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	BMDF - Treaty of Nice reviews
		This treaty is to say the least somewhat messy, so it is of huge assistance to have its provisions clearly integrated into the current Treaties.
		Its main contents involve a tabular run through the Treaties, with the left-hand column summarising the original Treaty of Rome provisions on a subject, and other columns picking up changes from the Single European Act, Maastricht, Amsterdam and Nice respectively.
		the Treaty on European Union and the Treaty establishing the European Community, with the Nice amendments in bold.
	www.bmdf.co.uk /nicereview.html (897 words)

	Eurotreaties - Treaty of Nice
		Contains the text of the consolidated 'Treaty on European Union' and the consolidated 'Treaty establishing the European Community', together with all of the existing Protocols, once the ratification of Nice is complete, the text of the Treaty of Nice and its attached declarations.
		Under the terms of a declaration attached to the Treaty of Nice, there will be a new European treaty in 2004; if Nice had not been ratified, it was likely that individual sections in that treaty would form the basis of the new treaty.
		The European treaties, taken together, form the primary legislation and are in effect the "constitution" of the Community; they provide the legal basis for all secondary legislation - regulations, directives and decisions - made by the institutions of the Community.
	www.eurotreaties.com /nice.html (964 words)

	Treaty of Nice - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The primary purpose of the Treaty of Nice was to reform the institutional structure to withstand the Enlargement of the European Union, a task which was supposed to have been carried out at the Amsterdam Inter-Governmental Conference (IGC), but the Treaty of Amsterdam failed to address most of the issues.
		It was widely accepted that the Treaty of Nice has failed to deal with the basic question of wide-ranging institutional reform, the European Union institutions being widely viewed as overly complicated, and hence the establishment of the European Convention, leading to a new IGC in 2004, was agreed at Nice.
		Nor did the Treaty of Nice deal with the question of the incorporation of the Charter of Fundamental Rights into the Treaty; that was also left for the 2004 IGC after the opposition of the United Kingdom.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Treaty_of_Nice (1540 words)

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		The Treaty of Nice is a treaty adopted in Nice by the European Council to amend the founding treaties of the European Union--the Treaty on European Union (the Maastricht Treaty), the Treaty establishing the European Community and the Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community (the Treaties of Rome).
		The primary purpose of the Treaty of Nice was to reform the institutional structure to withstand enlargement, a task which had been supposed to be carried out at the Amsterdam Inter-Governmental Conference (IGC), but the Treaty of Amsterdam had failed to address most of the issues.
		It was widely accepted that the Treaty of Nice has failed to deal with the basic question of wideranging institutional reform, the European Union institutions being widely viewed as overly complicated, and hence the establishment of the European Convention, leading to a new IGC in 2004, was agreed at Nice.
	wikiwhat.com /encyclopedia/t/tr/treaty_of_nice.html (1226 words)

	Nice Treaty
		The Nice Treaty is an EU Treaty which makes certain changes to the working methods of the European Union so that its institutions can operate effectively in a larger Union of up to 27 members.
		The Treaty was finally agreed by the Heads of State or Government of the 15 EU members in December 2000 (at Nice in France, during the French Presidency of the EU) and signed on 26 February 2001.
		Compared to the Treaties that the Irish electorate voted on in 1987 (the Single European Act or SEA) or 1992 (Maastricht), which made way for the development of the Single Market and broadened the scope of EU co-operation, the Nice Treaty is a moderate European Treaty.
	www.ibec.ie /sectors/Nice/NiceDocLib3.nsf/vwFAQs/19D4F6078E1FEBA280256C480033086A (1684 words)

	Treaty of Nice (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The Treaty of Nice was adopted by the EU Heads of State or Government on 11 December, 2000.
		The most important stipulations of the Treaty of Nice concern the adjustment of the EU institutions to an enlarged Union of 25 and later 27 or 28 members.
		The Treaty of Nice stipulates that the Commission is to be composed of one person from each Member State, and that the EU candidate countries will be entitled to have one Member of the Commission when they effectively join the EU.
	www.eu2003.gr /en/cat/78 (1044 words)

	Nice Treaty Referendum in Ireland Re-run?
		Nice's abolition of the national veto in some 30 policy areas means that the Commission becomes the sole proposer of EU law in these areas, which obviously increases its power.
		Nice militarizes the EU in a new way by making the EU directly responsible for the first time for the 60,000-soldier "Rapid Reaction Force" and the associated EU Military Committee and EU Military Staff, instead of using the Western European Union as the agent of the EU in military matters, as was previously the case.
		The Treaty of Amsterdam says that if the EU enlarges by even one State, the Big States will lose one of the two Commissioners each now has, but will be compensated by increasing their relative voting weight on the Council of Ministers OR by taking their population size into account in such votes.
	www.spectrezine.org /europe/Ireland.htm (1560 words)

