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IP 325 European Integration. ZS 2011/2012 Doc. Ing. Štěpán Müller, CSc. October 5, 2011. Assessment methods (weighing):. Active lecture/seminar participation 20 % Mid-term test 20 % Term paper and presentation 40 % Final test 20 % Total 100 %. Stages of Economic Integration.
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IP 325 European Integration ZS 2011/2012 Doc. Ing. Štěpán Müller, CSc. October 5, 2011
Assessment methods (weighing): • Active lecture/seminar participation 20 % • Mid-term test 20 % • Term paper and presentation 40 % • Final test 20 % • Total100 %
Stages of Economic Integration • Free Trade Area: abolishingofbarriers and tariffs in mutualtrade, autonomousforeigntradepolicywiththirdcountries; • Custom Union: commonforeigntradepolicy in custom area; • Common Market: free movementofgoods, services, labor and capital; • Economic and Monetary Union: commoneconomicpolicy, central bank, adoptionofcommoncurrency; • Political Union: mergerofmembercountries.
Prehistory of European Integration • September 1946: Winston Churchill calls for a "kind of United States of Europe" in a speech he gives at the University of Zurich. • May 1947: The Marshall Plan, set up for the economic revival of Europe, is announced. • January 1947: The custom convention between Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands signed.
Prehistory of EI – cont. 1 • January 1948: The custom convention between Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands enters into force. • April 1948: The Organisation for European Economic Cooperation (OEEC) is created to coordinate the Marshall Plan. • April 1949: Signature of the North Atlantic Treaty in Washington.
Prehistoryof EI – cont. 2 • May 1949: The statute of the Council of Europe is signed in London, United Kingdom. • The Council of Europe is an international organisation promoting co-operation between all countries of Europe in the areas of legal standards, human rights, democratic development, the rule of law and cultural co-operation.
Dawn of the European Integration • May 9, 1950: In a speech inspired by Jean Monnet, the French foreign minister Robert Schuman proposed integrating the coal and steel industries of western Europe. • June 1950: Belgium, France, Luxembourg, Italy, the Netherlands and Germany subscribe to the Schuman declaration. • August 1950: The Council of Europe Assembly approves the Schuman plan.
History of European Integration • April 1951: Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Luxembourg and the Netherlands sign the Treaty of Paris establishing the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC). • July 1952: The ECSC Treaty enters into force. Jean Monnet is appointed president of the High Authority and Paul-Henri Spaak president of the Common Assembly.
History of EI – cont. 1 • November 1952: The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) decides to grant Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Luxembourg and the Netherlands a derogation from the most-favoured-nation treatment, to allow them to fulfil their ECSC obligations. • March 1957: The Treaties establishing the European Economic Community (EEC) and the European Atomic Energy Community (Euratom) are signed by Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Luxembourg and the Netherlands in Rome, referred to as the "Treaties of Rome".
History of the EI – cont. 2 • July 1959: Seven countries of the Organisation for European Economic Co-operation (OEEC), namely Austria, Denmark, Norway, Portugal, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom, decide to establish a European Free Trade Association (EFTA). • Symbols of the EU: Flag, Anthem, Day and Motto („United in Diversity“).
The 60´ - Decade of Growth • July 1962: The EU starts its ‘ commonagriculturalpolicy ’ giving the countries joint control over food production. Farmers ofthe EEC willbe paid the same price for their produce. • January 1963: General de Gaulle, president of the French Republic, states that France doubts the political will of the United Kingdom to join the Community. Negotiations with all applicant countries are suspended. • July 1963: The EU signs its first big international agreement with 78 countries in Africa, theCarribean and Pacificregions (ACP). • May 1964: Official opening of the Kennedy round of multilateral trade negotiations under the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT). The Community takes part in the meeting.
The 60´-cont. 1 • July 1, 1964: The European Agriculture Guidance and Guarantee Fund (EAGGF) is set into place. • September 1964: The Council reaches an agreement as to the composition of the single Commission that will ultimately have nine members. • April 1965: The Treaty merging the executives of the three Communities (ECSC, EEC, Euratom) is signed in Brussels. • July 1, 1967: The Merger Treaty enters into force, thus fusing the executives of the European Communities (ECSC, EEC, Euratom). From now on, the European Communities will have a single Commission and a single Council. However, both continue to act in accordance with the rules governing each of the Communities. • July 1, 1968: The EEC remove customdutieson goods imported from each other, allowing free cross-border trade for the first time and apply the same duties on their imports from outside countries.
The 60´- cont. 2 • December 1969: The heads of the EEC confirm their willingness to advance towards a genuine economic and monetary union and the close alignment of social policies this entails, and reaffirm their agreement on the principle of the enlargement of the Community.Thetransitional period laid down by the Treaty on the European Economic Communities (EEC) for implementing the common market, comes to an end.
