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COMMON FOREIGN AND SECURITY POLICY:

NEW EU FOREIGN MINISTER GAINS NEW RIGHTS OF INITIATIVE

AND RIGHT TO SELECT JUNIOR DEPUTIES

 [ARTICLE 18]

 

 

AMENDMENT TO: Treaty of Lisbon amending the Treaty on European Union and t= he Treaty establishing the European Community (Lisbon, 13 December 2007)<= /span>

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Policy Area:

Treaty= on European Union, Title V, provisions on Common Foreign and Security Policy, = Chapter 2, Specific provisions on the common foreign and security policy, section 1 Common provisions, Article 18

 

Amendment:

Clause  2,  page  1,  line  12,  leave out ‘any’ and insert—

 

‘(i) Article 1, paragr= aph 37, amendments to Article 18 TEU relating to the role of the Presidency in = the Common Foreign and Security Policy; and

 

(ii) any other’.=

 

Amendment:

Clause 2<= /span>, page  1,  line  12,  leave out ‘any’ and insert—

 

‘(i) Article 1, paragr= aph 25, headings relating to the Common Foreign and Security Policy; and=

 

(ii) any other’.=

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<= st1:City w:st=3D"on">Lisb= on Treaty Article:

37) Article 18 shall be amended as follows:

(a) paragraphs 1 to 4 shall be deleted;

(b) in paragraph 5, which shall not be numbered, the wor= ds "whenever it deems it necessary," shall be replaced by "on a proposal from the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy" and the following sentence shall be added at the end: "The special representative shall carry out his mandate under the auth= ority of the High Representative.".

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Consolidated Treaty Article(s):

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1. The Presidency shall represent the Union in matters coming within the common foreign a= nd security policy.

2. The Presidency shall be responsible for the implementation of decisions taken under this title; in that capacity it sha= ll in principle express the position of the Union in international organisations and international conferences.

3. The Presidency shall be assisted by the Secretary-General of the Council who shall exercise the function of High Representative for the common foreign and security policy.

4. The Commission shall be fully associated in the tasks referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2. The Presidency shall be assisted in those tasks if need be by the next Member State to hold the Presidency.

5. The Council may, whenever it deems it necessar= y, appoint a special representative with a mandate in relation to particular policy issues.”

 

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The= first four paragraphs were replaced by Article 13a, which has transferred the rol= e of representing the EU to the High Representative. Therefore on all matters relating to CFSP, the role of the Presidency now falls to the High Represen= tative. This Article, as amended within the Lisbon Treaty, strengthened the role of= the High Representative in relation to special envoys – the High Representative has the right of initiative in proposing to the Council the appointment of a specia= l representative, over whose work he would have general authority.