Translation of "Area Community competence " (English → French) :

In addition to the specific areas of Community competence identified by the Court, the application of AETR case-law to international civil aviation means mutatis mutandis that the Community has competence in respect of several other matters covered by the agreements in question and by Community law. [3] It is also important to stress that, according to the Court, changes which have been made to the agreements are evidence that the agreements have been renegotiated in their entirety.

Article 13 of the EC Treaty enables the Community to combat discrimination, be it on the grounds of sex, racial or ethnic origin, religion or belief, disability, age and sexual orientation, in the areas of Community competence, and the Community has already made use of these new provisions in particular in the in the areas of employment and occupation.

This Agreement shall not, until equivalent rights for individuals and economic operators have been achieved hereunder, affect rights assured to them through agreements binding one or more Member States, on the one hand, and Russia, on the other, except in areas falling within Community competence and without prejudice to the obligations of Member States resulting from this Agreement in areas falling within their competence.

The Commission suggests that this delicate issue, which undermines relations with non-Community countries, notably in the areas of immigration and the fight against drug abuse and serious crime, should be resolved by one or other of the following solutions: - an explicit reference in the Treaty to a Community competence, which would require unanimity initially at least, in relation to non-Community nationals to the extent needed for the free movement of persons and the cre ...[+++]ation of a frontier-free area; - recognition of the problems raised by the status of non-Community nationals, again to the extent to which these involve the free movement of persons, as one of the questions of vital common interest in foreign and common security policy.

The Kaleidoscope programme is the first Community programme adopted by the institutions in support of culture. Following the entry into force of the Treaty on European Union, and, more specifically, of Article 128 which established Community competence in this area, the Commission presented the European Parliament and the Council with new proposals relating to Community programmes to support action at European level in the areas of artistic and cultural activities, books and reading and cultural heritage (Kaleidoscope, Ariane and Raph ...[+++]aël).

Compliance with the principle could be checked by a retrospective control of the institutions' activities to ensure that there is no abuse of powers. 1 In particular, this would highlight the importance of the action taken to ensure the free movement of audiovisual works, to encourage creative artists in Europe, to promote high-definition television, and to expand the Media programme, to quote just a few examples. - 14 - 3. Effectiveness In the Commission's view, improving the effectiveness of the institutions largely depends on extending the use of qualified majority voting. In theory, this should apply to all areas of Community compete ...[+++]nce except "constitutional" questions, and with possible restrictions in the areas of taxation, social security and the status of non-Community nationals.