Sentences with phrase «convention for the member states»

Does the Court — limiting our examination here to the present case — have a legitimate reason to differentiate between the obligations resulting from the Convention for the Member States and those for the EU?

Declarations are a method expressly permitted by a convention for member states to qualify their participation in some way, usually relating to the scope of application of the convention.

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He reported sarcastically that «there» were some members [at the Constitutional Convention] so unfashionable as to think that a belief of the existence of a Deity, and of a state of future rewards and punishments would be some security for the good conduct of our rulers, and that in a Christian country it would be at least decent to hold out some distinction between the professors of Christianity and downright infidelity or paganism» (IV: 642) This chapter also includes excerpts from state constitutions that imposed religious tests on government officers (Delaware, for example.

His church, the 1,000 - member Riverfront Baptist Church, partners with many groups, including the Fellowship, the moderate - led state conventions and the Willow Creek Association (created by Bill Hybels's Willow Creek Community Church outside Chicago), to provide resources for evangelism and spiritual growth.

On a more procedural level, the last major treaty was the Lisbon treaty in 2007, itself a «repackaging» of the «Treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe» that was discussed and negotiated before the enlargement (some representatives of the future member and candidate states did however participate in the Convention).

However, she appear to have a lock on the state Conservative Party's backing when its members meet in NYC for their convention on March 19.

This is another one of the legislative races on which the WFP took a pass when its members gathered in Buffalo for the state convention earlier this month.

The operative for whom Team Lazio is searching would basically take over the convention vote whipping operation — the calling and maintenance of committee members who have pledged their support — and also manage the proxies pledged by those people to make sure nothing goes awry after their delivery to state GOP Chairman Ed Cox, who has endorsed Suffolk County Executive Steve Levy over Lazio.

Next week the Democrats will meet for their convention on Long Island where members of the State Committee will pick candidates and award them a spot on the ballot.

WFP officials are also working to sell this deal to their own staffers and state committee members — some 41 percent of whom voted for Teachout over Cuomo at Saturday's convention.

At a meeting with state executive members and convention delegates of the party at the Secretariat, he said he was in the state to seek support of party members for his aspiration to lead PDP.

Much to the audible chagrin of the more than 200 state committee members, activists and officials who gathered at a suburban hotel for the W.F.P.'s quadrennial convention, Teachout's last - minute candidacy was rejected after Governor Andrew Cuomo promised party leaders he would throw his might behind flipping the State Senate into Democratic hstate committee members, activists and officials who gathered at a suburban hotel for the W.F.P.'s quadrennial convention, Teachout's last - minute candidacy was rejected after Governor Andrew Cuomo promised party leaders he would throw his might behind flipping the State Senate into Democratic hState Senate into Democratic hands.

With President Obama set to accept his party's renomination in three weeks, excuses are plentiful among Democratic members of Congress from New York State — or at least those who are gearing up for tough re-election battles in November — for why they can not attend the Democratic National Convention.

The Onondaga GOP committee's vote for governor is worth 3.4 percent of the weighted vote at the Republican State Convention, where statewide committee members will choose a candidate for governor in May.

Former governor of Delta State, Chief James Ibori has been included as a member of the national convention planning committee for Saturday's special convention of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP.

Ladd Bierman noted that some state lawmakers recently told members of the League they would be more amenable to pushing for voting reform if the public voted in favor of a convention.

The delegates awarded to Trump by New York GOP committee members would be bound under state party rules to vote for him only through the first ballot at the convention.

Appelbaum, who is also a member of the Democratic National Convention executive committee, praised Cuomo for progressive accomplishments during his first two terms — like the legalization of same - sex marriage, enactment of a statewide paid family leave program, and a $ 15 - an - hour minimum wage — even while working with a Republican - controlled state Senate.

In order to give anyone interested in running for Morahan's seat time to reach out to committee members and make their case, Reda has decided to postpone the vote on a Senate nominee until June 7 — after the state GOP convention in Rye.

In November 2007, several former Chiefs of Defence — including General Lord Guthrie, Admiral Lord Boyce, Marshal of the Royal Air Force Lord Craig, Field Marshal Lord Bramall and Field Marshal Lord Inge — criticised Brown for departing from the military covenant — a convention within British politics stating that in exchange for risking their lives for the sake of national security, members of the armed forces should be suitably looked after by the government.

