The European Union's Foreign and Security Policy : : A Legal Institutional Perspective.

The European Union's Foreign and Security Policy : : A Legal Institutional Perspective.

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Superior document:Legal Aspects of International Organizations Series ; v.33
:
Wessel, Ramses A.
Place / Publishing House:Boston : : BRILL,, 1999.
©1999.
Year of Publication:1999
Edition:1st ed.
Language:English
Series:Legal Aspects of International Organizations Series
Physical Description:1 online resource (400 pages)
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Table of Contents:
  • Intro
  • Title Page
  • Copyright Page
  • ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  • Table of Contents
  • LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS
  • 1 Introduction
  • 1.1 THE ORIGINS OF CFSP
  • 1.1.1 The European Defence Community and the European Political Community
  • 1.1.2 From European Political Cooperation to a Common Foreign and Security Policy
  • 1.2 A CFSP LEGAL ORDER?
  • 1.3 THE RESEARCH QUESTION
  • 2 The Concept of Legal Order
  • 2.1 INTRODUCTION
  • 2.2 DEFINING THE LEGAL ORDER
  • 2.2.1 Legal Positivism and the Systemic Features of a Legal Order
  • 2.2.2 Degrees of Legality?
  • 2.3 TYPES OF LEGAL NORMS AND INSTITUTIONAL THEORY
  • 2.3.1 Institutional Legal Positivism
  • 2.3.2 Types of Legal Norms
  • 2.3.3 The Effect of Effectiveness
  • 2.3.4 Binding Quality and its Consequences
  • 2.4 INTERNATIONAL LEGAL ORDERS
  • 2.4.1 Treaty-Based Legal Orders
  • 2.4.1.1 Treaties as a Source of Legal Norms
  • 2.4.1.2 Additional Declarations and Interpretative Statements
  • 2.4.2 Hierarchical Relations between Legal Orders
  • 2.4.3 The Legal Personality of an International Entity
  • 2.5 CONCLUDING OBSERVATIONS
  • 3 The Purposes and Scope of CFSP
  • 3.1 INTRODUCTION
  • 3.2 THE PREAMBLE AND COMMON PROVISIONS
  • 3.2.1 Vertical Delimitation: CFSP and the Member States
  • 3.2.2 Horizontal Delimitation: The Union's Issue Areas
  • 3.3 THE SPECIFIC CFSP OBJECTIVES
  • 3.3.1 Safeguarding the Common Values, Fundamental Interests, Independence and Integrity of the Union
  • 3.3.2 Strengthening the Security of the Union in All Ways
  • 3.3.3 Preserving Peace and Strengthening International Security
  • 3.3.4 Promoting International Cooperation
  • 3.3.5 Developing and Consolidating Democracy and the Rule of Law, and Respect for Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms
  • 3.4 CONCLUDING OBSERVATIONS
  • 4 Legal Bases for CFSP Decision-Making
  • 4.1 INTRODUCTION
  • 4.2 COMPETENCES AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE INSTITUTIONS.
  • 4.2.1 The Union's Single Institutional Framework
  • 4.2.2 The European Council
  • 4.2.3 The Council and its Subsidiary Organs
  • 4.2.3.1 The Council
  • 4.2.3.2 COREPER and Political Committee
  • 4.2.3.3 Working Groups
  • 4.2.3.4 The General Secretariat
  • 4.2.3.5 The Presidency
  • 4.2.4 Competences of the Commission and the European Parliament
  • 4.2.4.1 The Commission
  • 4.2.4.2 The European Parliament
  • 4.2.5 Competences of the Institutions Regarding the Financing of CFSP
  • 4.3 THE GENERAL LEGAL BASIS FOR DECISION-MAKING
  • 4.3.1 Systematic Cooperation
  • 4.3.1.1 The Information ad Consultation Obligation
  • 4.3.1.2 The Loyalty Obligation
  • 4.3.1.3 Subsidiarity
  • 4.3.2 Results of the Systematic Cooperation in the Basis of Article 13, Paragraph 3 [ex J.8, 2]
  • 4.3.2.1 Concerted and Convergent Action
  • 4.3.2.2 Declarations
  • 4.3.2.3 Political Dialogue
  • 4.4 SPECIFIC LEGAL BASES FOR CFSP DECISIONS
  • 4.4.1 Article 14 [ex J.3]
  • 4.4.1.1 Definition of a Joint Action
  • 4.4.1.2 Competences and Obligations in Adopting Joint Actions
  • 4.4.2 Article 15 [ex J.2]
  • 4.4.2.1 Definition of a Common Position
  • 4.4.2.2 Competences and Obligations in Adopting Common Positions
  • 4.4.3 The Choice between Article 14 and Article 15
  • 4.4.3.1 Criteria by which to Choose the Appropriate Legal Basis
