Review of the Balance of Competences

The UK Government, in July 2012, launched a review of the EU’s competences. This is an audit of what the EU does and how it affects the UK. The review is due to conclude by the end of 2014.

The calls for evidence published by the Government departments concerned with the review are available via the Source Url.

• Primary Source

UK: FCO: Statement, 23.10.12: Foreign Secretary written ministerial statement on the Balance of Competences of the European Union https://www.gov.uk/government/news/foreign-secretary-written-ministerial-statement-on-the-balance-of-competences-of-the-european-union

https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/35431/eu-balance-of-competences-review.pdf https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/35431/eu-balance-of-competences-review.pdf

UK: FCO: Press Release, 12.7.12: Foreign Secretary statement on the Balance of Competences of the European Union https://www.gov.uk/government/news/foreign-secretary-statement-on-the-balance-of-competences-of-the-european-union?view=PressS&id=787171682

ESO: Background information: Hague presses for audit on EU law, Summer 2012 http://www.europeansources.info/record/hague-presses-for-audit-on-eu-law/

UK: FCO: EU law and the balance of competences: A short guide and glossary https://www.gov.uk/eu-law-and-the-balance-of-competences-a-short-guide-and-glossary

UK: FCO: Press Release, 21.05.13: Minister for Europe hosts Balance of Competences event https://www.gov.uk/government/news/minister-for-europe-hosts-balance-of-competences-event

ESO: Background information: UK report calls for more Europe for single market, July 2013 http://www.europeansources.info/record/uk-report-calls-for-more-europe-for-single-market/

UK: FCO: Press Release, 22.07.13: First reports in the Review of Balance of Competences published https://www.gov.uk/government/news/first-reports-in-the-review-of-balance-of-competences-published

UK: FCO: Press Release, 21.10.13: Launch of third set of consultations on Balance of Competences between EU and UK https://www.gov.uk/government/news/launch-of-third-set-of-consultations-on-balance-of-competences-between-eu-and-uk

https://www.gov.uk/government/news/third-set-of-calls-for-evidence-on-the-governments-review-of-the-balance-of-competences-between-the-united-kingdom-and-the-european-union https://www.gov.uk/government/news/third-set-of-calls-for-evidence-on-the-governments-review-of-the-balance-of-competences-between-the-united-kingdom-and-the-european-union

CEPS: EPIN Working Paper, October 2013: British Balance of Competence Reviews, Part I: ‘Competences about right, so far’ http://www.ceps.eu/book/british-balance-competence-reviews-part-i-%E2%80%98competences-about-right-so-far%E2%80%99

Senior European Experts https://senioreuropeanexperts.org/

ESO: Background information: Second set of Balance of Competences reports published, February 2014 http://www.europeansources.info/record/second-set-of-balance-of-competences-reports-published/

EPIN: EPIN Project on the British Balance of Competence Reviews http://www.epin.org/new/node/63

LSE EuroppBlog: Tag: Balance of competences http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/europpblog/tag/balance-of-competences/

UK: FCO: Press Release, 22.07.14: Third set of Balance of Competences reports published https://www.gov.uk/government/news/third-set-of-balance-of-competences-reports-published

Centre for European Reform: Review of the balance of competences between the UK and the EU http://www.cer.org.uk/review-balance-competences-between-uk-and-eu

ESO: Background information: UK report: short shrift for sceptics [Final set of reports, December 2014] http://www.europeansources.info/record/uk-report-short-shrift-for-sceptics/

EPIN: EPIN Project on the British Balance of Competence Reviews. Working Paper, No.42, December 2014: British Balance of Competence Reviews, Part III: More reform than renegotiation or repatriation http://www.ceps.eu/node/9888

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