Maastricht Treaty (Hansard, 2 December 1992)

§ Mr. Legg
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will set out the differences between the European Economic Community established under the treaty of Rome and the union to be established by the treaty of Maastricht.

§ Mr. Garel-Jones
The union embraces both intergovernmental co-operation—in the fields of common foreign and security policy and justice/home affairs—and co-operation under the treaty of Rome. The Community institutions will act in the former fields under the provisions of titles V and VI of the Maastricht treaty, which sets out different rules from those applicable under the treaty of Rome.
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§ Mr. Rowlands
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will list the articles in the Maastricht treaty which he expects to give rise to the need for domestic legislation in each year from 1993 to 1999.

§ Mr. Garel-Jones
It is not possible to predict in which areas co-operation with the other member states in the period 1993–99 will give rise to a need for domestic legislation.