The Treaty of Lisbon: an impact assessment, 10th report of session 2007-08, Vol. 1: ReportThe Stationery Office, 2008 M03 13 - 300 pages This report, from the European Union Committee (HLP 62-I, ISBN 9780104012420) is an impact assessment of the Treaty of Lisbon and seeks to inform the House of the most important aspects of the Treaty by comparing provisions with the status quo and assessing their impact on the institutions of the EU, Members States and on the UK. Divided into 12 chapters, with 7 appendices, the report covers the following areas, including: foundations of the European Union, where the Committee analyses the effects of the changes to the structure of EU treaties and the amendments made to the Union's values and objectives; the simplified treaty revision and how this can alter significantly the provisions on the face of all European Treaties; the impact of the Treaty on European institutions and what changes this will make to the European Council, including a full-time European Council President; the Lisbon Treaty gives the Charter of Fundamental Rights a legally binding status and whether the Charter's rights will create "new" rights in the UK and if the UK's existing labour and social legislation will be effected; the area of freedom, security and justice; how far does the Treaty change fundamental principles of foreign, defence and development policies; the impact of the Treaty on social affairs as well as finance and the internal markets; the impact on environment, agriculture and fisheries; also the new functions the Treaty gives national parliaments and the democratic challenge that poses; a summary of conclusions. The report does not seek to compare the Lisbon Treaty with the now abandoned Constitutional Treaty or the process by which the Lisbon Treaty was produced. Also the report does not address the question whether there should be a UK referendum on this Treaty. For the Committee, ratification of the Treaty is now a matter for Parliament. |
Contents
FOREWORDWhat this Report is about | 11 |
Civil justice 6 131 137 | 12 |
General Provisions Foundations of the Union | 18 |
Legal personality 2 46 | 31 |
The Impact of the Treaty on the European | 39 |
Relationships between the senior positions in the Union 4 21 | 44 |
The impact of the reforms to qualified majority voting 4 54 | 53 |
The impact of the Treaty on the European Parliament 4 111 | 65 |
Transitional arrangements 6 312 | 172 |
EU Foreign Defence and Development Policies | 179 |
Decisionmaking and the maintenance of the UKs | 182 |
Measures relating to consular protection 7 59 | 189 |
The Common Security and Defence Policy 7 106 | 198 |
Social Affairs | 204 |
Public health 8 55 | 213 |
Intellectual property 9 19 | 219 |
Changes to the European Parliaments membership | 70 |
Actions for failure to fulfil obligations | 76 |
The European Council and the Council of Ministers | 82 |
The Charters new status | 98 |
Accession to ECHR | 107 |
Position postTreaty of Lisbon | 113 |
The right of initiative | 123 |
Passerelles in | 131 |
Police and judicial cooperation in criminal matters 6 142 | 142 |
Issues of crossborder 6 227 | 156 |
Environment Agriculture and Fisheries | 225 |
The amended budgetary provisions 10 41 | 231 |
National ParliamentsThe Democratic | 234 |
Summary of Conclusions | 247 |
List of Members | 276 |
List of Witnesses | 283 |
Structure of the TreatiesA rough guide | 289 |
Glossary | 297 |
Common terms and phrases
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