Admission of European Free Trade Association states to the European Community: effects on voting power in the European Community Council of Ministers

1993 ◽  
Vol 47 (4) ◽  
pp. 629-643 ◽  
Author(s):  
Madeleine O. Hosli
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Free Trade ◽  
European Community ◽  
Trade Association ◽  
Member States ◽  
Voting Power ◽  
European Free Trade Association ◽  
Qualified Majority ◽  
Single European Act ◽  
Council Of Ministers

Several member states of the European Free Trade Association have applied for admission into the European Community (EC). Paradoxically, enlarging the EC in this way will expand the voting power of Luxembourg, the smallest EC member state, in the EC Council of Ministers but diminish the power of the other states. In an EC with more members, voting by unanimity increasingly becomes an impractical decision-making procedure. As the Single European Act and possibly also the Treaty on European Union are being implemented, the distribution of EC council voting power takes on growing importance, since the range of issues to be decided by qualified majority votes increases considerably. Moreover, there are tendencies within the EC to render decision making more transparent and to publish member states' positions taken in majority votes. Thus, the distribution of voting power will increasingly be a crucial aspect for the EC.

European Free Trade Association

1962 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 252-253 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Free Trade ◽  
European Market ◽  
Stockholm Convention ◽  
Trade Association ◽  
European Free Trade Association ◽  
Single European Market ◽  
Council Of Ministers

The Council of the European Free Trade Association (EFTA) met at ministerial level in London on June 27 and 28, 1961. The Ministers stressed EFTA's wish ultimately toform a single European market for 300 million consumers which would follow liberal policies toward the outside world. They stated that a new effort to bring an end to European division would necessitate a readiness to make some modification of policy on all sides, but that the Stockholm Convention. In regard to approaching che six of EEC, the Council of Ministers agreed that EETA should coordingate its policies in order to remain united throughout negotitations

scholarly journals DECISION-MAKING IN THE EU COUNCIL OF MINISTERS AFTER BREXIT

2021 ◽  
pp. 87-98
Author(s):  
JELENA TODOROVIĆ LAZIĆ
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Member States ◽  
Hybrid Nature ◽  
Qualified Majority ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Council Of Ministers ◽  
The Eu

The EU Council of Ministers is different from other EU institutions because it is both an intergovernmental and supranational authority. This hybrid nature has motivated many authors to focus their research on it. The Council is an intergovernmental institution if we look at who is part of it (representatives of the Member States) while the elements of supranationality are most visible in the deci-sion-making area. The central decision-making institutions, the Council of Ministers can take decisions by qualified majority to be applied even to those countries that have not voted for decision. This decision-making procedure is what makes the Council recognizable, and at the same time this is an area that will be significantly affected by the UK's departure from the Union. Therefore, the subject of this paper is the analysis of decision-making in the Council after Brexit. The aim is to present future changes in this area, bearing in mind the current Lisbon model of qualified decision-making by a double majority. In addition, the paper provides projections on what coalitions in the Council might look like after the departure of one of the larg-est and most influential states.

European Free Trade Association

1962 ◽  
Vol 16 (3) ◽  
pp. 649-650 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
United Kingdom ◽  
Free Trade ◽  
Trade Association ◽  
Member States ◽  
Total Reduction ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
European Free Trade Association ◽  
Tariff Reductions

The European Free Trade Association (EFTA) announced that the tariffs of five member states on imports of goods qualifying for EFTA treatment would be reduced IO percent on March 1, 1962. This reduction resulted in a total reduction in basic duties of 40 percent since July 1, 1960, for Denmark, Portugal, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom. For imports into Austria and Norway a corresponding reduction was to be made not later than September 1, 1962. The reduction was not yet to apply to certain limited classes of goods imported into Denmark. The tariff reductions were to be applied to imports from Finland in the same way as to imports from other member states.

Square Pegs and Round Holes: The Free Movement of Persons Under EEA Law

2017 ◽  
Vol 19 ◽  
pp. 165-186
Author(s):  
Christian NK FRANKLIN
Keyword(s):  
Free Trade ◽  
Case Law ◽  
Fundamental Principle ◽  
Free Movement ◽  
Trade Association ◽  
Eu Law ◽  
European Free Trade Association ◽  
Court Of Justice ◽  
Free Movement Of Persons ◽  
The Eu

AbstractWhilst the European Union’s aim of achieving an ‘ever closer Union’ is not an objective of EEA cooperation, homogeneity demands that we follow the same path: as the Union gets ever closer, so too does EEA cooperation, in light of the demands of the fundamental principle of homogeneity. This is particularly well demonstrated by looking at developments in the field of the free movement of persons. The case law of the Court of Justice of the European Free Trade Association (EFTA Court) in this field shows that in situations where homogeneity is put to the test, there seems little to suggest that a more national sovereignty-friendly approach has been adopted than under EU law. Notwithstanding the integral differences between the EU and EEA legal constructs, the EFTA Court has proven highly adept at keeping pace with EU developments in the field through a number of bold and creative interpretations of EEA law, and by using different tools to arrive at uniform conclusions.

European Free Trade Association

1964 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 204-207 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Free Trade ◽  
Trade Association ◽  
Percent Reduction ◽  
Industrial Products ◽  
European Free Trade Association ◽  
Ministerial Council

The Ministerial Council of the European Free Trade Association (EFTA) met in Lisbon on May 9–11, 1963, under the chairmanship of Mr. Corrêa d'Oliveira (Portuguese Minister of State). The Ministers decided to establish a final timetable for the dismantling of tariffs on industrial products. These tariffs would be eliminated by December 31, 1966. The next 10 percent reduction would take place on December 31, 1963, thus bringing intra-EFTA tariffs down to 40 percent of their level when EFTA began.

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