Preface |
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Acknowledgements |
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Table of Cases |
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Table of Legislation |
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Abbreviations |
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Introduction |
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1 | (8) |
Part I: The Evolution of European Defence Integration |
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1: All Quiet on the Western Front: The Early Legal History of European Defence Integration 1944-1958 |
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9 | (42) |
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9 | (1) |
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2. FROM WORLD WAR TO EUROPEAN INTEGRATION: THE 1940'S |
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10 | (9) |
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2.1. The First Step Towards European Integration: the Benelux 1944 |
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13 | (1) |
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2.2. The International Framework for European Integration and the Foundations of the European Security Architecture: the United Nations 1945 |
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14 | (1) |
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2.3. The American Factor: Truman Doctrine and Marshall Plan 1947 |
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15 | (1) |
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2.4. The First Step Towards European Defence Integration and the Transatlantic Alliance: the Brussels Treaty on Western Union 1948 |
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16 | (2) |
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2.5. Council of Europe 1949 |
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18 | (1) |
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2.6. The Establishment of a Transatlantic Alliance: the Northern Atlantic Treaty Organisation 1949 |
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18 | (1) |
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3. THE GENESIS OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY FOR COAL AND STEEL 1950-1953 |
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19 | (3) |
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4. THE FAILURE OF THE EUROPEAN DEFENCE COMMUNITY TREATY 1950-1954 |
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22 | (22) |
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23 | (2) |
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4.2. The Defensive Character of the EDC |
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25 | (2) |
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27 | (1) |
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28 | (8) |
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4.4.1. The Board of Commissioners |
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28 | (2) |
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30 | (1) |
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31 | (3) |
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34 | (2) |
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36 | (1) |
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4.6. The European Defence Forces |
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37 | (2) |
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4.7. The Defence Economic Regime |
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39 | (3) |
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4.8. The United Kingdom and the EDC |
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42 | (1) |
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4.9. The Failure of the EDC |
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43 | (1) |
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5. DEFENCE DEVELOPING SEPARATELY FROM THE MAINSTREAM OF EUROPEAN INTEGRATION |
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44 | (5) |
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5.1. The Intergovernmental Western European Union |
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44 | (3) |
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5.2. The More Supranational European Economic Community |
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47 | (2) |
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49 | (2) |
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2: A Pillar of Our Security: European Foreign and Security Law 1959-1998 |
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51 | (41) |
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51 | (1) |
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2. THE EMERGING EUROPEAN POLITICAL CO-OPERATION |
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52 | (5) |
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3. THE COMMON FOREIGN AND SECURITY POLICY OF THE TREATY ON EUROPEAN UNION |
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57 | (33) |
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3.1. The Objectives of the European Union |
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60 | (1) |
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3.2. The Scope of the Common Foreign and Security Policy |
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61 | (5) |
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3.2.1. The Objectives of the Common Foreign and Security Policy |
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61 | (3) |
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3.2.2. A Common Defence Policy |
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64 | (2) |
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3.3. The EU institutions as Parts of the Single Institutional Framework |
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66 | (14) |
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3.3.1. The (European) Council |
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67 | (1) |
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3.3.2. The Council of the European Union |
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68 | (1) |
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3.3.2.1. Common Positions |
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69 | (1) |
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70 | (1) |
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3.3.2.3. International Agreements |
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71 | (1) |
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71 | (1) |
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3.3.2.5. The Political Committee |
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72 | (1) |
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72 | (1) |
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3.3.2.7. The High Representative for the Common Foreign and Security Policy |
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73 | (1) |
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3.3.3. The European Commission |
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74 | (2) |
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3.3.4. The European Parliament |
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76 | (2) |
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3.3.5. The European Court of Justice of the European Communities and Union |
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78 | (2) |
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3.4. The Western European Union |
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80 | (4) |
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3.5. The Requirement of NATO and UN Compatibility |
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84 | (1) |
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3.6. Neutral Member States, Nuclear Powers, Denmark, and Closer Co-operation |
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84 | (2) |
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86 | (1) |
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3.8. The Requirement of Coherence |
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87 | (3) |
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4. THE RECORD OF THE COMMON FOREIGN AND SECURITY POLICY UNDER THE TREATIES OF MAASTRICHT AND AMSTERDAM |
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90 | (1) |
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91 | (1) |
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3: Between Saint-Malo and a New Rome: The Current State of European Defence and Security Integration 1998-2005 |
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92 | (31) |
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92 | (1) |
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2. TOWARDS A EUROPEAN SECURITY AND DEFENCE POLICY |
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93 | (7) |
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2.1. The Saint-Malo Declaration |
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93 | (3) |
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2.2. The Cologne European Council |
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96 | (1) |
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2.3. The Helsinki Headline Goal |
