Treaty of Rome

In 1994, the former European Economic Community (EEC or EC) became the European Union. It originated as the Common Market created by the Treaty of Paris ia 1951 and the Treaty of Rome ia 1958. Greece joined in 1981, Spain and Portugal in 1984, and Austria, Einland, and Sweden in 1994. 

The Council of the European Economic Community, established under the 1957 Treaty of Rome, in 1973 issued a declaration on the environment (4), which the European Commission in Brussels has interpreted as giving it authority to issue directives on matters related to the emission of air pollutants, such as one limiting the sulfur content of fuel oil (5). 

The ruling Swedish political establishment is, of course, well aware that issuing restrictions based on its own extremist version of the PP may cause serious international complications. In particular, the EU Commission as well as the WTO can be expected to raise objections about Sweden introducing non-tariff barriers to trade. To head off complaints appearing before the European Court of Justice and WTO, Sweden has devised various subtle means to circumvent its international obligations under, for instance, the articles on the Free Movement of Goods as stipulated by the 1957 Treaty of Rome. 

France is a founding member of the European Economic Community (EEC). In accordance with Article 30 of the Treaty of Rome, the EEC s objective is the free circulation of goods with certain exceptions such as for public health reasons (Article 36 of the same treaty). The legislation is primarily of Community origin and details scientific and technical requirements. 

With the Drug Law of 1961, Germany— for the first time in its history—introduced modern legislation regulating the medicines industry. This law was amended in 1976 to bring it into line with the guidelines issued by the Commission of the European Economic Community (EEC) requiring the adaptation of national laws to the Treaty of Rome for the creation of a common market. 

European Economic Community established under the Treaty of Rome... 

Finally, among these broad trends there is the confusing picture caused by cheaper parallel imports. Preventing such imports conflicts with the Treaty of Rome, but it does seem reasonable that a pack should use English text, particularly now that OPD advises the inclusion of user friendly leaflets to better inform the patients. 

A fundamental aim of the 1957 Treaty of Rome establishing the European Economic Community is the creation of a common internal market among the... 

The European Communities issue their technical and administrative standards in the motor vehicle field in the form of "directives". A directive is one of the legal instruments made available to the executive of the Communities under the Treaty of Rome in order that it may perform its function. It is addressed to Member States and for them its aim is binding, while the choice of means of implementation is left open to them. 

Under normal circumstances four European institutions work together in preparing a directive the Commission, the European Parliament, the Economic and Social Committee and the Council of Ministers. Their respective functions are laid down in Article 100 of the Treaty of Rome the Commission has the right of initiative i.e. it proposes directives, while the Parliament and Economic and Social Committee deliver opinions on it and the Council adopts and issues the directive. 

Before the Single European act was ratified on 1 July 1987 there was no specific provision in the Treaty of Rome for health and safety measures. Directives on health and safety... 

These in turn became the two Treaties of Rome signed in March 1957. 

Other new regulations (Display Screen Equipment, Work Equipment, Personal Protective Equipment) implement aspects of the MHSW 1992 and Workplace Regulations in more detail. These also fulfil some of the European legislation that has shaped our practice since 1993. This relates to the European Community Directives issued by the Council of Ministers under Article 118A of the Treaty of Rome. 

Treaty of Rome. Initiates the single market concept for free trade. 

In Europe, the European Community (EC) was formed by the union of three organizations the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC), established in 1951 the European Economic Community (EEC), established by the Treaty of Rome in 1957 and the European Atomic Energy Community (EURATOM), established in 1957. In 1967, with the Merger Treaty, these organizations merged to form the EC. After the Maastricht Treaty in 1992, the EC became the European Union (EU) which consists of the European Commission, the European Council, the European Parliament, and the European Court of Justice. ... 

Originally the Treaty of Rome required unanimous assent for a matter to be adopted, but the subsequent Treaties of Maastricht and Amsterdam have considerably modified the procedure. These Treaties introduced a co-decision procedure, shown diagrammatically in Figure 1.3, whereby the Council of the European Union (Council) and the European Parhament (EP) work on an equal footing and have to agree the text of proposed new EU legislation before it can be adopted. Where EP and the Council cannot agree, a Conciliation Committee has to be established to resolve any differences. 

The Fifth Environmental Action Plan was issued in 1993 and runs to 2000 and is entitled Towards Sustainability . The Treaty of European Union (TEU) adds several elements of the environmental provisions of articles 130r to 130t of the Treaty of Rome. European unity sets the objective, amongst other things, to promote sustainable and non-inflationary growth respecting the environment as one of the activities of the EC. 

The legal basis of the Deliberate Release Directive (DRD) is Article 100a of the Treaty of Rome, which is concerned with the adoption of measures for approximating law, regulation or administrative actions of Member... 

The powers of the EU in heaith and safety iaw are derived from the Treaty of Rome 1957 and the Singie European Act 1986. For heaith and safety, the Singie European Act added two additional Articles 100A and 118A. The 1997 Treaty of Amsterdam renumbered them as Articles 95 and 138 respectively. Article 95 is concerned with health and safety standards of equipment and plant and its Directives are implemented in the UK by the Department of Trade and Industry. 

The intention of this Regulation is to require that employers ensure that equipment, provided for use after 31 December 1992, complies with the relevant essential requirements in various European Directives made under Article 95 of the Treaty of Rome. The requirements of PUWER Regulations 11 to 19 and 22 to 29 only apply if the essential requirements do not apply to a particular piece of equipment. 

Germany, France, Italy, the Netherlands, Belgimn, and Luxembourg sign the Treaties of Rome. The first Treaty created the European Economic Community (EEC), or common market, to allow for the free movement of people and trade across national borders. The second created the European Atomic Energy Community (Euratom). 

Originally known as the European Economic Community (EEC) and then as the European Commrmity (EC) it is now usual to refer to the Community as the European Union (EU). The primary legislation is the Treaty of Rome 1957 which established the Community and was incorporated into UK law by the European Corranunities Act 1972 the Single Emopean Act 1985 was incorporated into UK law in 1986 and the Treaty of European Union 1991 (TEU) (the Maastricht Treaty), incorporated into UK law by the European Commrmities Act 1992. The TEU and the Treaty of Amsterdam 1997 , strengthen the role of the European Parliament (EP) by extending the scope of the co-decision procedure (outlined below). The Treaty of Nice 2001 is directed to enlargement of the Emopean Union. 

The European Parliament consists of 626 members, elected every 5 years by the citizens of the member states. Given only a consultative role under the 1957 Treaty of Rome, which provided the basis for forming the European Economic Community, the influence of the European Parliament has been extended under subsequent treaties. Differing procedures apply, depending on the legislative aims ... 

The Treaty of Rome (EEC Treaty) estabUshing the European Economic Community (EEC) as a common trading market The articles of the EEC Treaty of particular relevance to chemicals control are ... 

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