Author: European Commission
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Budget
Languages : en
Pages : 416
Book Description
This is the third edition of 'European Union Public Finance'. Like its two predecessors, it comes out at a key moment for European integration. In 1989 a major reform of the financial system and budget procedure had been introduced following the proposals contained in the Delors package. In 1995 a new financial framework had just been adopted for the period 1993-99, taking into account the Treaty on European Union and the accession of three new Member States. This new edition takes on board the impact of the Agenda 2000 financial framework adopted at the Berlin European Council in March 1999. A coherent set of measures has been taken to pave the way for the next enlargement and major reforms have been introduced in the biggest areas of Union expenditure - the common agricultural policy and structural operations. As this new financial framework is put in place, the European Commission is reforming its own internal workings and procedures to increase its effectiveness. One of the main strands of this reform is to modernise financial management. This should lead to more efficient financial procedures and quicker payments, as part of a general drive to make better use of taxpayers' money. The Commission's administrative reforms also include a new strategic planning system designed to ensure a closer match between activities performed and resources allocated. This entails a radical overhaul of the process for preparing the Commission's preliminary draft budget. The purpose of this publication is to provide an insight into Community public finances that, if not exhaustive, is at least wide-ranging and accurate. With its division into separate chapters and the inclusion of a detailed summary, it can also serve as a reference work. The finances of the European Union are in constant development. The system they represent is both a legacy of the past, which explains some of its complexity, and an ongoing effort to improve and adapt. Further changes will be needed in the years ahead, for example to meet the challenge of enlargement. The Intergovernmental Conference in 2004 will be an opportunity to reform the Community system of finance. Also, as this edition goes to press, a proposal for recasting the financial regulation is nearing adoption. We have therefore included a discussion of the prospects for the future.
European Union Public Finance
Author: European Commission
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Budget
Languages : en
Pages : 416
Book Description
This is the third edition of 'European Union Public Finance'. Like its two predecessors, it comes out at a key moment for European integration. In 1989 a major reform of the financial system and budget procedure had been introduced following the proposals contained in the Delors package. In 1995 a new financial framework had just been adopted for the period 1993-99, taking into account the Treaty on European Union and the accession of three new Member States. This new edition takes on board the impact of the Agenda 2000 financial framework adopted at the Berlin European Council in March 1999. A coherent set of measures has been taken to pave the way for the next enlargement and major reforms have been introduced in the biggest areas of Union expenditure - the common agricultural policy and structural operations. As this new financial framework is put in place, the European Commission is reforming its own internal workings and procedures to increase its effectiveness. One of the main strands of this reform is to modernise financial management. This should lead to more efficient financial procedures and quicker payments, as part of a general drive to make better use of taxpayers' money. The Commission's administrative reforms also include a new strategic planning system designed to ensure a closer match between activities performed and resources allocated. This entails a radical overhaul of the process for preparing the Commission's preliminary draft budget. The purpose of this publication is to provide an insight into Community public finances that, if not exhaustive, is at least wide-ranging and accurate. With its division into separate chapters and the inclusion of a detailed summary, it can also serve as a reference work. The finances of the European Union are in constant development. The system they represent is both a legacy of the past, which explains some of its complexity, and an ongoing effort to improve and adapt. Further changes will be needed in the years ahead, for example to meet the challenge of enlargement. The Intergovernmental Conference in 2004 will be an opportunity to reform the Community system of finance. Also, as this edition goes to press, a proposal for recasting the financial regulation is nearing adoption. We have therefore included a discussion of the prospects for the future.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Budget
Languages : en
Pages : 416
Book Description
This is the third edition of 'European Union Public Finance'. Like its two predecessors, it comes out at a key moment for European integration. In 1989 a major reform of the financial system and budget procedure had been introduced following the proposals contained in the Delors package. In 1995 a new financial framework had just been adopted for the period 1993-99, taking into account the Treaty on European Union and the accession of three new Member States. This new edition takes on board the impact of the Agenda 2000 financial framework adopted at the Berlin European Council in March 1999. A coherent set of measures has been taken to pave the way for the next enlargement and major reforms have been introduced in the biggest areas of Union expenditure - the common agricultural policy and structural operations. As this new financial framework is put in place, the European Commission is reforming its own internal workings and procedures to increase its effectiveness. One of the main strands of this reform is to modernise financial management. This should lead to more efficient financial procedures and quicker payments, as part of a general drive to make better use of taxpayers' money. The Commission's administrative reforms also include a new strategic planning system designed to ensure a closer match between activities performed and resources allocated. This entails a radical overhaul of the process for preparing the Commission's preliminary draft budget. The purpose of this publication is to provide an insight into Community public finances that, if not exhaustive, is at least wide-ranging and accurate. With its division into separate chapters and the inclusion of a detailed summary, it can also serve as a reference work. The finances of the European Union are in constant development. The system they represent is both a legacy of the past, which explains some of its complexity, and an ongoing effort to improve and adapt. Further changes will be needed in the years ahead, for example to meet the challenge of enlargement. The Intergovernmental Conference in 2004 will be an opportunity to reform the Community system of finance. Also, as this edition goes to press, a proposal for recasting the financial regulation is nearing adoption. We have therefore included a discussion of the prospects for the future.
