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Central European Year EGTC Conference 21-22 February 2013 Budapest Participation of non EU countries in EGTC in the light of the Regulation review. Dirk Peters European Commission Directorate Regional and Urban Policy Team Leader/Senior Legal Officer. Current EGTC Regulation.
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Central European Year EGTC Conference 21-22 February 2013 Budapest Participation of non EU countries in EGTCin the light of the Regulation review Dirk Peters European Commission Directorate Regional and Urban Policy Team Leader/Senior Legal Officer
Current EGTC Regulation • Legal basis: Article 178 TFEU (ex-159) – Cohesion Policy • Recital (16): • legislation of a third country or • agreements between Member States and third countries so allow • Experience: 31 set up; 1 with Serbia (Bánát Triplex Confinium)
COM amending proposal • Additional legal basis: Articles 209 and 2012 TFEU – • External cooperation • Article 3a: • Member State where EGTC will be registered, shall ensure that conditions are fulfilled and that third country has approved • Article 4(3a): • according to equivalent conditions and procedures to those laid down in EGTC Regulation or • in accordance with an agreement between at least one Member States and a third country
PRES compromise • Additional legal basis taken out • Article 3a: • Several MSt + 3rd country: carry out territorial cooperation actions or implement programmes supported by the Union • One MSt – 3rd country: cross-border or transnational cooperation or bilateral relations with 3rd country • Article 4(3a): (in consultation with other Member States)in accordance with • equivalent conditions and procedures to those laid down in EGTC Regulation or • an agreement concluded between at least one Member States and a third country
PRES compromise • equivalent conditions and procedures to those laid down in EGTC Regulation or Internal law/rules in the third country (a "national" EGTC Regulation; national implementing rules as in a MSt; ratification of (i.e. signing up to) the Madrid acquis, when allowing bodies to join legal bodies set up abroad • an agreement concluded between at least one Member States and a third country Bilateral/trilateral agreements based on the Madrid acquis, when allowing bodies to join legal bodies set up under the law of a country being party to that agreement
Contact data Dirk.Peters@ec.europa.eu http://ec.europa.eu/regional_policy/what/future/proposals_2014_2020_de.cfm http://portal.cor.europa.eu/egtc/en-US/Pages/welcome.aspx http://portal.cor.europa.eu/egtc/en-US/Register/Pages/de.aspx http://conventions.coe.int/Treaty/en/Treaties/Html/106-1.htm