  • 4.4.3.2 The Choice in Practice
  • 4.4.4 Article 17 [ex J.4]
  • 4.4.4.1 Competences of the Western European Union (WEU)
  • 4.4.4.2 Special Arrangements with Respect to Some Member States
  • 4.4.5 Article 13, paragraph 2 and Article 18
  • 4.4.6 Voting Procedures
  • 4.5 CONCLUDING OBSERVATIONS
  • 5 The Legal Nature of CFSP Decisions
  • 5.1 INTRODUCTION
  • 5.2 JOINT ACTIONS
  • 5.2.1 The Treaty Text
  • 5.2.1.1 The Key Provision of Article 14, paragraph 3 [ex J.3]
  • 5.2.1.2 The Council as the Central Organ
  • 5.2.1.3 Non-Observation of Joint Actions.
  • 5.2.2 Adopted Joint Actions
  • 5.2.2.1 Support Activities in Third Countries
  • 5.2.2.2 International EU Policies
  • 5.2.2.3 Harmonisation of National Policies
  • 5.3 COMMON POSITIONS
  • 5.3.1 The Treaty Text
  • 5.3.1.1 The Key Provision of Article 15 [ex J.2]
  • 5.3.1.2 Additional Arguments in Defining the Legal Nature of Common Positions
  • 5.3.2 Adopted Common Positions
  • 5.3.2.1 Decisions on Sanctions
  • 5.3.2.2 The Policy of the Union vis-à-vis Third States
  • 5.3.2.3 The Policy of the Union regarding Specific Issues
  • 5.4 DECISIONS WITH OTHER LEGAL BASES
  • 5.4.1 Decisions Based on Article 13 and Article 18
  • 5.4.2 Declarations
  • 5.4.2.1 The Nature of Declarations in the CFSP Legal Order
  • 5.4.2.2 The Concept of Declaration in International Institutional Law
  • 5.4.3 Decisions Based on Article 17
  • 5.4.4 Framework Decisions
  • 5.5 CFSP DECISIONS AS INTERNATIONAL UNILATERAL ACTS
  • 5.5.1 Legal Nature of Unilateral Acts
  • 5.5.2 CFSP Decisions and Estoppel
  • 5.6 HIERARCHY AND CONFLICT BETWEEN NORMS
  • 5.7 CONCLUDING OBSERVATIONS
  • 6 Supervision of CFSP Procedures and Decisions
  • 6.1 INTRODUCTION
  • 6.2 THE SUPERVISORY COMPETENCES OF THE INSTITUTIONS
  • 6.2.1 The Council
  • 6.2.2 The Commission
  • 6.2.3 The European Parliament
  • 6.2.3.1 The Competences of the European Parliament in Historical Perspective
  • 6.2.3.2 Current Competences of the European Parliament
  • 6.2.3.3 The Budgetary Powers of the European Parliament
  • 6.2.4 The European Court of Justice
  • 6.3 SUPERVISION BY NON-UNION INSTITUTIONS
  • 6.3.1 The National Parliaments
  • 6.3.2 The National Courts
  • 6.3.3 The International Court of Justice
  • 6.4 TRANSPARENCY OF DECISION-MAKING AND ACCESS TO INFORMATION
  • 6.5 CONCLUDING OBSERVATIONS
  • 7 The Legal Status of the European Union
  • 7.1 INTRODUCTION
  • 7.2 THE EUROPEAN UNION AS A LEGAL PERSON.
  • 7.2.1 Personality, Capacity, and Competence
  • 7.2.2 An Identification of the Entity
  • 7.2.3 A Distinction between the Entity and its Members
  • 7.2.3.1 A Theoretical Approach to the Distinction
  • 7.2.3.2 Explicit and Implied Legal Capacities of the Union
  • 7.3 LEGAL PRACTICE OF THE UNION
  • 7.3.1 The Union's Relation vis-à-vis its Member States
  • 7.3.2 International Agreements and Decisions
  • 7.3.3 The Diplomatic Relations of the Union
  • 7.3.3.1 The Evolution of a Common European Diplomacy
  • 7.3.3.2 Cooperation in International Fora
  • 7.3.3.3 Towards an EU External Service?
  • 7.3.4 The Union and International Security Organisations
  • 7.3.4.1 The Western European Union
  • 7.3.4.2 The North Atlantic Treaty Organisation
  • 7.3.4.3 The United Nations
  • 7.4 DELIMITATION AND CONSISTENCY
  • 7.4.1 The Concept of Consistency in the Treaty
  • 7.4.2 Delimitation and Consistency in Practice
  • 7.4.3 Example: The Adoption of Sanctions
  • 7.4.4 Example: Safeguard Clauses in the EC Treaty
  • 7.4.4.1 Essential Security Interests
  • 7.4.4.2 Internal Disturbance or International Tension
  • 7.4.4.3 Unilateral Financial Measures
  • 7.5 CONCLUDING OBSERVATIONS
  • 8 Conclusion
  • 8.1 THE CFSP LEGAL ORDER
  • 8.2 THE UNION LEGAL ORDER
  • 8.3 TOWARDS A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTIONAL LAW
  • ANNEX: LIST OF CFSP DECISIONS
  • BIBLIOGRAPHY
  • INDEX OF SUBJECTS
  • INDEX OF CASE LAW
  • LEGAL ASPECTS OF INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION.

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