The Budget of the European Union and German European Policy
Author: Peter Becker
Publisher: Springer Nature
ISBN: 3658394730
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 331
Book Description
Publisher: Springer Nature
ISBN: 3658394730
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 331
Book Description
The Future of EU Enlargement
Author: Great Britain: Parliament: House of Lords: European Union Committee
Publisher: The Stationery Office
ISBN: 9780108550447
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 82
Book Description
The Committee warn that the European Council and Member States cannot afford to ignore the enlargement agenda. The report considers the impact of EU enlargement on both economic growth and the stability and security of the EU's neighbourhood. The Committee also consider the increasing 'nationalisation' of the enlargement process and how the EU and the Commission should tackle bilateral issues, such as the 'name issue' between Greece and the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. EU enlargement provides benefits for both existing and new Member States. However, with the current economic difficulties in Europe, it has become less of a priority. It is important the EU does not lose sight of the benefits enlargement can bring. The UK, for example, aims to export its way out of recession and a larger single market can only help that effort. It is also vital that the EU abides by its own rules when taking in new members. The Committee believes the Copenhagen criteria set the bar at the right level and they must be properly applied to any future candidates for EU membership. Failure to do this in the case of Bulgaria and Romania led to a scramble to bring those countries up to speed after accession. That cannot be allowed to happen again.
Publisher: The Stationery Office
ISBN: 9780108550447
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 82
Book Description
The Committee warn that the European Council and Member States cannot afford to ignore the enlargement agenda. The report considers the impact of EU enlargement on both economic growth and the stability and security of the EU's neighbourhood. The Committee also consider the increasing 'nationalisation' of the enlargement process and how the EU and the Commission should tackle bilateral issues, such as the 'name issue' between Greece and the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. EU enlargement provides benefits for both existing and new Member States. However, with the current economic difficulties in Europe, it has become less of a priority. It is important the EU does not lose sight of the benefits enlargement can bring. The UK, for example, aims to export its way out of recession and a larger single market can only help that effort. It is also vital that the EU abides by its own rules when taking in new members. The Committee believes the Copenhagen criteria set the bar at the right level and they must be properly applied to any future candidates for EU membership. Failure to do this in the case of Bulgaria and Romania led to a scramble to bring those countries up to speed after accession. That cannot be allowed to happen again.
The future of the European Union
Author: Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Foreign Affairs Committee
Publisher: Stationery Office
ISBN: 9780215058799
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 104
Book Description
Proposals for reforms for the EU as a whole are likely to find a more favourable reception than possible requests for further 'special treatment' for the UK. The Committee is sceptical that other Member States would be willing to renegotiate existing EU law so as to allow the UK on its own to reduce its degree of integration, especially where this could be seen as undermining the integrity of the Single Market. Other Member States appear to want the UK to remain an EU Member. Closer Eurozone integration is a potential risk to the position of the UK and other non-Eurozone states in the EU. However, the December 2012 agreement on the Single Supervisory Mechanism for banking regulation shows what the UK can achieve to protect its position. The Eurozone is in any case far from a homogenous bloc and the expansion and closer integration of the Eurozone does not therefore necessarily render the UK's position in the EU impossible or worthless. This report does not examine whether the UK should remain in the EU or withdraw. However, it agrees with the Government that, if the UK were to leave the EU, the current arrangements for relations with the EU which are maintained by Norway or Switzerland would not be appropriate for the UK. If it is in the UK's interest to remain in the Single Market, the UK should either remain in the EU, or launch an effort for radical institutional change in Europe to give decision-making rights in the Single Market to all its participating states
Publisher: Stationery Office
ISBN: 9780215058799
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 104
Book Description
Proposals for reforms for the EU as a whole are likely to find a more favourable reception than possible requests for further 'special treatment' for the UK. The Committee is sceptical that other Member States would be willing to renegotiate existing EU law so as to allow the UK on its own to reduce its degree of integration, especially where this could be seen as undermining the integrity of the Single Market. Other Member States appear to want the UK to remain an EU Member. Closer Eurozone integration is a potential risk to the position of the UK and other non-Eurozone states in the EU. However, the December 2012 agreement on the Single Supervisory Mechanism for banking regulation shows what the UK can achieve to protect its position. The Eurozone is in any case far from a homogenous bloc and the expansion and closer integration of the Eurozone does not therefore necessarily render the UK's position in the EU impossible or worthless. This report does not examine whether the UK should remain in the EU or withdraw. However, it agrees with the Government that, if the UK were to leave the EU, the current arrangements for relations with the EU which are maintained by Norway or Switzerland would not be appropriate for the UK. If it is in the UK's interest to remain in the Single Market, the UK should either remain in the EU, or launch an effort for radical institutional change in Europe to give decision-making rights in the Single Market to all its participating states
