European Union Bill

AMENDMENT
TO BE MOVED
ON REPORT
[Supplementary to the Marshalled List]

Clause 18

LORD LEA OF CRONDALL

 

Page 12, line 9, at end insert—

“(2) This section does not affect the United Kingdom’s commitments set out in—

(a) the European Communities Act 1972,

(b) the European Communities (Amendment) Act 1986 giving effect to the Single European Act,

(c) the European Communities (Amendment) Act 1993 giving effect to the Maastricht Treaty on European Union,

(d) the European Communities (Amendment) Act 1998 giving effect to the Amsterdam Treaty,

(e) the European Communities (Amendment) Act 2002 giving effect to the Nice Treaty, and

(f) the European Union (Amendment) Act 2008 giving effect to the Treaty of Lisbon,

which gave the EU new competences in fields agreed to be necessary for member States to act together.

(3) This section does not affect—

(a) the European Communities (Greek Accession) Act 1979,

(b) the European Communities (Spanish and Portuguese Accession) Act 1985,

(c) the European Union (Accessions) Act 1994,

(d) the European Union (Accessions) Act 2003, and

(e) the European Union (Accessions) Act 2006,

which enabled successive enlargements of the EU as part of the dynamics of EU development.”

Prepared 9th June 2011