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EXTERNAL ACTION:

EU MASS-COORDINATION OF POLICY WILL PREVENT

UK ACTING THROUGH ITS OWN EXTERNAL COOPERATION PLANS

[ARTICLE 188G]

 

 

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 III Cooperation with third countries and humanitarian aid, Chapter 1 development cooperation, Article 188G

 

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:

“164) An Article 188 G shall be inserted, with the wording= of Article 181; the second sentence of the first paragraph and the second paragraph shall be deleted.”

 

Consolidated Treaty Article(s):

“Article 181=

Within their respective spher= es of competence, the Community and the Member States shall cooper= ate with third countries and with the competent international organisations. The arrangements for Community cooperation may be the subject of agreements between the Community and the third parties concerned, which shall be negotiated and concluded in accordance with Article 300.<= /p>

The previous paragraph shall = be without prejudice to Member States' competence to negotiate in international bodies and to conclude international agreements.”

 

Expl= anation:

Article 188G repeats the wording of the old Arti= cle 181 but deletes the paragraph: “The previous paragraph shall be witho= ut prejudice to Member States' competence to negotiate in international bodies= and to conclude international agreements.”

 

The direct implication is that henceforth the coordination of policy will prejudice the Member States’ competence in this regard. This provision accepts that the EU coordination = of policy will not allow for an independent UK cooperation plan.