TREATY ESTABLISHING A CONSTITUTION FOR EUROPE
DECLARATIONS BY MEMBER STATES
42. Declaration by the Kingdom of the Netherlands
on Article I-55
The Kingdom of the Netherlands will agree to a European decision as referred
to in Article I-55(4)
once a revision of the European law referred to in Article I-54(3) has provided
the Netherlands with
a satisfactory solution for its excessive negative net payment position vis-à-vis
the Union budget.
43. Declaration by the Kingdom of the Netherlands
on Article IV-440
The Kingdom of the Netherlands declares that an initiative for a European
decision, as referred to in
Article IV-440(7) aimed at amending the status of the Netherlands Antilles
and/or Aruba
with regard to the Union, will be submitted only on the basis of a decision
taken in conformity with
the Charter for the Kingdom of the Netherlands.
44. Declaration by the Federal Republic of Germany, Ireland,
the Republic of Hungary, the Republic of Austria
and the Kingdom of Sweden
Germany, Ireland, Hungary, Austria and Sweden note that the core provisions
of the Treaty
establishing the European Atomic Energy Community have not been substantially
amended since
its entry into force and need to be brought up to date. They therefore support
the idea of a
Conference of the Representatives of the Governments of the Member States,
which should be
convened as soon as possible.
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45. Declaration by the Kingdom of Spain and
the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
The Treaty establishing the Constitution applies to Gibraltar as a European
territory for whose
external relations a Member State is responsible. This shall not imply changes
in the respective
positions of the Member States concerned.
46. Declaration by the United Kingdom of Great Britain
and Northern Ireland on the definition of the term "nationals"
In respect of the Treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe and the Treaty
establishing the
European Atomic Energy Community, and in any of the acts deriving from those
Treaties or
continued in force by those Treaties, the United Kingdom reiterates the Declaration
it made on
31 December 1982 on the definition of the term "nationals" with
the exception that the reference to
"British Dependent Territories Citizens" shall be read as meaning
"British overseas territories
citizens".
47. Declaration by the Kingdom of Spain on the definition of the term "nationals"
Spain notes that, under Article I-10 of the Constitution, every national of
a Member State shall be a
citizen of the Union. Spain also notes that, under the current state of European
integration reflected
in the Constitution, only nationals of Member States are entitled to the specific
rights of European
citizenship unless Union law expressly provides otherwise. In that respect,
Spain notes, finally, that
under Articles I-20 and I-46 of the Treaty, the European Parliament currently
represents the citizens
of the Union.
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48. Declaration by the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
on the franchise for elections to the European Parliament
The United Kingdom notes that Article I-20 and other provisions of the Treaty
establishing a
Constitution for Europe are not intended to change the basis for the franchise
for elections to the
European Parliament.
49. Declaration by the Kingdom of Belgium on national parliaments
Belgium wishes to make clear that, in accordance with its constitutional law,
not only the Chamber
of Representatives and Senate of the Federal Parliament but also the parliamentary
assemblies of
the Communities and the Regions act, in terms of the competences exercised
by the Union, as
components of the national parliamentary system or chambers of the national
Parliament.
