§ Mr. Nicholas BrownTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what shared competence exists on energy policy within the EU; and what impact he estimates the proposed Energy Chapter will have on the United Kingdom. [137739]
§ Mr. MacShaneI refer my right hon. Friend to the answer I gave him on 11 November 2003,Official Report, column 204W.
§ Mr. Austin MitchellTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will list the areas of policy, legislation, administration and decision on objectives to be attained which(a) are and (b) will be the exclusive responsibility of the European Union, and the Articles of the proposed Constitution in which these are set out. [137941]
§ Mr. MacShaneArticle 12 (1) of Part I of the Convention on the Future of Europe's draft Constitutional Treaty states that the EU would have exclusive competence in the following areas: competition rules necessary for the functioning of the internal market: monetary policy for member states who 1051W have adopted the Euro; common commercial policy: customs union: and the conservation of marine biological resources under the common fisheries policy.