Sentences with phrase «accession procedures»

The opinion does not discuss the question of whether Scotland could maintain the Treaty opt - outs that the UK currently enjoys, but simply notes that the Treaty does not contemplate a situation whereby the accession procedures could be varied (and elsewhere, the Commission has made it quite clear that adoption of the acquis is non-negotiable; see also Article 7, Protocol 19 of the Treaties on the Schengen acquis).

I have argued elsewhere that the values, norms and «special ethos» of the EU, expressed in concepts such as EU citizenship, fundamental rights and duties of loyalty, combine to provide a reasoned justification for an internal enlargement of the EU using the procedure for treaty amendment in Article 48 TEU, rather than necessitating the cumbersome accession procedures for a new member state (which has been colloquially referred to as «the Croatia route»).

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Andrew Drzemczewski opens part I on institutional arrangements, the prior involvement procedure and the autonomy of the EU with an overview of the negotiation process and highlights a number of «selected features» from the draft Accession Agreement which proves to be a perfect starting point to set the scene, especially for readers without any prior knowledge of the context and history of EU accession to Accession Agreement which proves to be a perfect starting point to set the scene, especially for readers without any prior knowledge of the context and history of EU accession to accession to the ECHR.

Crawford and Boyle, echoing Barroso's position, deem Article 49 TEU, the legal basis for accession to the EU, to be quite clear on its face — as a new state, it must apply for EU membership in accordance with the requisite procedures and an accession agreement must be ratified by all Member States.

Of course, as part of a study on the topic of accession of the EU to the Convention, the changes necessary in the other institutions and procedures — for example as regards supervision of the execution of judgments by the Committee of Ministers — could have also been discussed.

The Court holds that although an accession of the EU to protocol n ° 16 was not foreseen in the draft agreement, the ECHR would nonetheless become part of EU law, with the effect of the preliminary ruling procedure of Article 267 TFEU potentially loosing effectiveness.