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1. Joint Action Joint action (CFSP) and the Treaties of the European Union Description of Joint action (CFSP) provided by the European Union Commission: Joint action, which is a legal instrument under Title V of the Treaty on European Union (common foreign and security policy, CFSP), means coordinated action [...]...
2. Bilateral Agreement In general, any treaty, protocol, or understanding between two nations. The term has particular application in the area of commercial air transportation, where a bilateral agreement is an understanding between two countries permitting the commercial aircraft of one nation to land in and carry [...]...
3. Treaty Amendment Amendment and the Treaties of the European Union Description of Amendment provided by the European Union Commission: The term "amendment" refers to the formal alteration of treaty provisions affecting all the parties to the particular agreement. Such alterations must be effected with [...]...
4. Mutual Recognition Mutual recognition and the Treaties of the European Union Description of Mutual recognition provided by the European Union Commission: A principle of international law whereby States party to an agreement decide that they will recognise and uphold legal decisions taken by competent authorities [...]...
5. Contracting Party Contracting Party and the Treaties of the European Union Description of Contracting Party provided by the European Union Commission: A contracting party is a State or an Intergovernmental Organisation or other entity with treaty making capacity that has expressed its consent to be bound by a [...]...
6. Treaty Adoption Adoption and the Treaties of the European Union Description of Adoption provided by the European Union Commission: "Adoption" is the formal act by which the form and content of a proposed treaty text are established. As a general rule, the adoption of the text of a treaty takes place [...]...
7. Signature Ad Referendum Signature ad referendum and the Treaties of the European Union Description of Signature ad referendum provided by the European Union Commission: A representative may sign a treaty "ad referendum", i.e., under the condition that the signature is confirmed by his state. In this case, [...]...
8. Treaty Objection Objection and the Treaties of the European Union Description of Objection provided by the European Union Commission: Any signatory or contracting state has the option of objecting to a reservation, inter alia, if, in its opinion, the reservation is incompatible with the object and purpose of [...]...
9. Pillars of the European Union Pillars of the European Union and the Treaties of the European Union Description of Pillars of the European Union provided by the European Union Commission: In Community parlance people often refer to the three pillars of the EU Treaty. These three pillars, which form the basic structure of [...]...
10. Justice Cooperation Title IV EC treaty - Title VI EU treaty and the Treaties of the European Union Description of Title IV EC treaty - Title VI EU treaty provided by the European Union Commission: The legal bases for EU legislation on justice and home affairs. Title IV of the European Community Treaty covers free [...]...
11. Mutual Assistance Mutual assistance and the Treaties of the European Union Description of Mutual assistance provided by the European Union Commission: A principle of international law implying that two or more States agree to cooperate in a certain area. The assistance specified is often written into a treaty. [...]...
12. Treaty Authentication Authentication and the Treaties of the European Union Description of Authentication provided by the European Union Commission: The term "authentication" refers to the procedure whereby the text of a treaty is established as authentic and definitive. Once a treaty has been [...]...
13. Treaty Party Party and the Treaties of the European Union Description of Party provided by the European Union Commission: (to an international treaty) A party to a treaty is a State, International Organisation or other entity with treaty making capacity that has expressed its consent to be bound by that [...]...
14. Definitive Signature Definitive Signature and the Treaties of the European Union Description of Definitive Signature provided by the European Union Commission: When the treaty is not subject to ratification, acceptance or approval, "definitive signature" establishes the consent of the state to be bound [...]...
15. Consolidation of Legislation Consolidation of legislation - formal/official and the Treaties of the European Union Description of Consolidation of legislation - formal/official provided by the European Union Commission: Formal or official consolidation of legislation involves adopting a new legal instrument, published in [...]...
16. Fight Against International Organised Crime Fight against international organised crime and the Treaties of the European Union Description of Fight against international organised crime provided by the European Union Commission: The European Union has attached priority to the fight against organised crime. A plan of action approved by [...]...
17. Green Paper Green Paper and the Treaties of the European Union Description of Green Paper provided by the European Union Commission: Commission Green Papers are documents intended to stimulate debate and launch a process of consultation at European level on a particular topic (such as social policy, the [...]...