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97 | (3) |
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3. THE COMMON FOREIGN AND SECURITY POLICY UNDER THE TREATY OF NICE |
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100 | (18) |
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3.1. 'Deletion' of the Western European Union |
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100 | (8) |
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3.1.1. The Petersberg Tasks and the European Security Policy |
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102 | (1) |
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3.1.2. Mutual Defence and the European Defence Policy |
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103 | (1) |
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3.1.3. The European Armaments Policy |
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104 | (1) |
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3.1.4. The NATO Member States Outside the EU |
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105 | (1) |
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3.1.5. The Functions of the WEU Parliamentary Assembly |
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106 | (2) |
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3.1.6. 'Reunification' of the Strains of European Defence Integration? |
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108 | (1) |
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3.2. The Military Structures of the European Security and Defence Policy |
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108 | (4) |
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3.2.1. The Political and Security Committee |
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109 | (1) |
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3.2.2. The European Union Military Committee |
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110 | (1) |
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3.2.3. The European Union Military Staff |
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111 | (1) |
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3.2.4. The Committee for Civilian Aspects of Crisis Management |
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111 | (1) |
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3.3. Qualified Majority Voting |
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112 | (1) |
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3.4. Enhanced Co-operation |
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112 | (2) |
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3.5. The Record of the European Security and Defence Policy Under Nice |
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114 | (4) |
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4. TOWARDS THE CONSTITUTIONAL TREATY |
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118 | (2) |
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120 | (3) |
Part II: Community Law as an Instrument of European Defence Integration |
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4: A Fine Balance: Free Movement and Public Security in the EC Treaty |
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123 | (170) |
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123 | (2) |
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2. THE LIMITED SCOPE OF THE SECURITY EXCLUSIONS IN THE EC TREATY |
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125 | (2) |
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3. PUBLIC SECURITY EXEMPTIONS |
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127 | (12) |
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131 | (1) |
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3.2. Procedures of Judicial Review |
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131 | (3) |
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3.2.1. Preliminary Rulings |
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132 | (1) |
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3.2.2. Enforcement Actions |
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132 | (2) |
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3.3. Standard of Judicial Review: Proportionality |
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134 | (8) |
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135 | (2) |
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137 | (1) |
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138 | (1) |
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139 | (2) |
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5: An Even Finer Balance: Armaments, Secrecy, and Article 296 EC |
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141 | (26) |
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141 | (1) |
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2. THE ARMAMENTS EXEMPTION OF ARTICLE 296 (1) (B) EC |
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142 | (21) |
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2.1. The List of Armaments According to Article 296 (2) EC |
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143 | (5) |
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2.2. Dual-use Material and the Exhaustive Character of the List |
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148 | (2) |
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2.3. Disagreement on the Effect of Article 296 (1) (b) EC |
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150 | (2) |
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2.4. The Effect of Article 296 (1) (b) EC |
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152 | (5) |
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2.4.1. The Wording of the Treaty |
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154 | (2) |
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2.4.2. Effet Utile of Articles 296 et seq. EC |
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156 | (1) |
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2.4.3. The Special Review Procedures of Article 298 Subparagraph 2 EC |
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156 | (1) |
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157 | (1) |
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2.6. Procedural Requirements and Hard Defence Material Intended for Export |
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158 | (2) |
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2.7. Article 296 (1) (b) EC and the Common Foreign and Security Policy |
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160 | (3) |
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2.7.1. The Effect of Article 296 (1) (b) EC on the Common Foreign and Security Policy |
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160 | (2) |
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2.7.2. Armaments and Pillars |
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162 | (1) |
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3. THE SECRECY EXEMPTION OF ARTICLE 296 (1) (A) EC |
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163 | (3) |
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164 | (1) |
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3.2. The Special Review Procedure of Article 298 Subparagraph 2 EC |
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164 | (1) |
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3.3. Article 296 (1) (a) EC and the Common Foreign and Security Policy |
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165 | (1) |
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166 | (1) |
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6: The Finest Balance: Article 297 EC and Community Law in Times of Crisis and War |
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167 | (29) |
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167 | (2) |
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2. THE POSITION OF ARTICLE 297 EC IN THE TREATY |
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169 | (5) |
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169 | (1) |
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170 | (2) |
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2.3. Exceptional Character |
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172 | (2) |
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2.3.1. Double-Exceptional Character |
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172 | (1) |
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2.3.2. Triple-Exceptional Character |
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173 | (1) |
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2.3.3. Subsidiary Character |
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173 | (1) |
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3. ARTICLE 297 EC IN THE CASE LAW OF THE COURT |
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174 | (15) |
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174 | (4) |
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3.2. Consultation Procedure |
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178 | (4) |
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182 | (1) |
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183 | (5) |
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185 | (1) |
