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

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Renegotiation

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

Mr Andrew Selous Angela Watkinson Mr Roy Beggs

The Reverend Martin Smyth The Reverend Ian Paisley Mr Peter Robinson

Mr Nigel Dodds Iris Robinson

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

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

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

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
Mr Patrick Mercer

Mr Andrew Selous Angela Watkinson Mr Roy Beggs

The Reverend Martin Smyth The Reverend Ian Paisley Mr Peter Robinson

Mr Nigel Dodds Iris Robinson

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)

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)

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.".'

Commencement: Condition on preservation of national sovereignty (No. 4)

NC23

To move the following Clause:—

'This Act shall not come into force until the Treaty establishing the European Coal and Steel Community to be 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 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 Coal and Steel 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.".'