18. Modification Modification and the Treaties of the European Union Description of Modification provided by the European Union Commission: The term "modification" refers to the variation of certain treaty provisions only as between particular parties of a treaty, while in their relation to the other [...]...
19. Treaty Revision Revision and the Treaties of the European Union Description of Revision provided by the European Union Commission: Revision has basically the same meaning as amendment. However, some treaties provide for a revision additional to an amendment (i.e., Article 109 of the Charter of the United [...]...
20. Treaty Signature Signature and the Treaties of the European Union Description of Signature provided by the European Union Commission: Signature not subject to ratification ( see Definitive signature) • Simple signature ( see Signature subject to Ratification, Acceptance of Approval) • Signature ad [...]...
21. Berne Convention Definition of Berne Convention In accordance with the work A Dictionary of Law, this is a description of Berne Convention : The Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works: an international convention of September 1886 that sets out ground rules for protection of [...]...
22. Common Position Common position (CFSP) and the Treaties of the European Union Description of Common position (CFSP) provided by the European Union Commission: The common position in the context of the common foreign and security policy (CFSP) is designed to make cooperation more systematic and improve its [...]...
23. Legal Personality The Legal History of Legal Personality in Islamic Law This section provides an overview of Legal Personality in Islamic Law Legal Personality and Europe There is an entry on legal personality in the European legal encyclopedia. Resources See Also Further Reading Entry "Legal [...]...
24. Exchange of Notes Exchange of Letters/Notes and the Treaties of the European Union Description of Exchange of Letters/Notes provided by the European Union Commission: States may express their consent to be bound by an "exchange of letters/notes". The basic characteristic of this procedure is that the [...]...
25. Common Strategy Common strategy (CFSP) and the Treaties of the European Union Description of Common strategy (CFSP) provided by the European Union Commission: The common strategy is an instrument of the common foreign and security policy introduced by the Treaty of Amsterdam. Under Article 13 of the EU [...]...
26. Modus Vivendi Modus Vivendi and the Treaties of the European Union Description of Modus Vivendi provided by the European Union Commission: A modus vivendi is an instrument recording an international agreement of temporary or provisional nature intended to be replaced by an arrangement of a more permanent [...]...
27. Treaty Notification Notification and the Treaties of the European Union Description of Notification provided by the European Union Commission: The term "notification" refers to a formality through which a state or an international organization communicates certain facts or events of legal importance. [...]...
28. Community Transit Community transit and the Treaties of the European Union Description of Community transit provided by the European Union Commission: Customs procedure that allows goods to be moved from one point in the Community to another. Resources See Also Popular Treaties Topics Treaties of the United [...]...
29. Maastricht Treaty The Maastricht Treaty (a/k/a the "Treaty of Maastricht" or the "Treaty on Economic Union") created the Euro as Europe's single currency. The treaty was signed Feb. 1, 1992 and came into force Nov. 1, 1993, although the Euro didn't come into use until 1999. The Treaty is [...]...
30. European Commission Spanish Translation of European Commission This is the legal translation of English to Spanish in relation to European Commission and / or a definition of this topic: Comisión Europea (in Spanish, without translation of the dictionary entry). European Commission and the Treaties of the [...]...
31. Deposit The Legal History of DepositThis section provides an overview of Deposit ResourcesSee AlsoLegal Biography Legal Traditions Historical Laws History of Law Further Reading Deposit in the Oxford International Encyclopedia of Legal History (Oxford University Press) The Oxford Encyclopedia of [...]...
32. Vienna Formula Vienna formula and the Treaties of the European Union Description of Vienna formula provided by the European Union Commission: This formula was developed to overcome the uncertainties of the "all States formula". The Vienna formula attempts to identify in detail the entities eligible [...]...
33. Common Transit Common transit and the Treaties of the European Union Description of Common transit provided by the European Union Commission: Customs procedure for the carriage of goods between the Community and the EFTA countries and between the EFTA countries themselves. Resources See Also Popular [...]...
