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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8414

6 March 2003
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) eu/convention
Convention examines articles on competencies - consensus on need to avoid redundancy - debate on origin of competencies and pre-eminence of European law

Brussels, 05/03/2003 (Agence Europe) - On Wednesday during an additional session in Brussels, Chaired by Vice President Giuliano Amato, Convention members examined draft Articles 8-16 of the future Constitutional Treaty. Following the proposal of Mr Amato, they began by discussing the principles (Articles 8 and 9) before tackling Articles 10-16 on competencies in the afternoon.

During the morning, the debate proved how the Convention Members were aware of entering into the decisive...

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