The following examples come from the 'Development of Competences' in the analysis of the changes in the authority of the Institutions of the European Union and how the Community has become more highly structured.
The analysis runs to sixty pages and acts as a summary of the main Treaties, highlighting the main changes and compliments the other analyses included in the BMDF book.
The tables are laid out to compare the four Treaties; the Treaty of Rome, at the time of the accession of the United Kingdom in 1973 to the then European Community, combined with the Single European Act, which made major modifications for the Single Market, the adjustments made by the provisions of the Maastricht Treaty and the additions and amendments of the Treaty of Amsterdam.
Owing to the limitation of space, the Treaty of Rome and the Single European Act have been combined in the first column and the changes to the voting structure arising from the accession of Austria, Finland and Sweden have been included in this column.
The changes and additions, which the Maastricht Treaty and the Treaty of Amsterdam incorporate into the Treaty of Rome, are shown next to the relevant provisions. Where there has been no change to the existing law, there is either a blank space or an indication that there are no changes.
Notes on the amendments are shown in the text of the table in italics and these are intended to help to clarify the changes. This is particularly relevant for the new areas introduced by Amsterdam, including Visas, Asylum and Immigration, Employment, and Customs Co-operation. In addition, the changes to the Social Provisions have been shown as a separate summary.
The new numbering system, introduced by the Treaty of Amsterdam, has been used and the changed numbers are shown in bold.
