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EXTERNAL ACTION:

UNION WILL DO POLITICAL DEALS FOR BR= ITAIN OUTSIDE OF EUROPE,=

ASSERTING EU AGENDA IN ALL EXTERNAL ACTIONS

WHILST EUROPEAN COUNCIL IS TO “IDENTIFY” BRITISH INTERES= TS

FOR EUROPE’S EXTERNAL OBJEC= TIVES

 [ARTICLE 188A]

 

 

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 the Functioning of the European Union, Part Five, External Action by the Un= ion, Title I General Provisions on the Union’s external action, Article 18= 8A

 

Amendment:

Clause  2,  page  1,  line  12,  after ‘excluding’, insert—

 

‘(i) Article 2, paragr= aphs 154 to 168, new Part Five TEC (TFEU) relating to external action by the European Union; and

 

(ii)’.

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

“EXTERNAL ACTION BY THE UNI= ON

154) A new Part Five shall be inserted. Its heading shal= l be "EXTERNAL ACTION BY THE UNION" and it shall contain the following Titles and Chapters:

Title I: General provisions on the Union's external action

Title II: Common commercial policy

Title III: Cooperation with third countries and humanita= rian aid

Chapter 1: Development cooperation

Chapter 2: Economic, financial and technical cooperation with third countries

Chapter 3: Humanitarian aid

Title IV: Restrictive measures

Title V: International agreements

Title VI: The Union's relations with international organisations and = third countries

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Title VII: Solidarity clause.

GENERAL PROVISIONS

155) The following new Title = I and new Article 188 A shall be inserted:

"TITLE I

GENERAL PROVISONS ON

THE UNION'S EXTERNAL = ACTION

ARTICLE 188 A

The Union's action on the international scene, pursuant = to this Part, shall be guided by the principles, pursue the objectives and be conducted in accordance with the general provisions laid down in Chapter 1 = of Title V of the Treaty on European Union."

 

Consolidated Treaty Article(s):  

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Expl= anation:

Part five = of the TFEU, “External Action by the Union”,<= span style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black;mso-bidi-font-style= :italic'> gathers together external relations provisions from other parts of the TEC:= the Common Commercial Policy, Cooperation with thi= rd countries and humanitarian aid, Community’s relations with third countries and its powers to conclude treaties will become part of part V of= the TFEU. Note that this does not include rules on EU foreign policy which cont= inue to be in Title V of the TEU. The provisi= ons which rule over the intergovernmental CFSP also continue to be included in = the TEU. The provisions which govern the EU external action will also continue = to be included in the TEC which was renamed TFEU.

 

This new provision makes a reference to the principles established in Chapter 1 of Title V of the TEU as amended by the Lisbon Treaty. Hence, according to this new provision, the Union’s external action “shall be guided by the principles, pursue the object= ives and be conducted in accordance with the general provisions laid down in Cha= pter 1 of Title V of the Treaty on European Union." The general provisions = are included in Articles 10A and 10B of the TEU, which assert that: the Union w= ill engage in political deals for Britain outside Europe, pushing forward the EU agenda in all external actions, and = that the European Council will identify British interests in Europe’s external objectives.