Safeguarding the Organizational Acquis: The EU's External Practice

Author: Klabbers, Jan

Source: International Organizations Law Review, Volume 4, Number 1, 2007 , pp. 57-89(33)

Publisher: Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, an imprint of Brill

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Abstract:

Treaty conflict is one of the more significant practical issues in international law these days, in particular as the law of treaties is unable to solve the most difficult emanations. With international organizations, there is the added consideration that the organization may wish to preserve its internal legal order. The present paper investigates the practice of the EC/EU plus its member states, trying to chart the techniques used by them in order to solve or prevent treaty conflicts. It presents a taxonomy of this practice as well as an interpretation.

Keywords: EU; LAW OF TREATIES; TREATY CONFLICT; EU TREATY PRACTICE; DISCONNECTION CLAUSE

Document Type: Research article

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/157237307X223620

Affiliations: 1: Professor of International Organizations Law, University of Helsinki; Academy of Finland Centre of Excellence in Global Governance Research

Publication date: 2007-04-01