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Amendments proposed to the European Communities (Amendment) Bill - continued	House of Commons

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Enhanced cooperation (No. 2)

Mr Francis Maude
Mr Richard Spring
Mrs Cheryl Gillan
Mr Peter Luff

NC10

To move the following Clause:—

'The Government shall not take steps to participate in any proposals agreed under Article 1, paragrapah 11 of the Nice Treaty, revising Article 43 TEU, or related Articles in the Nice Treaty on enhanced co-operation in the TEC and TEU, including Article 2, paragraph 1 amending Article 11 TEC, without first having obtained the approval of each House of Parliament by resolution.'.

Implications for regions of amendment to Article 161 TEC

Mr Francis Maude
Mr Richard Spring
Mrs Cheryl Gillan
Mr Peter Luff

NC11

To move the following Clause:—

'Prior to 2007, Her Majesty's Government shall lay before Parliament a report assessing the implication for the regions of the United Kingdom of the changes provided for by Article 2, paragraph 14, of the Nice Treaty, amending Article 161 TEC.'.

Referendum (No. 1)

Mr Francis Maude
Mr Richard Spring
Mrs Cheryl Gillan
Mr Peter Luff

NC12

To move the following Clause:—

'This Act shall not take effect prior to the laying before Parliament of the draft of an Order in Council making provision for ascertaining, by means of a referendum, the preponderance of national opinion with respect to the provisions of the Treaty signed at Nice on 26th February 2001, provided that the Order shall not be made unless separate provision has been made by Parliament for defraying out of public funds any expenses to be incurred by a Minister of the Crown or Government Department in carrying the Order into effect.'.

Report on Articles 2, 3 and 4 of Protocol on Enlargement of the EU

Mr Francis Maude
Mr Richard Spring
Mrs Cheryl Gillan
Mr Peter Luff

NC13

To move the following Clause:—

'Her Majesty's Government shall lay before each House of Parliament a report showing the effect on the United Kingdom, on other member states of the European Union, and on applicant states, of Articles 2, 3 and 4 of the Protocol on the Enlargement of the European Union, annexed to the Treaty of Nice, stipulating provisions concerning the European Parliament, provisions concerning the weighting of votes in the Council and provisions concerning the Commission.'.

European Constitution

Mr William Cash
Mr Richard Shepherd
Sir Peter Tapsell
Mr Nicholas Winterton
Mr Andrew Rosindell

NC14

To move the following Clause:—

'Within three months of any proposals being put by any Member State, or the European Commission or other EU authority to the European Union for a European Constitution, Her Majesty's Government shall submit to both Houses of Parliament a White Paper on the political, economic and constitutional issues arising out of the Treaty on European Union as amended by the Nice Treaty including the issue of subsidiarity, the acquis communitaire, enhanced co-operation and of the absence of a right of cession.'.

Renegotiation

Mr William Cash
Mr Richard Shepherd
Sir Peter Tapsell
Mr Nicholas Winterton
Mr Andrew Rosindell

NC15

To move the following Clause:—

'This Act shall not come into force until an Intergovernmental Conference has been held to consider the state of the European Union in the light of the Treaty of Nice and has considered such amendments to the Treaty on European Union (as amended by the Treaty of Nice) as shall be put to that Conference by any Member State or applicant country.'.

Irish referendum

Mr William Cash
Mr Richard Shepherd
Sir Peter Tapsell
Mr Nicholas Winterton
Mr Andrew Rosindell

NC17

To move the following Clause:—

'This Act shall not come into force so long as any Member State has declined to ratify the Treaty of Nice in accordance with its constitutional requirements for the first time.'.

Prerogative of Royal Assent

Mr William Cash
Mr Richard Shepherd
Sir Peter Tapsell
Mr Nicholas Winterton
Mr Andrew Rosindell

NC18

To move the following Clause:—

'Her Majesty shall not give the Royal Assent to the European Communities (Amendment) Bill until a referendum has been held in the United Kingdom on the Nice Treaty amending the Treaty on European Union and the Treaty on the European Communities.'.

Commencement

Mr William Cash
Mr Richard Shepherd
Sir Peter Tapsell
Mr Nicholas Winterton
Mr Andrew Rosindell

NC19

To move the following Clause:—

'.—This Act shall come into force when, but not before, the Treaty of Nice has been ratified by all Member States who were signatory to its text.'.

Commencement: Condition on preservation of national sovereignty (No. 1)

Mr William Cash
Sir Peter Tapsell
Mr Richard Shepherd
Mr Nicholas Winterton
Mr Andrew Rosindell

NC20

To move the following Clause:—

'This Act shall not come into force until the Treaty of European Union has been amended to provide for the addition of the following Article:

"Article A1.

(1) The Member States acknowledge that nothing in the law of the European Union and European Community law can require a Member State through its institutions to apply a law which would cause a break in the legitimation of the constitutional order of that State or override a fundamental right protected in the constitutional order of that State.

(2) The competences of the institutions of the European Union and the Communities does not and cannot extend to requiring a Member State institution to apply a law which would cause a break in the legitimation of the constitutional order of that State or override a fundamental right protected in the constitutional order of that State.

(3) The law of the European Union remains part of the legal order of public international law, a subset of the law of international organisations.

(4) This Treaty and the laws and measures adopted pursuant to it shall be interpreted according to the principle that restrictions on the sovereignty of Member States shall be interpreted restrictively.

(5) This Article takes precedence over all other provisions of the Treaty, including the Preamble, and measures, including judicial decisions, taken thereunder".'.

Commencement: Condition on preservation of national sovereignty (No. 2)

Mr William Cash
Sir Peter Tapsell
Mr Richard Shepherd
Mr Nicholas Winterton
Mr Andrew Rosindell

NC21

To move the following Clause:—

'This Act shall not come into force until the Treaty establishing the European Community has been amended to provide for the addition of the following Article:

"Article 1A.

(1) The Member States acknowledge that nothing in the law of the European Union and European Community law can require a Member State through its institutions to apply a law which would cause a break in the legitimation of the constitutional order of that state or override a fundamental right protected in the constitutional order of that state.

(2) The competence of the institution of the European Union and the Communities does not and cannot extend to requiring a Member State institution to apply a law which would cause a break in the legitimation of the constitutional order of that state or override a fundamental right protected in the constitutional order of that state.

(3) The law of the European Community remains part of the legal order of public international law, as a subset of the law of international organisations.

(5) This Article takes precedence over all other provisions of the Treaty including the Preamble and measures, including judicial decisions, taken thereunder.".'

Commencement: Condition on preservation of national sovereignty (No. 3)

Mr William Cash
Sir Peter Tapsell
Mr Richard Shepherd
Mr Nicholas Winterton
Mr Andrew Rosindell

NC22

To move the following Clause:—

'This Act shall not come into force until the Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community is amended to provide for the addition of the following Article:

"Article 1A.

(1) The Member States acknowledge that nothing in the law of the European Union and European Community law can require a Member State through its institutions to apply a law which would cause a break in the legitimation of the constitutional order of that state or override a fundamental right protected in the constitutional order of that state.

(3) The law of the European Atomic Energy Community remains part of the legal order of public international law, as a subset of the law of international organisations.

(5) This Article takes precedence over all other provisions of the Treaty including the Preamble and measures, including judicial decisions, taken thereunder.".'