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3.4.2. Obligations Accepted for the Purpose of Maintaining Peace and International Security |
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186 | (1) |
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3.4.3. Serious Internal Disturbances Affecting the Maintenance of Law and Order |
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186 | (1) |
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3.4.4. Serious International Tension Constituting a Threat to War |
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187 | (1) |
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3.4.5. The Situations in Practice |
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187 | (1) |
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188 | (1) |
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4. ARTICLE 297 EC AND THE COMMON FOREIGN AND SECURITY POLICY |
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189 | (5) |
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4.1. Overlap Between Article 297 EC and the Common Foreign and Security Policy? |
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190 | (3) |
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4.1.1. In the Event of Serious Internal Disturbances Affecting the Maintenance of Law and Order |
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190 | (1) |
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4.1.2. In the Event of War |
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190 | (1) |
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4.1.3. Serious International Tension Constituting a Threat of War |
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191 | (1) |
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4.1.4. In Order to Carry out Obligations It has Accepted for the Purpose of Maintaining Peace and International Security |
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192 | (1) |
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4.2. Impact of the Narrow Interpretation of Article 297 EC |
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193 | (1) |
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194 | (2) |
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7: Heavy Equipment, Food, Fodder, and Stores for the Armies of Europe: Community Law and the Regulation of European Defence Procurement |
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196 | (33) |
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196 | (2) |
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2. EC PUBLIC PROCUREMENT REGULATION |
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198 | (5) |
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3. HARD DEFENCE MATERIAL EXCLUSIONS |
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203 | (10) |
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3.1. The Current Directives |
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203 | (5) |
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208 | (5) |
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4. SECRECY AND SECURITY EXCLUSIONS |
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213 | (8) |
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4.1. Security Exclusion No. 1 "Contracts Declared Secret" |
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214 | (2) |
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4.2. Security Exclusion No. 2 "Special Security Measures" |
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216 | (3) |
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4.3. Security Exclusion No. 3 "Basic Interests of Security" |
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219 | (2) |
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5. EXCLUSIONS IN THE TREATY AND IN THE DIRECTIVES |
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221 | (1) |
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6. CONTRACTS OF INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATIONS IN THE FIELD OF DEFENCE |
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222 | (4) |
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222 | (3) |
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6.1.1. Western European Armaments Group and Organisation |
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222 | (2) |
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6.1.2. Organisation for Joint Armaments Procurement |
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224 | (1) |
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225 | (1) |
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226 | (1) |
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227 | (2) |
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8: Policing an Armed Market: The Regulation of the European Defence Industries |
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229 | (33) |
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229 | (2) |
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2. COMPETITION LAW: ARTICLES 81 AND 82 EC |
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231 | (4) |
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235 | (13) |
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237 | (2) |
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3.2. The Legitimate Interests Exception |
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239 | (2) |
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3.3. Mergers and the Defence Industrial Base |
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241 | (7) |
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241 | (1) |
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242 | (3) |
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3.3.3. Exemptions Similar to Article 81(3) EC |
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245 | (3) |
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248 | (4) |
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4.1. Application of Article 296 (1) (b) EC |
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249 | (1) |
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250 | (2) |
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252 | (8) |
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5.1. Intra-Community Transfers |
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253 | (2) |
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255 | (11) |
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5.2.1. Exports of Dual-Use Goods |
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256 | (2) |
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5.2.2. Exports of Armaments |
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258 | (2) |
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260 | (2) |
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9: European Bands of Brothers and Sisters: The Regulation of Sex Equality in the Armed Forces of the Member States |
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262 | |
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262 | (2) |
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2. SEX EQUALITY IN COMMUNITY LAW |
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264 | (2) |
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3. THE STORY OF SEX EQUALITY IN THE ARMED FORCES |
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266 | (23) |
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3.1. Royal Ulster Constabulary Women Wearing Firearms |
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266 | (3) |
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3.2. Who is Cooking for the Royal Marines? |
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269 | (8) |
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3.3. Tank Girls for the Bundeswehr |
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277 | (7) |
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3.3.1. The German Situation Before Kreil |
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278 | (4) |
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282 | (1) |
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3.3.3. The German Situation After Kreil |
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283 | (1) |
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3.4. Who Wants to be a Legionnaire? |
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284 | (5) |
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4. THE APPLICATION OF EC SOCIAL LAW TO THE ARMED FORCES OF THE MEMBER STATES |
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289 | (1) |
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289 | (4) |
Part III: European Defence Integration Under the Constitutional Treaty |
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10: Joining Pillars, Joining Forces: the Objectives and Principles of the Common Security and Defence Policy |
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293 | (102) |
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293 | (1) |
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2. TOWARDS THE CONSTITUTIONAL TREATY 2000-2004 |
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294 | (2) |
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3. THE OBJECTIVES OF THE COMMON SECURITY AND DEFENCE POLICY |
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296 | (5) |
