in: Amsterdam (The Netherlands) 2nd October 1997 Entry into force: 1 May 1999
Since when can the EP consult the EESC?
Amsterdam
Signed in:2nd October 1997
Entry into force: 1 May 1999
Which Treatty gave the EP the right to reject the Commission as a body?
Treaty of Brussels
Which Treaty gave the EP the right to reject the Commission as a body?
Treaty of Brussels
What is the Fouchet plan?
an unsuccessful plan written by Christian Fouchet, France’s ambassador to Denmark, and proposed by French President Charles de Gaulle in 1961 as part of de Gaulle’s grand design for Europe at the time.
Pleven plan what is it?
1950 plan for EDC, reject by French National Assembly in 1954
Which Treaty allows the EP to vote to approve appointment of the European Commission’s President and of the Commission as a body.
Amsterdam
Signed in:2nd October 1997
Entry into force: 1 May 1999
New areas of OLP since ToL
agriculture, fisheries and common commercial policy
now 85
New areas of co-decision since Amsterdam
transport, environment, justice and home affairs, employment and social affairs
New areas of co-decision since Nice
is extended to almost all the areas where the Council decides on qualified majority;
European Investment Fund est. when and role?
established in 1994, is a European Union agency for the provision of finance to SMEs (small and medium-sized enterprises), headquartered in Luxembourg.
Stakeholders of EIF
the European Investment Bank (62%); the European Union, represented by the European Commission (29%); and 30 privately owned EU financial institutions (9%)
European Public Prosecutor when enter inot force?
The Regulation establishing the European Public Prosecutor’s Office under enhanced cooperation was adopted on 12 October 2017 and entered into force on 20 November 2017, operational in March 2021
How many countries participate EPPO?
22MS: One European Prosecutor per MS, 2 delegated
Seat of EPPO
Luxembourg
European Year 2018
European year for cultural heritage
What is COREU
OREU is an EU communication network between the 28 EU countries (1), the Council, the EEAS and the Commission.
Composition of Court of Auditors?
1 National from each Member State.
Appointment of CoA Members
6 year renewable mandate by the Council after consultation of the European Parliament.
What is Gymnich?
Gymnich is a castle in Germany, where the first informal meeting of EU foreign affairs ministers took place in 1974.
The general principles governing the EU budget
Unity and budget accuracy.
Annuality. ...
Equilibrium. ...
Unit of account. ...
Universality. ...
Specification. ...
Sound financial management. ...
The principle of transparency.What was the Werner plan about?
The Hague in 1969, the Heads of State and Government of the European Community agreed to prepare a plan for economic and monetary union. The Werner Report was drawn up by a working group chaired by Pierre Werner, Luxembourg’s Prime Minister and Minister for Finances, and presented in October 1970.
First President of High Authority
Jean Monnet
First EEC President
Walter Hallstein
When was the EMS introduced ?
1979
European Captial of Culture 2020
Rijeka (Croatia),
Galway (Ireland).
European Captial of Culture 2019
Matera, Plovid (BG)
What is the Stuttgart Declaration of 1983?
he milestones leading to the formation of the European Single Market in 1993
Foundation of EEA
Signed 1992, into force 1/1/1994