Legal Foundations of EU Economic Governance
Author: Antonio Estella
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108599362
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 289
Book Description
Since the economic crisis unfolded in 2008, the European Union economic governance framework has been profoundly transformed from a legal perspective. The EU has adopted new tools, institutions and rules to tackle the changes and is arguably better prepared to combat any future crises. This book analyses the basic legal framework of EU economic governance and considers the economic underpinnings which underlie legal institutions in this area. It uses analytical dialectics as a method of analysis and the paradigm of 'law as credibility' as the main model through which the substantive parts of EU economic governance are accounted for. Important issues such as access, exit and expulsion from the euro, the independence of the European Central Bank, the Stability and Growth Pact, bail-outs to member states, and the EU's economic strategy are addressed in a clear, critical and innovative way.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108599362
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 289
Book Description
Since the economic crisis unfolded in 2008, the European Union economic governance framework has been profoundly transformed from a legal perspective. The EU has adopted new tools, institutions and rules to tackle the changes and is arguably better prepared to combat any future crises. This book analyses the basic legal framework of EU economic governance and considers the economic underpinnings which underlie legal institutions in this area. It uses analytical dialectics as a method of analysis and the paradigm of 'law as credibility' as the main model through which the substantive parts of EU economic governance are accounted for. Important issues such as access, exit and expulsion from the euro, the independence of the European Central Bank, the Stability and Growth Pact, bail-outs to member states, and the EU's economic strategy are addressed in a clear, critical and innovative way.
Oxford Principles of European Union Law
Author: Robert Schütze
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0199533776
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 1441
Book Description
"Provides an analysis of the constitutional principles governing the European Union. It covers the history of the EU, the constitutional foundations, the institutional framework, legislative and executive governance, judicial protection, and external relations"--Publisher's website
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0199533776
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 1441
Book Description
"Provides an analysis of the constitutional principles governing the European Union. It covers the history of the EU, the constitutional foundations, the institutional framework, legislative and executive governance, judicial protection, and external relations"--Publisher's website
An Introduction to European Intergovernmental Organizations
Author: Marc Cogen
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317181816
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 301
Book Description
An Introduction to European Intergovernmental Organizations provides an up-to-date and accessible reference to European intergovernmental organizations other than the European Union. The EU is so dominant that people often overlook the multitude of older and newer, smaller and larger intergovernmental organizations rooted in the history of contemporary Europe which continue to help shape its future. The specialized character of these organizations adds value to cooperation in Europe as a whole, creates permanent channels of communication regardless of EU membership and allows the possibility for non-European involvement through organizations such as the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development and NATO. It also allows sub regional groups of states, such as the Nordic countries or the Benelux countries to exist and express their own identity via their own organizations. This book looks at the history of Non-EU organizations, their decision-making characteristics, membership policies, legal powers actions and interactions with each other and the European Union. A uniform scheme of analysis is used to make European intergovernmental organizations comparable and by studying them we gain a deeper understanding and insight into European affairs.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317181816
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 301
Book Description
An Introduction to European Intergovernmental Organizations provides an up-to-date and accessible reference to European intergovernmental organizations other than the European Union. The EU is so dominant that people often overlook the multitude of older and newer, smaller and larger intergovernmental organizations rooted in the history of contemporary Europe which continue to help shape its future. The specialized character of these organizations adds value to cooperation in Europe as a whole, creates permanent channels of communication regardless of EU membership and allows the possibility for non-European involvement through organizations such as the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development and NATO. It also allows sub regional groups of states, such as the Nordic countries or the Benelux countries to exist and express their own identity via their own organizations. This book looks at the history of Non-EU organizations, their decision-making characteristics, membership policies, legal powers actions and interactions with each other and the European Union. A uniform scheme of analysis is used to make European intergovernmental organizations comparable and by studying them we gain a deeper understanding and insight into European affairs.
