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LEGAL INSTRUMENTS IN THE REFORM TREATY – SIMPLIFIED?

Tamara Ćapeta

Sažetak

This article deals with the new provisions devoted to EU legal instruments
proposed by the Constitutional Treaty and the Reform Treaty. In the first part, the
changes proposed by the Constitutional Treaty and the Reform Treaty are explained in
relation to the present organisation of legal instruments. Besides describing the proposed
changes, an attempt is made to identify the motives behind them. In the second part, the
proposed changes are assessed as to whether they represent simplifications that would
make it easier for European citizens to understand the EU system. The article looks at
whether different aspects of the proposed changes, such as decreasing the number of
legal instruments, changing their names, or introducing a distinction between legislative
and non-legislative acts, represent simplifications. The overall conclusion which follows
is that the Reform Treaty does not simplify EU legal acts for EU citizens, even if there
are certain changes which might be called simplifications.

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Hrčak ID:

28558

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/28558

Datum izdavanja:

2.11.2007.

Posjeta: 1.327 *