Title: Global Connections Europe Session 3
1- Global Connections Europe Session 3
- Todays Agenda
- Czech Republic, Visiting Speaker, Prof. Craig
Cravens, UT Dept. of Slavic and Eurasian Studies - Student Presentation Post-1989 privatizations
in Hungary and Czech Republic - Introduction to the European Union
2- Global Connections Europe Session 3
- Introduction to EU
- History
- Major institutions
- Accession process for CR and Hungary
- Process
- Issues
- Legal/Regulatory structures
- Jurisdiction
3Introduction to EU
- When was the EU created?
- How was the EU created?
- Why was the EU created?
- What exactly is the EU?
4How (and why) did the EU come into existence?
- Post WWII Churchill, Monnet, Schumann
- 1952 ECSC
- 1957 Treaties of Rome
- 1960s
- merger of institutions of the 3 communities
- Customs union
- British attempts to join
- History of competing conceptions of economic and
political union goes back to origins
51957
61973
71981/86
8How (and why) did the EU come into existence?
- 1970s and 80s geographic expansion (see map)
- 1976 Parliament directly elected
- 1987 Single European Act
- Free flow of capital, goods, people, services
- harmonization of monetary policy
- 1992 Maastrich Treaty (TEU)
- Economic and monetary union
- 1990s further geographic expansion (see map)
91995
102004
11Current candidate countries, mostly western
Balkans and (perhaps) Turkey
12- EU Expansion the Accession Process
- What did central European nations like Hungary
and the Czech Republic hope to gain from joining
the EU?
13From BBC article on Hungarys markets
14From BBC article on Hungarys markets
15- EU Expansion the Accession Process
- What did central European nations like Hungary
and the Czech Republic hope to gain from joining
the EU? - What does the accession process ask/require of
these nations?
the acquis communitaire
16EU Institutions and Terminology 1. What are the
principal policymaking institutions of the EU?
What role does each institution serve?
- Commission
- Council of Ministers
- Parliament
- ECJ / Court of First Instance
17- EU Institutions and Terminology
- Decisions vs. directives
- Co-decision
- Subsidiarity
- Proportionality
- Harmonisation
- Transposition
18- Is the EU a United States of Europe? Where
does sovereignty lie in the US? In the EU? - Is there an existing, organic EU constitution?
What is the ultimate source of the EUs
lawmaking/policymaking power?
Treaties ECSC Treaties of Rome (atomic energy
and EEC), as modified by SEA and Maastricht
19Why are the British and Danish, e.g., more wary
about political integration than, e.g., the
French and (to a lesser extent) the Germans?
What vision do the non-integrationists have for
the EU? Why is that vision insufficient for the
integrationists?
20Commission directorates http//www.europa.eu.i
nt/comm/dgs_en.htm What sorts of EU laws
directly regulate business? What substantive
regulatory jurisdiction does the EU exercise?
Must private businesses comply directly with EU
regulations?
21- Europes Single Market
- What is the goal of the single market? Of
assuring free movement of goods, services,
capital and labor? - Does it threaten national identity? National
sovereignty? If so, how?
22- Europes Single Market
- Swiss ban importation of Belgian chocolate
23- Europes Single Market
- Article 28 Quantitative restrictions on imports
and all measures having equivalent effect shall
be prohibited between Member States. - Article 29 Quantitative restrictions on
exports, and all measures having equivalent
effect, shall be prohibited between Member
States.
24- Europes Single Market
- Frances largest wine retailer refuses to stock
less expensive Italian wines. - Portugal bans the importation of high-level
nuclear waste for disposal. - 24 hours after mad cow disease is discovered in a
German herd, neighboring countries ban
importation of German beef.
25- Europes Single Market
- Article 30 The provisions of Articles 28 and 29
shall not preclude prohibitions or restrictions
on imports, exports or goods in transit justified
on grounds of public morality, public policy or
public security the protection of health and
life of humans, animals or plants the protection
of national treasures possessing artistic,
historic or archaeological value or the
protection of industrial and commercial property.
Such prohibitions or restrictions shall not,
however, constitute a means of arbitrary
discrimination or a disguised restriction on
trade between Member States.
EU notification procedure to promote concerted
action, rather than individual action, where
possible
26- Europes Single Market
- Article 30 The provisions of Articles 28 and 29
shall not preclude prohibitions or restrictions
on imports, exports or goods in transit justified
on grounds of public morality, public policy or
public security the protection of health and
life of humans, animals or plants the protection
of national treasures possessing artistic,
historic or archaeological value or the
protection of industrial and commercial property.
Such prohibitions or restrictions shall not,
however, constitute a means of arbitrary
discrimination or a disguised restriction on
trade between Member States.
French film industry local content in the arts
27- Europes Single Market
- Article 30 The provisions of Articles 28 and 29
shall not preclude prohibitions or restrictions
on imports, exports or goods in transit justified
on grounds of public morality, public policy or
public security the protection of health and
life of humans, animals or plants the protection
of national treasures possessing artistic,
historic or archaeological value or the
protection of industrial and commercial property.
Such prohibitions or restrictions shall not,
however, constitute a means of arbitrary
discrimination or a disguised restriction on
trade between Member States.
What does this language mean?
28- Europes Single Market
- U.K. Department of Commerce spends one million
pounds on a buy British advertising campaign. - Buyers choice Government mandate
Govt owned Private Co.
29- Europes Single Market
- Belgian chocolatiers blockade highways on the
border to prevent the importation of lesser
chocolates, maintaining the blockade long enough
for the products to spoil. - Belgian regulators decide that they must protect
the integrity of their chocolates, and issue
rules prohibiting the labeling of any product as
chocolate if it contains milk. In 12 of the 15
EU countries, confectionary companies produce
chocolate containing milk. - Belgian law requiring all chocolate labels to
specify the country of manufacture.
30- Europes Single Market
- What about firms that are wholly or partially
state-owned, but which compete primarily with
private sector firms? - Energy sector
- Transport sector
- Can these arrangements continue?
31Effects of Single Market
32Effects of Single Market
33Single Market Benefits of Competition
34Single Market Benefits of Competition
35Single Market Benefits of Competition
36Single Market Benefits of Competition