http://ec.europa.eu/justice_home/unit/charte/index_en.html

Expulsion of a foetus from the womb before it is able to survive. ..

http://www.cordis.lu/itt/itt-en/01-3/policy03.htm

Many projects are financed with both national and EU contributions. The principle of additionality means that EU funds can only be paid in addition to a contribution from the member states, not instead of it...

http://europa.eu/scadplus/leg/en/s17000.htm

The EU has a common policy on asylum. Most EU asylum policy is now decided by a qualified majority. The Council is deciding common definitions and rules for the return of asylum seekers, starting with those from Afghanistan. ..

http://europa.eu/scadplus/leg/en/lvb/l28075.htm

Voluntary co-ordination of the economic structural policies of the member states, aimed at increasing employment. ..

http://ec.europa.eu/budget/budget_glance/index_en.htm

Also called "obligatory expenditures", it is an expenditure with origin in the treaties or in already adopted legislation.This part of the EU budget, deals mainly with agriculture, over which the Council has the "final say". ..

http://www.europarl.eu.int/factsheets/1_4_2_en.htm

An EU decision is binding on the persons who are named in the decision, but does not cover all other citizens of the EU. Contrary, a regulation applies to everyone. ..

http://ec.europa.eu/external_relations/cfsp/intro/index.htm

"General principles", "guidelines", and "common strategies" are defined by the European summits unanimously among the ministers concerned. However, some abstain from voting against a proposal through constructive abstentionism. "Joint actions", "common positions", and the appointment of special representatives are decided by qualified majority voting. "Co-operation" is among member states - Art. 12 and 23 TEU. ..

http://european-convention.eu.......er.asp?lang=EN&Content=WGI

The Lisbon Treaty includes an early-warning mechanism for subsidiarity control. The system allows national parliaments to object to Commission proposals within eight weeks of its publication on the grounds that it breaches the principle of subsidiarity (that is to say that if a given objective may be achieved better at a local level the EU should not interfere). ..

http://europa.eu/pol/emu/index_en.htm

Although the member states that have adopted the Euro (the Eurozone) share the same currency, much economic policy, in particular tax, spending and budgetary policy, as well as income and wage policy, is not decided jointly, but by the member states’ governments. ..

http://ec.europa.eu/trade/issues/global/gsp/index_en.htm

The EU is a customs union which taxes imports upon entry. For certain products from certain countries there are special allowances (derogations). These are designed to help developing countries to sell certain quantities of products into the EU with minimal taxation...

http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/index_en.htm

The Treaty of Nice introduced qualified majority voting for supporting measures in the area of industrial policy to promote competitiveness in European industry...

http://european-convention.eu.int

An IGC is a decision-making method in the EU. Any decisions reached must be made unanimously by all Member States. The EU treaties can only be amended after an IGC at which every Member State is represented...

http://europa.eu/pol/justice/index_en.htm

JHA is one of the “pillars” of the European Union. Originally it was based upon intergovernmental co-operation between member states, but it has partly become subject to supra-national qualified majority decision-making (a result of the Treaty of Amsterdam). Intergovernmental police and judicial co-operation in criminal matters is now dealt with under Title VI of the TEU. It includes cross-national co-operation against racism, terrorism, drugs, arms and fraud. ..

http://www.wto.org/english/the......e/min98_e/slide_e/slide009.htm

Round of negotiation in the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade that lasted from 1962 until 1967. Major developments that occurred during the Kennedy Round included: further tariff reductions, the Trade Expansion Act, the "chicken war" and the Common Agricultural Policy...

http://ec.europa.eu/education/......nguages-of-europe/index_en.htm

The EU has 23 official languages. ..

http://ec.europa.eu/transport/marcopolo/home/home_en.htm

Marco Polo is the European Union's funding programme for projects which shift freight transport from the road to sea, rail and inland waterways...

http://ec.europa.eu/employment......ial_protection/pensions_en.htm

The level of state provision for old age pensions is a national competence, as is the age at which people become entitled to it. However, pensions are discussed under economic coordination and the so-called Lisbon process. The EU Court ruled on the financing of pension systems through the Danner case. In this case a country was not permitted to limit tax reductions for pension schemes established in another country. ..

http://europa.eu/scadplus/leg/en/cha/c10411.htm

Racism and xenophobia were first outlawed at the EU level in a “Joint Declaration” between the institutions in 1986. This principle is now a part of the TEC, Art. 13, introduced under the Treaty of Nice. They are also forbidden in the Charter of fundamental rights which will be legally binding by the Lisbon Treaty...

http://europa.eu/scadplus/leg/en/s13002.htm

The EU has binding laws (directives) governing railways and inland waterways as part of the Common Transport Policy. The so-called "Railway-Package" aims at freeing railway traffic within the EU from unnecessary restrictions...

http://ec.europa.eu/external_r......ations/cfsp/cpcm/rrm/index.htm

The idea of a common European force has been proposed several times since it was first introduced by the Plevan plan in 1954. The first solid proposals for a army Rapid Reaction Force came at the Helsinki Summit in December 1999. It was finally agreed by the EU’s defence ministers in February 2000, who re-affirmed their commitment to the formation of a 60,000-strong force by 2003. ..