	EUobserver.com
		The Treaty of Nice was finally adopted on 26 February after five days of negotiation at a summit in Nice in December 2000.
		The Treaty of Nice consists of additions and changes to the existing treaties meaning it can only be truly understood when it is compared with existing treaties.
		Thus, this consolidation is based on the Councils version 2001/C 80/01 of the Treaty of Nice, the Treaty on European Union (TEU) and the Treaty establishing the European Community (TEC).
	euobserver.com /index.phtml?aid=7760 (594 words)

	The Treaty of Nice quiz -- free game
		The Treaty of Nice was agreed on in December 2000 in Nice.
		The Treaty of Nice was agreed on in December 2000, signed in February 2001, and came into force in 2003.
		One of the most important changes brought by the Treaty of Nice is the provision for the appointment of members of some European Union institutions or bodies, who so far were nominated by the European Council, by qualified majority.
	www.funtrivia.com /playquiz.cfm?qid=114839 (445 words)

	Nice (disambiguation) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Nice (pronounced IPA /nis/), a city that is the préfecture (administrative capital) of the Alpes-Maritimes département, in the south of France.
		Treaty of Nice, a treaty adopted in Nice by the European Council
		Hellé Nice is a name assumed by Mariette Hélène Delangle, racing driver.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Nice_(disambiguation) (174 words)

	TEAM - The European Alliance of EU-critical Movements (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Their purpose is to make-believe that the Nice Treaty referendum which the Government intends to re-run in the autumn, will be in some way different from the Nice Treaty the people rejected by 54% to 46% year ago, when constitutionally and legally it is - and must be - exactly the same.
		The Nice Treaty establishes a Political and Security Committee to supervise these military operations of the Rapid Reaction Force, to which the EU Military Committee and EU Military Staff, on which Irish soldiers now serve daily, will be responsible.
		The Treaty on European Union specifies that any decision by the Union to move to a common defence would have to be taken by unanimous decision of the Member States and adopted in accordance with their respective constitutional requirements.
	www.ljudmila.org /team/members/irish-neutrality.0623.htm (1115 words)

	Guardian Unlimited \| Today's issues \| The issue explained: the treaty of Nice
		The treaty of Nice, signed by the heads of member states on February 26 2001, creates a framework for the expansion of the EU.
		In addition, the treaty changes the voting structure in the EU, and some believe the power of smaller states such as Ireland will be dwarfed by larger countries such as Britain and Germany.
		However, that treaty did not provide for the structural changes in voting and member state representation dealt with by the Nice treaty.
	www.guardian.co.uk /theissues/article/0,6512,814710,00.html (795 words)

	ECSA Review Forum: Analyzing the Treaty of Nice (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The Treaty of Nice was bound to be modest.
		Treaty reforms being decided by unanimity, this objective had to be reconciled with the demands of those who saw themselves as potentially unable or unwilling to participate in new developments.
		DURING THE EUROPEAN COUNCIL meeting of Nice, in December 2000, the heads of state and government approved a "Declaration on the Future of the European Union." This Declaration was annexed to the text of the Treaty of Nice when the latter was signed, on 26 February 2001.
	www.eustudies.org /NiceTreatyForum.html (8560 words)

	Nice Treaty pros and cons: ThePost.ie
		The Treaty is unequivocally and emphatically about enlargement of the Union and the opportunities it holds for us all: it prepares the way for the most radical expansion in its membership with the accession of up to 12 new countries.
		The Treaty of Nice which they are now denouncing has been described by their Green colleague Joschka Fischer, the German foreign minister, as a step forward for Europe.
		The Treaty of Nice is fundamental to correcting the current two-tier Europe which we have inherited from two world wars, and grants Europe the prospect of securing the peace and stability which eluded it through much of the last century.
	archives.tcm.ie /businesspost/2001/05/27/story510252928.asp (1827 words)

	Afri -- The Treaty of Nice
		Article 1.2 of the Treaty of Nice (amending Article 17 of the Treaty on European Union) deletes most references to the Western European Union (the WEU, the grouping of ten EU member states that are also members of NATO, except for Denmark).
		The Treaty therefore formally confirms, for the first time, the assumption of EU responsibility for military entanglement between the member states, and for prospective military action to be undertaken by them.
		A Treaty Declaration on the European Security and Defence Policy states that the objective is for "that policy to become operational quickly" (during 2001, in fact).
	www.afri.buz.org /the-treaty-of-nice/treaty-of-nice-pp2.htm (1552 words)

	The Danish EU Presidency - eu2002.dk - The Treaty of Nice (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The Treaty of Nice was adopted by the EU Heads of State or Government when they met in Nice on 11 December 2000.
		The most important aspect of the Treaty of Nice is the adjustment of the EU for the co-operation to function with up to 27 Member States.
		More about the status of the ratification of the Treaty of Nice
	www.eu2002.dk /EU2002/eu?MenuElementID=5117 (252 words)

