major significance and considerable controversy in recent years. Turkey applied for associate membership of the EU in 1959. The application resulted in an Association Agreement in 1963 whereby Turkey and the EU would conditionally and gradually create a customs union by 1995 at the latest. The customs union was considered as a step towards full membership at an unspecified future date. The EU granted Turkey financial assistance and protective tariffs in the first stage‚ but the second stage of gradual
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first time in 1992 and a number of rights were specified in the treaty which can be enjoyed by the citizens. Directive 2004/38 strengthened and displaced most of the legislation that were governing the rights of different category of people under EU law‚ including workers‚ job seekers‚ self employed‚ families‚ students‚ etc. Moreover‚ discrimination on the ground of nationality is prohibited on matters such as taxation‚ social benefits‚ educational benefits and dual-nationality situation. For
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the term EU-15 is used to describe the states which made up the EU before the 2004 and 2007 enlargements. The issue that is being discussed relates to the economic impact of this enlargement round on the European Union. For practical reasons only some aspects of the economic impact on the European Union will be discussed. This seems to be an important issue since the 10+2 round brings countries into the European Union which GDP and thus the standard of living is far below average of the EU-15. The
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Proposed EU Scoping Paper Philippine Counter-Draft Proposed Philippine Positions Elements of the EU-South Korea FTA Projects‚ overseas films may bid but there is a 15% price preference for domestic suppliers.36 For other procurement projects such as those funded domestically‚ only firms with at least 60% or 75% Filipino ownership or interest‚ depending on the type of procurement‚ may participate. However‚ if the goods are not available locally‚ or when there is a need to prevent unfair competition
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Costs and benefits of joining the EU and EMU. Executive Summary Purpose – This paper is conducted on several authors’ works and statistical database. The report aims to identify the costs and benefits to the Polish transport sector after joining the EU in 2004‚ as well as it aims to identify the costs and benefits to Greece due to joining of the Economic and Monetary Union in 2001. Approach – This report is conducted on the statistical database and several authors’ works‚ which were
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activities‚ an accelerated raising of standard of living and closer relations between the states belonging to it. The principal mean to concrete these objectives was to establish a Common Market by allowing goods and services to move freely within EU States. This free movement of goods promote efficiency in production because it has permitted producers in different countries to compete directly with each other. To concretize this single market‚ it was necessary to remove all internal trade barriers;
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History of the Treaty of Constitution for Europe – TCE: The establishment of a Treaty of Constitution for Europe (TCE) was a treaty attempting to create a solid constitution for the European Union that was unratified. The ideia was replace the current European Union treaties with a Constitution text‚ with legal force to the Charter of Fundamental Rights and expand Qualified Majority Voting into policy areas. The Treaty was actually signed on October 2004 by representatives of 25 member states
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European Union and Republicanism In this paper‚ I am going to look at the possible organization of the European Union through the prism of republicanism. Continuing the idea of my previous writing‚ I would like to make the public goods be the object of the present paper. However‚ the reason to place public goods in the center of this discussion seems obscure for me. Possibly‚ my perception is stipulates by the concept of the republic‚ especially what is main within this concept‚ that is namely
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EU Enlargement Background The European Union (EU) is an economic and political union of 27 member states which are located primarily in Europe. The EU traces its origins from the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC) and the European Economic Community (EEC)‚ formed by six countries in 1958. In 1967 they merged into European Community. The Maastricht Treaty established the EU under its current name in 1993. The EU has grown its size by the accession of new member states. For example‚ on May
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LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY Department of Management and Economics Linköping‚ May 2004 Leng Xue MSc in International and European Relations Master Thesis Supervisor: Dr. Ronnie Hjorth China-EU Trade Relations --The period after 1975 Logo source: European Patent Office. http://www.european-patent-office.org/intcop/ipr_china/ Datum Date 2004-05-21 Avdelning‚ Institution Division‚ Department Ekonomiska institutionen 581 83 LINKÖPING Språk Language Svenska/Swedish X Engelska/English Rapporttyp Report
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