34. Common Transport Policy Common transport policy and the Treaties of the European Union Description of Common transport policy provided by the European Union Commission: The goal of the common transport policy is to remove obstacles at the borders between Member States so as to facilitate the free movement of persons [...]...
35. Delimitation of Competences Delimitation of competences and the Treaties of the European Union Description of Delimitation of competences provided by the European Union Commission: The delimitation of competences between the European Union and its Member States is one of the main points for consideration identified by [...]...
36. Treaty Publication Registration and Publication and the Treaties of the European Union Description of Registration and Publication provided by the European Union Commission: Article 102 of the Charter of the United Nations provides that "every treaty and every international agreement entered into by any [...]...
37. Treaty Ratification Treaty Conclusion and Ratification Introduction to Treaty Ratification International law prescribes neither a fixed form for a treaty nor any fixed procedure for its conclusion. It may be concluded by an exchange of diplomatic notes incorporating an agreed-upon text signed by authorized [...]...
38. Political and Security Committee Political and Security Committee (PSC) and the Treaties of the European Union Description of Political and Security Committee (PSC) provided by the European Union Commission: Replacing the Political Committee, the Political and Security Committee (PSC) follows international developments in the [...]...
39. Third Country Third country and the Treaties of the European Union Description of Third country provided by the European Union Commission: Any country that is not a Member State of the EU. Resources See Also Popular Treaties Topics Treaties of the United Nations (UN) Types of Treaties International [...]...
40. Community Law Community Law, law of the member states of the European Union (EU), as adopted by the union's Council of Ministers. The European Court of Justice interprets and applies EU law. Community law forms part of the law of states and prevails over national law. (1) Community Law and Europe There [...]...
41. Citizenship of the Union Citizenship of the Union and the Treaties of the European Union Description of Citizenship of the Union provided by the European Union Commission: Citizenship of the Union is dependent on holding the nationality of one of the Member States. In other words, anyone who is a national of aMember [...]...
42. Court of First Instance of the European Union Court of First Instance of the European Communities (CFI) and the Treaties of the European Union Description of Court of First Instance of the European Communities (CFI) provided by the European Union Commission: The CFI was set up in 1989 to strengthen the protection of individuals' [...]...
43. European Council European Council and the Treaties of the European Union Description of European Council provided by the European Union Commission: The European Council is the term used to describe the regular meetings of the Heads of State or Government of the European Union Member States. Its purpose is to [...]...
44. White Paper White Paper and the Treaties of the European Union Description of White Paper provided by the European Union Commission: Commission White Papers are documents containing proposals for Community action in a specific area. In some cases they follow a Green Paper published to launch a [...]...
45. European Economic Community Summary of European Economic Community One of the three components of the European Communities. In March 1957, the members of the European Coal and Steel Community (France, Federal Republic of Germany, Italy, and the Benelux countries) expanded the sphere of economic cooperation through the [...]...
46. Community Powers Community powers and the Treaties of the European Union Description of Community powers provided by the European Union Commission: Community powers are those which are conferred on the European Union in specific areas by the Member States. The European Union is thus able to act only within the [...]...
47. Court of Justice of the European Communities Court of Justice of the European Communities and the Treaties of the European Union Description of Court of Justice of the European Communities provided by the European Union Commission: The Court of Justice is composed of the same number of judges as there are Member States. At present it has [...]...
48. Eurocorps Eurocorps and the Treaties of the European Union Description of Eurocorps provided by the European Union Commission: Eurocorps was set up at the 59th Franco-German summit, which took place in La Rochelle on 21 and 22 May 1992. Three other countries have since joined it: Belgium on 25 June [...]...
49. Consumer Protection The Legal History of Consumer Protection This section provides an overview of Consumer Protection Privacy, Security and Internet Advertising in the Context of Internet Law Read, in this legal Encyclopedia, about the topic of this section, and, specially, about Introduction to Consumer [...]...
50. Committee of the Regions Committee of the Regions and the Treaties of the European Union Description of Committee of the Regions provided by the European Union Commission: Created by the Maastricht Treaty in 1992, the Committee of the Regions (CoR) is an advisory body which enables regional and local authorities to [...]...
