Новые положения Амстердамского договора 1997 года о более тесном сотрудничестве государств-участников ЕС

Abstract

The article "On the New Provisions of the Amsterdam Treaty of 1997 Related to the Closer Cooperation of the EC Member States" is devoted to the flexibility procedures that are to be incorporated in the text of the Treaty on the European Union upon the entering into force of the Treaty of Amsterdam. The author considers the starting conditions which led the participants of the Intergovernmental conference to the elaboration of the special arrangements for the enhanced cooperation, then he examines new articles on flexibility proposed to the Treaty on the European Union and the Treaty establishing the European Community. Special attention is given to the criteria which are to be fulfilled in order to start closer cooperation and appropriate procedures to be applied. The author concludes that although some flexibility is provided for by the Treaty of Amsterdam it would be rather difficult to expect that this possibility could be actively used by the present orfuture Member States of the European Union.