Tutorial 6 Flashcards
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customs union
A free trade area with common external tariffs for imports to the union
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common market
An area with free movement of goods, services, capital and people.
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economic union
Countries coordinating their economic policies beyond the removal of tariffs and quotas.
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political union
Countries integrating major aspects of their political and economic affairs.
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Treaty of London
- September 1949
- Creation of the council of europe
- Independent of the EU
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European convention of human rights
- November 1950
- Codifying individual human rights; creation of European Court of Human Rights
- Ratified and in force 1953, independent of the EU
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Treaty of Paris
- April 1951
- European coal and steel community ECSC
- In force 1952, now defunct
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Treaties of Rome
- March 1957
- Creation of the European Economic Community (EEC) and Euroatom
- In effect from January 1958, with a completion target date set to December 1969
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First direct elections to the European Parliament
- June 1979
- Monitoring of EEC bureaucracy and its budget; co-decisions regarding European legislation
- Elected every fifth year directly by the citizens of the EEC
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Schengen Convention
- June 1958
- Abolition of border controls
- Implemented 1995
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Single European Act
- February 1989
- Creation of the European common market
- Common market effective January 1, 1993
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Maastricht Treaty
- February 1992
- Creation of the monetary union; extension of political cooperation, EEC becomes European Union (EU
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Copenhagen Criteria
- June 1993
- Conditions that new members have to fulfil to join the EU
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Amsterdam Treaty
- Ocotober 1997
- Further streamlining of decision- making processes; tidying up gaps in Maastricht Treaty
- In force 1999
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Bologna declaration
- June 1999
- Creation of a single European higher educational area
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Nice treaty
- February 2001
- Further streamlining of decision- making processes; realignment of voting power
- In force 2003
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Constitution
- October 2004
- Integrating the treaties; creating new structures and policy areas
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Lisbon treaty
- December 2007
- Integration of agreements; simplification of institutions
- In force December 2008
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European stability mechanism
- December 2011
- Organization providing support for countries in financial difficulties
- September 2012
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Comecon
The pre-1990 trading bloc of socialist countries.
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economic transition
The process of changing from a central plan to a market economy.
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four freedoms of the EU single market
Freedom of movement
of people, goods, services and capital
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mutual recognition
The principle that products recognized as legal in one country may be sold throughout the EU.
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subsidiarity
The EU takes action only if it is more effective than actions taken at lower levels.
