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A Unified Set of Instruments

Articles 249 EC; I-32 ff. Draft Convention

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 October 2004

Koen Lenaerts
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Extract

A powerful development by the European Constitution exists in the rationalisation of the instruments through which the Union may exercise the competences conferred upon it. This has constituted a particularly sensitive issue for the Convention. Under the EC and EU Treaties, the Union uses no less than 15 different instruments, some having the same appellation but entailing different legal effects, others being rarely used. This diversity has contributed to the development of an obscure patchwork of norms with ill-defined scope, legal effects and institutional origin. That situation consequently limits democratic control over governance at the European level.

Keywords

European ConstitutionEuropean Constitutional LawEuropean ConventionEuropean UnionInstrumentsLegislative ActsSeparation of PowersEuropean LawsEuropean DecisionsEuropean DirectivesRegulations
Type
Government and Instruments
Information
European Constitutional Law Review , Volume 1 , Issue 1 , January 2005 , pp. 57 - 61
Copyright
© T.M.C. Asser Press 2005

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