A local State Committee member for the 26th A.D in Queens has a front row seat to the Democratic National Convention and he's sent Queens - Politics a few pictures to share the experience.

The senator has said he will take his fight for the nomination to the Republican convention floor and gain the votes of state committee members who will split with their party chairs.

This past year we've petitioned for District Leaders, County Committee Members, and been part of the district convention to choose a nominee for our State Senate special election.

State legislators addressed members at the convention center just before the educators fanned out to lobby their local elected officials to call for an increase in school funding, more Teacher Centers, an end to the charter equity gap and further expansion of the Community Learning Schools initiative.

1734 — Thomas McKean was born in New London, Chester County, PA 1755 — McKean admitted to the bar and commenced practice in New Castle, Del 1756 — appointed deputy general for Sussex Country and served until 1758 1762-1775 — member of the Delaware House of Assembly 1764 — appointed one of the three trustees of the loan office 1765 — member of the Stamp Act Congress; appointed sole notary for the lower counties of Delaware; received the commission of a justice of the peace and of orphans» court 1771 — appointed collector of the port of New Castle 1774 - 1776 — member of the Continental Congress 1776 — signer of the Declaration of Independence; member of the state house of representatives 1776 — served as speaker 1777 — president of the state of Delaware 1777 - 1799 — chief justice of Pennsylvania 1781 - served as President of Congress 1787 — member of the convention of Pennsylvania which ratified the Constitution of the United States 1789 — delegate to the state constitutional convention 1799 - 1808 - Governor of Pennsylvania 1817 — died in Philadelphia, PA

Member meetings are held in 16 chapters throughout the state, offering a chance to connect with colleagues in your area, and the annual convention in September provides a lively forum for building and renewing your professional relationships.

All -LCB- developed country Parties -RCB--LCB- all Annex I Parties and all current European Union (EU) member States, EU candidate countries and potential candidate countries that are not included in Annex I to the Convention -RCB--LCB- Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) member countries, countries that are not OECD members but whose economic development stages are equivalent to those of the OECD members, and countries that voluntarily wish to be treated as developed countries -RCB--LCB- shall -RCB--LCB- should -RCB- adopt legally binding mitigation commitments or actions including economy - wide quantified emission limitation and reduction objectives16 for the period from -LCB- 1990 -RCB--LCB- 2013 -RCB--LCB- XXXX -RCB- until -LCB- 2017 -RCB--LCB- 2020 -RCB--LCB- XXXX -RCB-, while ensuring comparability of efforts among them, taking into account differences in their national circumstances.

The roundtable was convened by Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson of Texas, the ranking member of the committee, and also included remarks from Christiana Figueres, former head of the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change, David O'Sullivan, the EU Ambassador to the United States, and Jonathan Elkind, former assistant secretary for international affairs at the U.S. Energy Department.

This activity report provides an overview of capacity - building activities provided to ESCWA member States in the field of climate change negotiations, in preparation for the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) 21st Conference of the Parties (COP21).

However, London's reign as arbitration capital may be under threat after last week's European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruling in West Tankers that it was inconsistent with EC reg 44/2001 (the successor of the Brussels Convention) for a court of a European member state to make an order (commonly known as an anti-suit injunction) to restrain a person from commencing or continuing proceedings in another member state on the ground that such proceedings are in breach of an arbitration agreement.

The Directive seeks to establish minimum standards and common criteria for all the Member States regarding the recognition of asylum seekers as refugee within the meaning of Article 1 of the Refugee Convention.

Of course the Court is not interpreting the terms of the Convention differently for the Member States and the EU.

Our problem of unequal treatment arises from the fact that subsequently these interpretations are often only applicable to and thus relevant for the Member States, because the Court then «disapplies» the Convention for cases involving EU secondary law and the EU institutions, as you correctly state.

He has helped run Minneapolis political conventions and campaigns of Minneapolis City Council Members and Mayors, as well as candidates for Governor of Minnesota and President of the United States.

