Although there have been disagreements with established EU member nations over some economic issues, such as agricultural quotas and a recent amendment to the gaming law, relations are good.

Following the entry into force of a framework agreement between the EU and ESA there is a Space Council configuration-joint and concomitant meeting of the EU Council and of the ESA Council at ministerial level dealing with the implementation of the ESP adopted by both organizations.

Until this German Federal legislation was introduced, there were no recognised mechanism to prevent administrators in private bodies and civil servants in public-funded bodies ( such as universities ) from automatically discriminating between the qualifications of people with German doctorates compared to holders of doctorates from an EU member state.

Trade relations with the EU are good although there are several outstanding trade and phyto-sanitary issues.

Historically, there have been different regulatory approaches within each country in the EU.

In 2010, there were 24 irradiation facilities approved to irradiate food in 13 EU member state countries.

In other countries ( for example EU and CAN ), by contrast, there is a label claim for use in cats.

* With the creation of the EU there is freedom of movement between member states, such as the 1992 and 1995 free trade agreements.

However, since all EU states are members of the Council of Europe and have signed the Convention on Human Rights, there are concerns about consistency in case law between the two courts.

The February 2, 2000 European Commission Communication on the Precautionary Principle notes: " The precautionary principle applies where scientific evidence is insufficient, inconclusive or uncertain and preliminary scientific evaluation indicates that there are reasonable grounds for concern that the potentially dangerous effects on the environment, human, animal or plant health may be inconsistent with the high level of protection chosen by the EU ".

According to a Eurobarometer survey of EU citizens, Germans are most sceptical about the removal of the one-and two-cent coins from complete circulation in the eurozone, however on average there is a majority for their removal ( 58 % for the one cent coin and 52 % for the two cent coin in 2005 ).

The fundamental impetus for this political transformation was a recommendation by the Council of Europe in 1990 that, if Andorra wished to attain full integration in the European Union ( EU ), it should adopt a modern constitution that guarantees the rights of those living and working there.

There are still unacceptable phrases which, if there had been a smidgen of consistency with what was said at the EU ministers ' meeting, should have convinced people to forgo attending the conference-as we have decided to do, and as the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and The Netherlands have decided to do.

Some factory farms and large estates would be affected in the UK, as there are over 20 farms / estates which receive £ 500, 000 or more from the EU.

The EU market for cotton is already duty-free and quota-free and there are no export subsidies for cotton.

This threshold is considered to be 0. 25 in the U. S., while the EU prefers to focus on the level of change, for instance that concern is raised if there is a 0. 025 change when the index already shows a concentration of 0. 1.

Here it can be seen that it would not be relevant for merger law in the U. S. ( being under 0. 18 ) or in the EU ( because there is not a change over 0. 025 ).

Although there is an international standard that has been agreed by the ISO and within Europe by the EU, copyright laws make it difficult to publish these widely.

EU controllers have been somewhat sceptical of the Schengen / non-Schengen flexigates, and there were a few incidents where the wrong doors were opened so that passengers who should have gone through the border control did not.

Almost any citizen or resident of any of the signatory nations ( with the possible exception of a few new member states ) may move and seek work anywhere within the EU, and there is little that member states can do to stop it without leaving the EU or renegotiating the treaty.

By mid-2011, there was a renewed push for an end to negotiations by the end of 2011 in order to have a united Cyprus take over the EU presidency on 1 July 2012.

Whether there is a democratic deficit in the EU depends on how it is viewed.

In the European Union, there are the Committee of European Securities Regulators ( CESR ), the Committee of European Banking Supervisors ( CEBS ) and the Committee of European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Supervisors ( CEIOPS ), which are Level-3 committees of the EU in the Lamfalussy process.

Austrian German is the only variety of a pluricentric language recognized under international law / EU primary law.

Germany is Armenia ’ s largest trading partner among EU member states, accounting for 7. 2 percent of trade ; this is due largely to mining exports.

The Community acquis or acquis communautaire (; ), sometimes called the EU acquis, and often shortened to acquis, is the accumulated legislation, legal acts, and court decisions which constitute the body of European Union law.

Bosnia and Herzegovina is therefore a potential candidate country for EU accession.

Ballochbuie is also protected as a Special Area of Conservation by the EU Habitats Directive, as " one of the largest remaining continuous areas of native Caledonian Forest ".

In most EU Member States, debt discharge is conditioned by a partial payment obligation and by a number of requirements concerning the debtor's behaviour.

Nevertheless, it should be noted that the spectrum is broad in the EU, with the UK coming closest to the US system ( Reifner et al., 2003 ; Gerhardt, 2009 ; Frade, 2010 ).

Although for instance the EU ( as well as many other developed countries ) has a balanced monetary balance of trade, its physical trade balance ( especially with developing countries ) is negative, meaning that a lot less material is exported than imported.

Directive 2011 / 65 / EU, better known as RoHS 2 is a recast of legislation originally introduced in 2002.

The Kosovo declaration of independence is supported by the majority of EU member states, but disputed by Serbia, which continues to regard Kosovo as its own territory, and most other countries.

The chief EU negotiator is Vladimir Drobnjak.

In May 2004, Cyprus entered divided the EU, although in practice membership only applies to the southern part of the island which is in the control of the Republic of Cyprus.

In 1991, Cyprus introduced a Value Added Tax ( VAT ), which is currently 15 % in line with the EU minimum.

Some calves are ear tagged soon after birth, especially those that are stud cattle in order to correctly identify their dams ( mothers ), or in areas ( such as the EU ) where tagging is a legal requirement for cattle.

GDP per capita at purchasing power parity was $ 27, 100 in 2011, which is 85 % of the EU average.

The Council of the European Union ( sometimes just called the Council and sometimes still referred to as the Council of Ministers ) is the institution in the essentially bicameral legislature of the European Union ( EU ) representing the executives of member states, the other legislative body being the European Parliament.

A common position, once agreed, is binding on all EU states who must follow and defend the policy, which is regularly revised.

# 62 % of the EU population ( this criterion is only checked upon request by a Council member ).

The name " Cheddar " is not protected by the European Union, though the name " West Country Farmhouse Cheddar " has an EU Protected Designation of Origin, and may only be produced in Somerset, Devon, Dorset, and Cornwall, using milk sourced from those counties.

It is approved for use as a food additive in the EU ( listed as additive E160a ) Australia and New Zealand ( listed as 160a ) and the USA.