Abstract
This document offers recommendations for the amendment of Council Decision 2010/427/EU
establishing the organisation and functioning of the European External Action Service
(hereinafter ‘EEAS Decision’). These recommendations have been distilled from discussions
between academics and practitioners during a two-day workshop held at the European
University Institute in March 2013 in the framework of the so-called ‘EEAS 2.0’ project. This
research project is a collaboration between independent scholars brought together by SIEPS,
the EUI and CEPS. In February 2013, the team published a legal commentary on the EEAS
Decision, available on the websites of the participating research centres. The current paper
and its recommendations should be read in the light thereof. In formulating the
recommendations, attention has been paid to policy papers, non-papers and recommendations
that have been initiated by EU institutions, member states, think tanks and academia, notably
in the context of the on-going review. As such, we hope to be able to inform, in a precise and
legal way, the discussions in preparation of the High Representative’s own report. The current
paper is work in progress and will be revisited for publication after the summer, taking into
account the High Representative’s report of July and feedback from other stakeholders
The current paper sheds light on possible adjustments in the operation of the Decision/Service
‘à droit constant’, but also includes proposals that could be considered in the context of an
amendment of the EEAS Decision. With regard to the latter, several levels of revision may be
envisaged: (i) a mere toilettage (e.g. deleting out-dated provisions and securing terminological
consistency), (ii) technical changes in the text without reopening the political discussion that
predated the adoption of the Decision and (iii) a more ambitious revision that could require more
extensive legal modifications of collateral secondary measures (e.g. Staff and/or Financial
regulations), if not of the founding treaties.
Original language | English |
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Number of pages | 25 |
Publication status | Published - 2013 |
Event | 9 July External Action and Representation of the European Union: Implementing the Lisbon Treaty - Brussels, Belgium Duration: 9 Jul 2013 → 9 Jul 2013 |
Conference
Conference | 9 July External Action and Representation of the European Union: Implementing the Lisbon Treaty |
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Country/Territory | Belgium |
City | Brussels |
Period | 9/07/13 → 9/07/13 |
Keywords
- METIS-296984
- IR-86724