51. Europe Agreement Europe agreement and the Treaties of the European Union Description of Europe agreement provided by the European Union Commission: A Europe agreement is a specific type of association agreement concluded between the European Union and certain Central and Eastern European states (Article 310 of [...]...
52. Treaty of Rome Treaty Of Rome Summary of Treaty Of Rome The document, signed at Rome in 1957 (effective January 1, 1958), by which the six founding states established the European Economic Community (read this and related legal terms for further details). (Main Author: William J. Miller) The Treaty of [...]...
53. Charter Charter, document conferring rights or privileges on an individual or a group of people. The term originally applied to a written conveyance of land titles, often between private parties. In this sense the word now used is deed. The term charter is used to describe a grant of land or special [...]...
54. North Atlantic Treaty Organisation NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organisation) and the Treaties of the European Union Description of NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organisation) provided by the European Union Commission: The North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO, or the Atlantic Alliance) was founded in 1949 and has its [...]...
55. Energy Energy and the Treaties of the European Union Description of Energy provided by the European Union Commission: The aim of European Union energy policy is to guarantee secure, low-cost energy supplies which pose no risk to the health of citizens and the environment. At the outset, the Treaties [...]...
56. International Convention Convention and the Treaties of the European Union Description of Convention provided by the European Union Commission: The term "convention" again can have both a generic and a specific meaning. (a) Convention as a generic term: Art.38 (1) (a) of the Statute of the International [...]...
57. Combined Nomenclature Combined nomenclature (CN) and the Treaties of the European Union Description of Combined nomenclature (CN) provided by the European Union Commission: A systematic list of goods descriptions based on the Harmonized System, serving for the purposes of the Common Customs Tariff, external trade [...]...
58. European Development Fund EDF and the Treaties of the European Union Description of EDF provided by the European Union Commission: The European Development Fund is the main instrument for Community aid for development cooperation in the African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) countries and the Overseas Countries and [...]...
59. Multilateral Environmental Agreements Basel Convention – MEA (Multilateral Environmental Agreements) and the Treaties of the European Union Description of Basel Convention – MEA (Multilateral Environmental Agreements) provided by the European Union Commission: A central goal of this MEA is "environmentally sound [...]...
60. Accrual Accounting Method Description of Accrual Accounting Method In this reference work, accrual accounting method is a sort of the Accounting category. Description of Accrual Accounting Method Resources See Also Accounting Method Resources See Also Cash-Basis Accounting Method Internal Revenue Taxation Accounting...
61. Founding Treaties Treaties (Founding Treaties) and the Treaties of the European Union Description of Treaties (Founding Treaties) provided by the European Union Commission: The establishment of the first "Community", the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC), was the starting point for over fifty [...]...
62. Memorandum of Understanding Memorandum of Understanding and the Treaties of the European Union Description of Memorandum of Understanding provided by the European Union Commission: A memorandum of understanding is an international instrument of a less formal kind. It often sets out operational arrangements under a [...]...
63. Common Commercial Policy Common commercial policy and the Treaties of the European Union Description of Common commercial policy provided by the European Union Commission: The Community has exclusive responsibility for the common commercial policy (Article 133 of the EC Treaty, formerly Article 113). Under the policy [...]...
64. Cotonou Agreement Cotonou Agreement and the Treaties of the European Union Description of Cotonou Agreement provided by the European Union Commission: Signed in 2000, this agreement replaced the Lomé Convention. Its main objective is to create a new framework for co-operation between the members of the [...]...
65. Eurojust Eurojust and the Treaties of the European Union Description of Eurojust provided by the European Union Commission: Eurojust is a high level team of senior lawyers, magistrates, prosecutors, judges and other legal experts seconded from every EU country, based in Brussels. It is able to give [...]...
66. European Common Commercial Policy Article 133 (ex-Article 113) and the Treaties of the European Union Description of Article 133 (ex-Article 113) provided by the European Union Commission: Article 133 of the EC Treaty allows the European Union to negotiate, conclude and implement trade agreements with other countries of the [...]...
