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Characterization of International Parliamentary Bodies

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International parliamentary institutions can be divided by the following characteristics.

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Notes

  1. 1.

    It should be noted that a sub-region is a part a large region, for instance Northern Europe is a sub-region of Europe.

  2. 2.

    Arndt (2013).

  3. 3.

    Marschall (2007), p. 4.

  4. 4.

    Statute of the Council of Europe, Preamble.

  5. 5.

    Statute of CIS, Minsk, 22 January 1993.

  6. 6.

    Arndt (2013).

  7. 7.

    Walter (1997), p. 988.

  8. 8.

    Cameron (2009).

  9. 9.

    Statute of the Council of Europe, European Treaty Series - No. 1, London, 5 May 1949.

  10. 10.

    Révision portant sur le traité de 1958, available at: http://www.benelux.int/files/3914/0067/7093/trait_Benelux_17.06.2008Ondertekend.pdf (16.04.2018).

  11. 11.

    According to Schermers and Blokker (2011) the Nordic Council can be considered “partly a parliamentary organization,” because it consists of members that were elected by and from national parliaments and from representatives of the governments.

  12. 12.

    Article 35 of the Helsinki Treaty No 6262. (Agreement between Finland, Denmark, Iceland, Norway and Sweden Concerning Co-operation).

  13. 13.

    Schermers and Blokker (2011), p. 414.

  14. 14.

    Schermers and Blokker (2011).

  15. 15.

    ‘Parent organization’ means here an IGO, in frameworks of which an international parliamentary assembly operates.

  16. 16.

    France’s withdrawal from NATO’s military structure occurred in 1966, thus the NATO moved the headquarters from Paris to Brussels. In 1968, the Assembly headquarters moved to Brussels.

  17. 17.

    Hobbs (2005), pp. 31–43.

  18. 18.

    Marauhn (2016).

  19. 19.

    Harpaz (2009).

  20. 20.

    The European Economic Area (EEA) Agreement was signed on 2 May 1992 (entered into force on 1 January 1994). The EFTA-EEA States are closely involved in monitoring the EEA Agreement. Article 95 of the agreement establishes an EEA Joint Parliamentary Committee (EEA JPC). Switzerland is the fourth Member of the EFTA that has observer status in the EEA JPC. Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway are full Members of this Committee.

  21. 21.

    Arndt (2013).

  22. 22.

    Ruffert and Walter (2015), p. 143.

  23. 23.

    Shaw (2017), p. 192.

  24. 24.

    See Case 26/62 Van Gend & Loos v Netherlands Internal Revenue Administration; Case 6/64 Costa v ENEL.

  25. 25.

    P. L. Lindseth called the European Treaties “enabling legislation.” He concluded that the Treaties were signed under international public law thus the European government is “an international phenomenon.” However, concurrently, the Treaties are a “mechanism to delegate regulatory power akin to a loi-cadre on the national level.” See Lindseth (2016), p. 162.

  26. 26.

    Klabbers (2015b), “Straddling the Fence: The EU and International Law”, p. 62.

  27. 27.

    Schermers and Blokker (2011).

  28. 28.

    Capotorti (2000), pp. 738–739.

  29. 29.

    Schermers and Blokker (2011), pp. 56–57.

  30. 30.

    Article 12 of the Treaty of Rome (EEC Treaty) was replaced by Article 30 TFEU.

  31. 31.

    Judgment of the Court of 5 February 1963.—NV Algemene Transport—en Expeditie Onderneming van Gend & Loos v Netherlands Inland Revenue Administration. Case 26-62.

  32. 32.

    Judgment of the Court of 15 July 1964.—Flaminio Costa v E.N.E.L Case 6/64.

  33. 33.

    Menon and Weatherill (2007), p. 7.

  34. 34.

    Lindseth (2016), p. 152.

  35. 35.

    For example: Ruffert and Walter (2015); Schermers and Blokker (2011); Lindemann (1997), pp. 892–898.

  36. 36.

    Cofelice and Stavridis (2014), pp. 145–178.

  37. 37.

    Arndt (2013).

  38. 38.

    The deep analysis of the connections and differences between nationality and citizenship was made by Closa (1995), pp. 487–518.

  39. 39.

    Opinion of Advocate General Poiares Maduro delivered on 30 September 2009. Case C-135/08 Janko Rottman v Freistaat Bayern, European Court Reports 2010 I-01449, para. 23.

  40. 40.

    Schermers and Blokker (2011), pp. 415–416.

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Chiniaeva, A. (2021). Characterization of International Parliamentary Bodies. In: Parliamentarization of International Governmental Organizations. European Union and its Neighbours in a Globalized World, vol 2. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-71341-6_2

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