Essentially, the national court asks whether Simmenthal II applies to the ECHR now that article 6 (3) TEU states that «Fundamental rights, as guaranteed by the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms and as they result from the constitutional traditions common to the Member States, shall constitute general principles of the Union's law&rstates that «Fundamental rights, as guaranteed by the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms and as they result from the constitutional traditions common to the Member States, shall constitute general principles of the Union's law&rStates, shall constitute general principles of the Union's law».

Confidence in the use of such communications, and in UNCITRAL's «solution» for removing barriers to them, had grown to the extent that the Convention makes binding on member states what the Model Law had simply put out for adoption or adaptation.

The electronic apostille (and register): Under the Hague Conference on Private International Law's Convention on the Abolition of All Forms of Legalization, member states may authenticate public documents for use in other member states by use of a certificate called an apostille.

Despite the fact that all EU states are party to the 1970 Hague Evidence Convention (Hague Convention on the Taking of Evidence Abroad in Civil or Commercial Matters or hereafter Hague Convention) and have transposed the EU Data Protection Directive into national law, stark differences in the legal regime applicable to international transfers for the purposes of e-discovery exist between EU Member Sstates are party to the 1970 Hague Evidence Convention (Hague Convention on the Taking of Evidence Abroad in Civil or Commercial Matters or hereafter Hague Convention) and have transposed the EU Data Protection Directive into national law, stark differences in the legal regime applicable to international transfers for the purposes of e-discovery exist between EU Member StatesStates.

This can make it easier for parties to obtain enforcement over assets located in onshore UAE or in Riyadh or GCC Convention member states.

Also, as the Commission submitted in the Achmea case, the conclusion of bilateral conventions on double taxation had an express legal justification in Article 293 of the EC Treaty: EU primary law required Member States to enter into negotiations in view of concluding bilateral conventions for the benefit of their nationals.

In order to join the Council of Europe, a European state must first sign and ratify the European Convention on Human Rights, thus confirming its commitments to the aims of the Organization, namely the achievement of greater unity between its members based on human rights and fundamental freedoms, peace and respect for democracy and the rule of law.

The repeal of Article 293 after the Lisbon Treaty has no impact on the compatibility of bilateral conventions with EU law: it simply removes the obligation for Member States to enter into negotiation to conclude such conventions.

In addition, to underline the necessity to impose effective criminal penalties, the Court recalls the obligation for the Member States, under Article 2 (1) of the 1995 PIF Convention, to protect the financial interests of the EU by effective, proportionate and dissuasive criminal penalties and clearly includes VAT fraud in its definition of PIF fraud.

The 2007 Convention will be concluded (ratified) by the EU on behalf of all member states on a date after 10 December 2012 and that conclusion will bind all member states (except for Denmark) to apply the Convention.

There may not be a cause for panic however, as the 1996 Hague Convention carries out a similar function to Brussels II Revised and it applies to all EU member states, including Denmark (as well as other countries), whereas Brussels II applies to all EU member states excluding Denmark.

Despite contrary arguments by several Member States, the Court had found that this constituted an obstacle to the free movement of capital, which even the conclusion of double taxation conventions with most EU and EEA Member States could not remove, as the effective tax rate remained higher than that for resident pension funds under all but three of those conventions (para 33 - 34).

(5) The Council, by an Act dated 26 May 1997 (4), drew up a Convention on the service in the Member States of the European Union of judicial and extrajudicial documents in civil or commercial matters and recommended it for adoption by the Member States in accordance with their respective constitutional rules.

The Union shall respect fundamental rights, as guaranteed by the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms signed in Rome on 4 November 1950 and as they result from the constitutional traditions common to the Member States, as general principles of Community law.

(d) establish conventions which it shall recommend to the Member States for adoption in accordance with their respective constitutional requirements.

Judgments given before the date of application of this Regulation but after the date of entry into force of Regulation (EC) No 1347/2000 in proceedings instituted before the date of entry into force of Regulation (EC) No 1347/2000 shall be recognised and enforced in accordance with the provisions of Chapter III of this Regulation provided they relate to divorce, legal separation or marriage annulment or parental responsibility for the children of both spouses on the occasion of these matrimonial proceedings and that jurisdiction was founded on rules which accorded with those provided for either in Chapter II of this Regulation or in Regulation (EC) No 1347/2000 or in a convention concluded between the Member State of origin and the Member State addressed which was in force when the proceedings were instituted.