§ Mr. WilkinsonTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will list the(a) exemptions and (b) derogations from the Treaty on European Union permitted for member states and the legal bases in European Union law on which they are allowed. [36073]
§ Mr. Doug HendersonThe Treaty on European Union, as now in force, inserted into the Treaty establishing the European Community provisions on Economic and Monetary Union, in respect of which Protocols make special provisions with regard to the UK and Denmark.
When the Treaty on European Union was concluded at Maastricht, exemptions where also agreed for Denmark in Protocol No. 1 on the acquisition of property in Denmark; for the United Kingdom in Protocol No. 14 on social policy; and for Ireland in Protocol No. 17 on Article 40.3.3 of the Constitution of Ireland. The Treaty concerning the accession to the European Union of Austria, Finland and Sweden also provided for certain temporary derogations for those States.