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Article 30 [Initiatives in CFSP; Extraordinary Council Meetings]

(ex-Article 22 TEU)

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Paragraph 1 of Art. 30 TEU provides the rules regarding the right to submit initiatives or proposals. The importance of the right of initiative is found in the fact that it defines the source of CFSP decisions. Through this ability, it selects the actors that are allowed to place an issue on the agenda. Paragraph 2 supplements this with the right to convene an extraordinary Council meeting when there is an urgent need to make decisions. Together with Art. 31 TEU, Art. 30 TEU forms the core of the decision-making procedure: the right of initiative and the voting rules. These two elements are generally believed to define the distinct nature of CFSP as compared to other Union policies.

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  1. 1.

    See also Regelsberger (2008), p. 276.

  2. 2.

    See Spence (2006), p. 360.

  3. 3.

    Schermers and Blokker (2011), p. 491.

  4. 4.

    Ustor (1971).

  5. 5.

    Cf. Martenczuk, in Grabitz et al. (2010), Art. 17 EUV para 56.

  6. 6.

    Wessels and Bopp (2008), p. 21.

  7. 7.

    Kaufmann-Bühler and Meyer-Landrut, in Grabitz et al. (2010), Art. 30 EUV para 4.

  8. 8.

    This is not to deny that other elements may be of equal importance, in particular the role of the ECJ and the involvement of the EP in the decision-making process.

  9. 9.

    See Gosalbo Bono (2006), p. 349. See also Wessel (2009). With the opposing view Kaufmann-Bühler and Meyer-Landrut, in Grabitz et al. (2010), Art. 30 EUV para 2.

  10. 10.

    Frenz (2011), para 5323.

  11. 11.

    Cremer, in Calliess and Ruffert (2011), Art. 30 EUV para 2.

  12. 12.

    On this topic, cf. Martenczuk, in Grabitz et al. (2010), Art. 17 EUV para 13 et seq.

  13. 13.

    Cf. Kaufmann-Bühler and Meyer-Landrut, in Grabitz et al. (2010), Art. 30 EUV para 9.

  14. 14.

    Blockmans and Wessel (2009).

  15. 15.

    Press release 5471/10(Presse7), 18 January 2010.

  16. 16.

    Cf. Karalus (2009), p. 170 et seq.; Kaufmann-Bühler and Meyer-Landrut, in Grabitz, et al. (2010), Art. 31 EUV para 20.

  17. 17.

    Cf. Art. 12.2 lit. d of the Council’s Rules of Procedure, O.J. L 325/35 (2009).

  18. 18.

    Cf. Cremer, in Calliess and Ruffert (2011), Art. 30 EUV para 4; Frenz (2011), para 5322.

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    Hermann-Josef Blanke

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    Stelio Mangiameli

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Blanke, HJ., Mangiameli, S. (2013). Article 30 [Initiatives in CFSP; Extraordinary Council Meetings]. In: Blanke, HJ., Mangiameli, S. (eds) The Treaty on European Union (TEU). Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-31706-4_31

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