67. Full Powers Full Powers and the Treaties of the European Union Description of Full Powers provided by the European Union Commission: "Full powers" means a document emanating from the competent authority of a state designating a person or persons to represent the state for negotiating, adopting, [...]...
68. Draft Treaty Draft Treaty Establishing the European Union (dteu) and Europe There is an entry on draft treaty establishing the european union (dteu) in the European legal encyclopedia. Resources See Also Further Reading Entry "Draft Treaty Establishing the European Union (dteu)" in the work [...]...
69. European Security and Defence Identity European security and defence identity and the Treaties of the European Union Description of European security and defence identity provided by the European Union Commission: The idea of developing a European defence identity has been prompted by two considerations: • For some years now [...]...
70. Protocol Protocol and the Treaties of the European Union Description of Protocol provided by the European Union Commission: The term "protocol" is used for agreements less formal than those entitled "treaty" or "convention". The term could be used to cover the following [...]...
71. Composition of the European Commission Composition of the European Commission and the Treaties of the European Union Description of Composition of the European Commission provided by the European Union Commission: From the outset the Commission was always made up of two nationals of each of the most populated Member States and one [...]...
72. External Responsibilities External responsibilities of the European Community and the Treaties of the European Union Description of External responsibilities of the European Community provided by the European Union Commission: The European Community's external responsibilities are defined in accordance with whether [...]...
73. Treaty Reservation Reservation and the Treaties of the European Union Description of Reservation provided by the European Union Commission: A reservation is a declaration made by a state by which it purports to exclude or alter the legal effect of certain provisions of the treaty in their application to that [...]...
74. European Parliament Spanish Translation of European Parliament This is the legal translation of English to Spanish in relation to European Parliament and / or a definition of this topic: Parlamento Europeo (in Spanish, without translation of the dictionary entry). European Parliament and the Treaties of the [...]...
75. Foreign Policy COREU (CORespondance EUropéenne) and the Treaties of the European Union Description of COREU (CORespondance EUropéenne) provided by the European Union Commission: Coreu is an EU communication network between the Member States and the Commission for cooperation in the fields of [...]...
76. Free Movement of Workers Free Movement of Workers and the Principle of Equal Treatment and the Treaties of the European Union Description of Free Movement of Workers and the Principle of Equal Treatment provided by the European Union Commission: Every citizen of the EU has the right to work and live in another Member [...]...
77. EUROMARFOR EUROFOR/EUROMARFOR and the Treaties of the European Union Description of EUROFOR/EUROMARFOR provided by the European Union Commission: The Lisbon Declaration of the Western European Union on 15 May 1995 ratified the decision by Spain, France and Italy to set up land and sea forces (EUROFOR and [...]...
78. Declarations Declarations and the Treaties of the European Union Description of Declarations provided by the European Union Commission: The term "declaration" is used for various international instruments. However, declarations are not always legally binding. The term is often deliberately chosen [...]...
79. Development Aid Development aid and the Treaties of the European Union Description of Development aid provided by the European Union Commission: The beginnings of the European Community's development policy coincided with the signature of the Treaty of Rome in 1957, and the Member States' overseas countries [...]...
80. Economic Partnership Agreements EPA and the Treaties of the European Union Description of EPA provided by the European Union Commission: Economic Partnership Agreements: The ACP countries and the EU have agreed to enter into economic integration agreements - concluding newWTO compatible trading arrangements, progressively [...]...
81. European Budget Budget and the Treaties of the European Union Description of Budget provided by the European Union Commission: All the Union's revenue and expenditure is entered in the Community budget on the basis of annual forecasts. The budget is governed by several principles, including: • unity: [...]...
82. Schengen Convention Schengen (Agreement and Convention) and the Treaties of the European Union Description of Schengen (Agreement and Convention) provided by the European Union Commission: By the Agreement signed at Schengen on 14 June 1985, Belgium, France, Germany, Luxembourg and the Netherlands agreed that [...]...