	Council of the European Union - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		On 1 November 2004, modified voting weights from the Treaty of Nice came into effect (this date was revised by the Treaty of Accession 2003 from the originally intended date of 1 January 2005).
		The Nice Treaty also provides for qualified majority voting to require a 'double majority' of both population and number of countries.
		Further revisions to the voting system are made in the proposed Treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe, which was signed on 29 October 2004 but has yet to be ratified by all member states.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Council_of_the_European_Union (1316 words)

	SCADPlus: Treaty of Nice: A Comprehensive Guide
		They do not claim to be exhaustive and do not represent an official interpretation of the Treaty text.
		Where appropriate, links are also provided to the guide to the Treaty of Amsterdam and to the full text of the provisions of the various Treaties (EC, EU and Nice).
		Further summaries concerning the following treaties: ECSC, CEE, Euratom, the Single Act, Maastricht and Amsterdam.
	europa.eu /scadplus/nice_treaty/index_en.htm (138 words)

	Treaty of Nice
		Nice would thus be the last real EU referendum, If we ratify it we would be giving up our right in future to affect the development of the EU as a whole.
		The Treaty of Nice is not necessary for enlargement of the EU.
		However, for PANA, the central issue was that the Nice Treaty further consolidated the militarisation of the EU by the institutionalisation of the command structures of the European Army/Rapid Reaction Force whose establishment was permitted by the previous Amsterdam Treaty.
	www.pana.ie /idn/nice.html (760 words)

	Treaty of Nice at opensource encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The Treaty of Nice is a treaty adopted in Nice by the European Council to amend the founding treaties of the European Union, viz.
		the Treaty on European Union (Maastricht Treaty) and the treaty establishing the European Economic Community and the European Atomic Energy Community (Treaty of Rome).
		The question of a reduction in the size of the European Commission after enlargement was resolved by a fudge -- the Treaty providing that once the number of Member States reached 25, the number of Commissioners would be reduced by the Council to below 25, but without actually specifying the target of that reduction.
	www.wiki.tatet.com /Treaty_of_Nice.html (1313 words)

	EUABC A dictionary on words related to the EU (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The Treaty of Nice was adopted on 11
		The most important conditions of the Treaty of Nice concern the adjustment of the EU institutions to accommodate an enlarged Union of 25, and later 27 or 28 members.
		In a non-binding declaration and in a binding protocol, the Treaty of Nice defines how the main EU institutions will function when the process of enlargement is completed.
	www.euabc.com /index.phtml?word_id=920 (173 words)

	House of Commons Hansard Debates for 17 Oct 2001 (pt 22)
		Let me tell them that, in terms of where we pick up the debate about the Nice treaty this evening, we are in a different world from the world we were in when we left that debate before the summer break.
		I believe that, in opposing the treaty of Nice, the Opposition seek to turn their backs on Europe at a time when Europe's citizens look to the European Union to deliver greater security, greater international leadership and greater stability as a foundation for peace.
		To allow Conservative Members to prevent our ratification of the treaty of Nice, as they are seeking to do, would have the effect of diminishing Britain's role in the world and turning the clock back for the European Union by perhaps 50 years, to a time even before the treaty of Rome was signed.
	www.publications.parliament.uk /pa/cm200102/cmhansrd/vo011017/debtext/11017-22.htm (1505 words)

	They Call It "The Democracy Predicament" -- Phyllis Schlafly June 20, 2001 column.
		The Treaty of Nice is designed to lock in the 15 members of the European Union (EU) and restructure its governing authority to redistribute power more to the larger countries and less to the smaller ones.
		On June 8, the Irish voters shocked Europe by unexpectedly rejecting the Treaty of Nice by 54 percent to 46 percent.
		Ratifying the Treaty of Nice means surrendering the right of self-government to foreigners with different and often antagonistic cultures, language, religion, values, forms of government, national security interests, and economic goals.
	www.eagleforum.org /column/2001/june01/01-06-20.shtml (839 words)

	CNN.com - EU ministers sign Treaty of Nice - February 26, 2001
		NICE, France -- European foreign ministers have signed the final draft of a treaty that establishes the direction of the European Union in the 21st century.
		The treaty, negotiated in Nice, France, amid much acrimony in December, paves the way for a further dozen countries to become members.
		The Nice treaty is the fourth version of the union's founding charter since the mid-1980s.
	archives.cnn.com /2001/WORLD/europe/02/26/nice.treaty (487 words)

	News From France
		The Treaty of Nice: A new Europe is born
		The treaty reduced the size of the European Commission, so that the 5 largest countries will give up their second commissioner in 2005, making room for commissioners representing new entrants, until there are 27 member states.
		The Treaty of Nice certainly met with the resounding endorsement of the candidate countries concerned by its measures.
	www.info-france-usa.org /publi/nff/0013/nff.htm (609 words)

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