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296 | (1) |
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3.2. The Relations with the Wider World: The Union's Values and Interests |
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297 | (3) |
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3.3. The EU Operational Capacity |
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300 | (1) |
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4. THE PRINCIPLES OF THE COMMON SECURITY AND DEFENCE POLICY |
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301 | (2) |
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4.1. The Principles of External Action |
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301 | (1) |
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4.2. The CFSP and the Member States: Mutual Solidarity, Loyalty, and Convergence |
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302 | (1) |
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303 | (1) |
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303 | (2) |
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11: Crisis Management, Armaments, and Collective Defence: the Scope of Defence Integration Under the Constitutional Treaty |
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305 | (1) |
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305 | (1) |
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2. THE SCOPE OF THE COMMON SECURITY AND DEFENCE POLICY |
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305 | (32) |
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309 | (10) |
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2.1.1. Ad hoc Flexibility |
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310 | (3) |
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2.1.2. Permanent Structured Cooperation |
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313 | (6) |
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2.2. The European Capabilities and Armaments Policy and the European Defence Agency |
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319 | (9) |
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2.2.1. The Tasks of the European Defence Agency |
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321 | (4) |
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2.2.2. Partial Participation and the European Defence Agency |
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325 | (2) |
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2.2.3. The European Defence Agency and the Constitutional Treaty |
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327 | (1) |
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328 | (9) |
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2.3.1. The Mutual Defence Clause in the December 2003 and June 2004 Version of the Constitutional Treaty |
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329 | (2) |
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2.3.2. Closer Co-operation |
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331 | (1) |
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2.3.3. The Neutral Member States and Mutual Defence |
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332 | (3) |
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2.3.4. Collective Defence in the October 2004 Version of the Constitutional Treaty |
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335 | (2) |
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3. THE DEFENCE ACQUIS OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY |
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337 | (10) |
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3.1. Free Movement and Public Security |
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339 | (1) |
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3.2. The National Security Exemptions |
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340 | (7) |
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3.2.1. The Position of Articles 111-131 and 111-132 in the Constitution |
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341 | (2) |
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3.2.2. The Survival of the Armaments Exemption |
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343 | (2) |
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3.2.3. The Coexistence of Article 111-436 (1) (b) and the European Defence Agency in the Constitutional Treaty |
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345 | (2) |
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3.2.4. The Secrecy Exemption in Article 111-342 (1) (a) Constitutional Treaty |
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347 | (1) |
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4. LINKS WITH RELATED INTERNATIONAL SECURITY ORGANISATIONS |
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347 | (6) |
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347 | (3) |
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350 | (2) |
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352 | (1) |
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353 | (1) |
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12: The Old Players and a New Minister: The Institutional Structure of the Common Security and Defence Policy Under the Constitutional Treaty |
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354 | (1) |
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354 | (1) |
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2. THE MORE INTERGOVERNMENTAL INSTITUTIONS |
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355 | (25) |
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2.1. The European Council |
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355 | (5) |
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360 | (10) |
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2.2.1. Common Foreign and Security Policy |
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360 | (2) |
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2.2.2. Common Security and Defence Policy |
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362 | (1) |
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2.2.3. Voting on CFSP and CSDP |
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363 | (5) |
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2.2.4. The Council and the Defence Acquis Communautaire |
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368 | (1) |
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2.2.5. The Political and Security Committee |
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369 | (1) |
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2.3. The Union Minister for Foreign Affairs |
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370 | (10) |
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2.3.1. The Predecessor Under the Treaty of Nice |
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371 | (1) |
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2.3.2. The Appointment and Removal of the Minister |
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372 | (1) |
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2.3.3. The Competencies of the Minister |
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373 | (1) |
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2.3.3.1. Common Foreign and Security Policy Competencies |
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373 | (1) |
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2.3.3.2. Common Security and Defence Policy Competencies |
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375 | (1) |
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2.3.3.3. Community Competencies |
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376 | (1) |
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2.3.3.4. A Stranger Among Equals |
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377 | (1) |
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2.3.3.5. A Union Minister for Security and Defence? |
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379 | (1) |
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3. THE SUPRANATIONAL INSTITUTIONS |
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380 | (12) |
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381 | (1) |
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3.2. The European Parliament |
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382 | (3) |
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3.3. The European Court of Justice |
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385 | (7) |
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3.3.1. Exclusion of Jurisdiction |
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386 | (5) |
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3.3.2. Jurisdiction for the Use of the National Security Exemptions |
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391 | (1) |
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3.3.4. Jurisdiction for Defence Matters |
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392 | (1) |
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392 | (3) |
Conclusions |
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395 | (6) |
Bibliography |
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401 | (13) |
Index |
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