83. Arbitral Award Confirmation Exception For Suits to Confirm an Arbitral Award in 2011 United States views on international law (based on the document "Digest of U.S. Practice in International Law"): Section 1605(a)(6) of the FSIA authorizes a suit to be brought "to confirm an award made pursuant to … [...]...
84. Confirmation Summary of Confirmation See Letter of Credit.(Main Author: William J. Miller) Resources See Also Approval Ratification Verification...
85. Confirmation Note A document prepared by a shipbroker specifying the terms and conditions agreed upon by the principals to a charter transaction. The note will be circulated to the principals for review, after which it will serve as the model for the formal charter party.......
86. Silent Confirmation Silent Confirmation in International Trade Meaning of Silent Confirmation, according to the Dictionary of International Trade (Global Negotiator): In letters of credit, in addition to the commitment of the issuing bank, the advising bank can, by silent confirmation, enter into its own, [...]...
87. Formal Source of Law Formal Source (of International Law) Embracing mainstream international law, this section on formal source (of international law) explores the context, history and effect of the area of the law covered here. Resources Further Reading The entry "formal source (of international law)" [...]...
88. Formal Agreement Description of Formal Agreement Resources See Also Formal Contract Under Contract Contracts...
89. Formal Acknowledgment Description of Formal Acknowledgment Resources See Also Children Out of Wedlock...
90. Formal Rulemaking Resources See Also Administrative Law Rules Regulation...
91. Formal Legal Reasoning Contents Formal Legal Reasoning Formalism about Legal Reasoning According to Philpapers, “Formalism about Legal Reasoning” refers to the use of ... Read more...
92. Rulemaking: Informal and Formal Rulemaking: Informal and Formal: Main Elements The coverage of Rulemaking: Informal and Formal includes the following element(s): Proposed Rules Federal Communications Commission For detailed information on this issue, please read the corresponding entry. References See Also [...]...
93. Formal Requirements and Validity Formal Requirements and Validity in Private International Law This section contain conflict of laws information and cross references related to formal requirements and validity on some major countries and additional jurisdictions. It covers key issues involved when citizens face international [...]...
94. Membership Confirmation [pmpro_confirmation]...
95. Formal Education Establishments Resources See Also Educational Infrastructure Education Equal Education...
96. Formal and Informal Law: The Role of Ethics Formal and Informal Law: The Role of Ethics “To this point the analysis has been based in the implicit assumption ... Read more...
97. Accession Accession in Constitutional Law From the Comparative Constitutions Project: Accession is a process by which a country becomes a member of an international agreement or of another state. For example, all but the original fifteen colonies in the United States were granted accession into the [...]...
98. Acceptance Or Approval Acceptance or Approval and the Treaties of the European Union Description of Acceptance or Approval provided by the European Union Commission: The instruments of "acceptance" or "approval" of a treaty have the same legal effect as ratification and consequently express the [...]...
99. Act revising the Convention on the Grant of European Patents Hello Contents Act revising the Convention on the Grant of European Patents Title of the Act Act revising the Convention ... Read more...
100. ACP Countries Acp Countries Summary of Acp Countries An acronym for African- Caribbean-Pacific countries. The term originated in conjunction with the LOME CONVENTIONS (read this and related legal terms for further details).(Main Author: William J. Miller) ACP (African, Caribbean, and Pacific) [...]...
101. Asylum Asylum, protection and immunity from extradition granted by a government to a political refugee from another country. Asylum can also mean any place offering safety, shelter, and protection. An insane asylum is a treatment center for mentally ill persons, although the term is normally used in [...]...
102. Agreement Spanish Translation of agreement This is the legal translation of English to Spanish in relation to agreement and / or a definition of this topic: Convenio (in Spanish, without translation of the dictionary entry). Agreement and the Treaties of the European Union Description of Agreement [...]...
103. Audiovisual Audiovisual materials in Law LibrariesThe follow definition of Audiovisual materials is of use in law library research: Non-book materials such as filmstrips, recordings, films, records, video and audio cassettes, and compact discs (CDs)....
