Self-Control Exercise on Conclusion of International Agreements I
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International agreements of the EU are defined in Article 216 of the TFEU as agreements with one or more third countries or international , based on express or provisions of the EU’s founding treaties („where the Treaties so provide or where the conclusion of an agreement is necessary in order to achieve, within the framework of the Union’s policies, one of the referred to in the Treaties, or is provided for in a legally binding Union act or is likely to affect common rules or alter their “ (Article 216 (1) TFEU)).
The EU concludes international agreements with
third countries and / or international
, distinguishing
international agreements by division of
between the EU and its
Member States; by parties of international agreements, by subject-matter,
including the areas to which either the ordinary legislative procedure or the
legislative procedure applies, or where consent by the European
is required; and by negotiation and conclusion procedures.
Thus, according to the
exercise of the principle of conferral of powers, the agreements of the EU
under the areas of exclusive and shared powers are distinguished. For example, when the conclusion of
an international agreement is provided in a legislative act of the EU or it is
necessary to enable the EU to exercise its internal competence, or in so far as
its conclusion may affect common rules or alter their scope - the EU has
competence for
the conclusion of international agreements (Article 3 TFEU); according to the parties to
agreements - the international agreements concluded by the EU and its
Member States with third countries and / or international
are
called
agreements; by content the following agreements are distinguished: association agreements, agreements
with the states which are candidates for accession, agreement on the EU’s
accession to the ECHR, international cooperation agreements, budgetary
agreements, and agreements under certain policy areas, such as the common foreign and
policy, common
policy, and in the field of
, regulated in
different Articles of the founding treaties. For example, Article 217 TFEU
allows conclusion by the EU of agreements with one or more third countries or
international
that establish an association involving reciprocal rights and
obligations, common action and special procedure. Article 219 TFEU regulates
the conclusion of international agreements on an exchange-rate
system for the euro in relation to the currencies of third states.