European Regional Development Fund
Author: Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Communities and Local Government Committee
Publisher: The Stationery Office
ISBN: 9780215046741
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 100
Book Description
The abolition of the Regional Development Agencies removed the main source of match funding for ERDF sponsored projects, and the economic downturn has curbed alternative options for match funding even further. There is a pressing need to spend each region's ERDF allocation before 2015, but unless ministers take urgent steps to deliver on the Government's promise to make it easier for projects to secure match funding through the Regional Growth Fund, there is a significant risk that value for money will suffer and ERDF will not make the impact it could to help rebalance the UK's economy. The Committee endorses a number of sensible rule changes that will govern the next ERDF round (2014-20) currently proposed and related proposals to give Member States the power to tailor the size of their Operational Programme areas - which could permit Local Economic Partnerships in England to take responsibility for managing EU funds. MPs also challenge the current allocation system where even the wealthiest Member States receive some ERDF funding when a portion of what they pay in originally gets recycled back to them. The cross party group of MPs calls for this 'circular money flow' to end, and for England to retain this portion of funding to deliver its own regional policy. The Government would have to guarantee the same level of funding across the EU's 7 year funding cycle. This change would not affect the Government's contribution to ERDF for the poorer Member States. Lastly, MPs challenge the Government to evaluate the value for money of ERDF funded projects
Publisher: The Stationery Office
ISBN: 9780215046741
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 100
Book Description
The abolition of the Regional Development Agencies removed the main source of match funding for ERDF sponsored projects, and the economic downturn has curbed alternative options for match funding even further. There is a pressing need to spend each region's ERDF allocation before 2015, but unless ministers take urgent steps to deliver on the Government's promise to make it easier for projects to secure match funding through the Regional Growth Fund, there is a significant risk that value for money will suffer and ERDF will not make the impact it could to help rebalance the UK's economy. The Committee endorses a number of sensible rule changes that will govern the next ERDF round (2014-20) currently proposed and related proposals to give Member States the power to tailor the size of their Operational Programme areas - which could permit Local Economic Partnerships in England to take responsibility for managing EU funds. MPs also challenge the current allocation system where even the wealthiest Member States receive some ERDF funding when a portion of what they pay in originally gets recycled back to them. The cross party group of MPs calls for this 'circular money flow' to end, and for England to retain this portion of funding to deliver its own regional policy. The Government would have to guarantee the same level of funding across the EU's 7 year funding cycle. This change would not affect the Government's contribution to ERDF for the poorer Member States. Lastly, MPs challenge the Government to evaluate the value for money of ERDF funded projects
Annual and Long Term Public Finances in Central and Eastern European Countries
Author: Eugeniusz Ruśkowski
Publisher: Wydawnictwo Temida 2
ISBN: 8362813334
Category : Europe, Central
Languages : en
Pages : 710
Book Description
Publisher: Wydawnictwo Temida 2
ISBN: 8362813334
Category : Europe, Central
Languages : en
Pages : 710
Book Description
Reviewing European Union Accession
Author: Tom Hashimoto
Publisher: Martinus Nijhoff Publishers
ISBN: 9004352074
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 348
Book Description
The year 2017 has been an uneasy one for the EU, with so-called Brexit on the horizon and the rise of populist euroskepticism in a number of Member States. This year, with the tenth anniversary of the Romanian and Bulgarian accession to the Union, is a good year to pause and reflect over the life and future of the Union. In this work, we envision the next decade with Europe 2020 strategy and review the fruits of the 2004 accession in Central and Eastern Europe. What has the Union achieved? Which policy areas are likely to change and how? How successful, and by what measure, has the accession of the 10 Member States in 2004 been? Reviewing European Union Accession addresses a wide range of issues, deliberately without any thematic constraints, in order to explore EU enlargement from a variety of perspectives, both scientific and geographical, internal and external. In contrast to the major works in this field, we highlight the interrelated, and often unexpected, nature of the integration process – hence the subtitle, unexpected results, spillover effects and externalities.
Publisher: Martinus Nijhoff Publishers
ISBN: 9004352074
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 348
Book Description
The year 2017 has been an uneasy one for the EU, with so-called Brexit on the horizon and the rise of populist euroskepticism in a number of Member States. This year, with the tenth anniversary of the Romanian and Bulgarian accession to the Union, is a good year to pause and reflect over the life and future of the Union. In this work, we envision the next decade with Europe 2020 strategy and review the fruits of the 2004 accession in Central and Eastern Europe. What has the Union achieved? Which policy areas are likely to change and how? How successful, and by what measure, has the accession of the 10 Member States in 2004 been? Reviewing European Union Accession addresses a wide range of issues, deliberately without any thematic constraints, in order to explore EU enlargement from a variety of perspectives, both scientific and geographical, internal and external. In contrast to the major works in this field, we highlight the interrelated, and often unexpected, nature of the integration process – hence the subtitle, unexpected results, spillover effects and externalities.