104. Abbreviations Abbreviations and the Treaties of the European Union Description of Abbreviations provided by the European Union Commission: used in the Ratification Status field of the treaty summary AC = Acceptance AD = Accession AP = Approval CONF = Act of formal confirmation NOT = Notification S = Simple [...]...
105. African, Caribbean and Pacific Countries Group African, Caribbean and Pacific countries (ACP) Group and the Treaties of the European Union Description of African, Caribbean and Pacific countries (ACP) Group provided by the European Union Commission: The African, Caribbean and Pacific countries (ACP) Group was formed when the first [...]...
106. Agreement on Agriculture Agreement on Agriculture and the Treaties of the European Union Description of Agreement on Agriculture provided by the European Union Commission: The Uruguay Round Agreement on Agriculture (URAA) concluded in 1994 brought agricultural trade more fully under international trade rules and [...]...
107. Agreement on Textiles and Clothing Agreement on Textiles and Clothing – ATC and the Treaties of the European Union Description of Agreement on Textiles and Clothing – ATC provided by the European Union Commission: The Agreement on Textiles and Clothing (ATC) is a WTO agreement, which foresees that trade in textiles [...]...
108. Agricultural Products Agricultural products and the Treaties of the European Union Description of Agricultural products provided by the European Union Commission: In the WTO agriculture negotiations, the product coverage is defined in Annex 1 of the Agreement. The definition covers not only basic agricultural [...]...
109. All States Formula All States formula and the Treaties of the European Union Description of All States formula provided by the European Union Commission: The "all States formula" has been used often in multilateral agreements that seek universal participation (normally relating to disarmament, human [...]...
110. Animal Welfare Animal welfare and the Treaties of the European Union Description of Animal welfare provided by the European Union Commission: The question of animal welfare was first addressed in an additional protocol attached to the Treaty of Amsterdam (1997). This "Protocol on protection and welfare [...]...
111. Applicant Countries Applicant countries and the Treaties of the European Union Description of Applicant countries provided by the European Union Commission: Europe's economic and political stability is a magnet for many European countries, which have the right to apply to become members of the European Union [...]...
112. Architecture of Europe Architecture of Europe and the Treaties of the European Union Description of Architecture of Europe provided by the European Union Commission: This refers to the various organisations, institutions, treaties and traditional relations making up the European area within which members work [...]...
113. Area of Freedom, Security and Justice Area of freedom, security and justice and the Treaties of the European Union Description of Area of freedom, security and justice provided by the European Union Commission: It was decided to establish an area of freedom, security and justice, the aim being to ensure genuine freedom of movement [...]...
114. Association Agreement Stabilisation and association agreement and the Treaties of the European Union Description of Stabilisation and association agreement provided by the European Union Commission: A bilateral agreement, which establishes a single basis for assisting a country. Each EU candidate country has such [...]...
115. Australia Group The Australia Group (AG) is an informal forum of countries which, through the harmonisation of export controls, seeks to ensure that exports do not contribute to the development of chemical or biological weapons. Coordination of national export control measures assists Australia Group [...]...
116. Acquis A French term meaning 'that which has been acquired' and used in relation to European Union law, most notably in the form of the acquis communautaire , to signify the entire body of European laws. The term has also been used with reference to the Schengen process concerning the [...]...
117. ACUSE Action Committee for the United States of Europe (acuse) and Europe There is an entry on action committee for the united states of europe (acuse) in the European legal encyclopedia. Resources See Also Further Reading Entry "Action Committee for the United States of Europe (acuse)" [...]...
118. Acquis Communautaire Acquis Communautaire and Europe There is an entry on acquis communautaire in the European legal encyclopedia. Resources See Also Further Reading Entry "Acquis Communautaire" in the work "A Concise Encyclopedia of the European Union from Aachen to Zollverein", by Rodney [...]...
119. Agreement Relating to the "INTELSAT" 4 Contents Agreement Relating to the “INTELSAT”   Article XVI. (Withdrawal) (a) (i) Any Party or Signatory may withdraw voluntarily from ... Read more...
120. Acts Structure Contents Acts Structure Acts regular structure in former British Colonies Legislation in the United Kingdom is similar in many ways ... Read more...