It distinguishes three types of competences: exclusive competence, where the Union alone can legislate, and Member States only implement; shared competence, where the Member States can legislate and adopt legally binding measures if the Union has not done so; and supporting competence, where the EU adopts measures to support or complement Member States' policies.
The Commission takes action to encourage, support and complement Member States' activities in the field of education, while respecting their overall responsibility for educational policy and school systems.
The Commission takes action to encourage, support and complement Member States' activities in the field of education, while respecting their overall responsibility for educational policy.
The amended Article 129 of the EC Treaty lays down that the Community shall complement the Member States' action in reducing drugs-related health damage, including information and prevention.
These mini-ceremonies are preceded by a letter or phone call complementing a staff member for a job well done.
Nato allies also agreed to deploy a missile defence system to cover all of the territory of its European members, complementing US plans for a missile defence shield.
In other words, the tool is designed and intended to work hand in hand with rapid assessment team members complementing their more qualitative observations when finalizing the analysis.
Vesicular fusion in the ER could be mediated in a different way in Leishmania or, although in contradiction with the SNARE hypothesis, this function could be complemented by a member from different group.
Since then its activities have been mainly facilitative, aimed at assisting, supporting, and complementing the national efforts of member states to eliminate illiteracy and to extend free education.
Even though the functional defect of one of the family members may be complemented by the other members of the gene family [ 41], one or few of these family members usually play a predominant role, so that a primary functional analysis of gene family members is normally required prior to mutation breeding [ 42].
The Blue Mountain contractors were intended to complement the armed members of the militia.
