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24 Legal Issues of Eur. Integration [i] (1997)

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A CRITICAL INTERPRETATION OF THE EMU CONVERGENCE RULES
By MOHAMED SIDEEK
I.  Introduction   .........................................................................................  1
A. Convergence Rules on EMU           ............................................................ 1
B.   Interpretation of Convergence Rules ......                      ........ ......... 2
C.   Retention of the Status Quo of EC Convergence Rules ............... 2
D. Political Decision or Professional Interpretation? ....................... 3
E.   Rigid or Flexible Interpretation? ................................................. 4
F.   Legal Status of EMU Protocols .................................................. 4
G. Rules on Inflation and Interest Rates ............................................ 6
H. Exchange Stability Rules .............................................................. 6
I.   Fiscal R ules  ..................................................................................  7
J.   Postponement of the Deadline ..................................................... 8
K. Direct Effect of Third Stage of EMU .......................................... 8
L.   Arguments in Favour of Postponement ....................................... 9
M. Arguments against Postponement .............................................. 10
N. Amendment of the Convergence Criteria ....................................... 11
0 .  Voluntary   O pt-out  .......................................................................  12
P.   Non-compliance of Convergence Criteria .................................. 13
Q. Abandonment of the EMU Project ............................................ 14
II.  C onclusion   .........................................................................................  15
EUROPE AGREEMENT COMPETITION POLICY FOR THE LONG TERM:
AN ACCESSION ORIENTED APPROACH
By PETER HOLMES AND JAMES MATHIS
I.  Introduction   .......................................................................................  17
A.    Competition Policy and Trade Measures .................................. 18
1. The Elimination of Trade Measures in a Customs
U nion  ................................................................................... . .  18
2. The Requirement of a Level Playing Field .......................... 18
3. The Requirement of Competition Policy .............................. 19
B.   The Application of EU Competition Policy in the Europe
A greem  ents  ................................................................................   20
1. The Declared EU Policy ....................................................... 20
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