I am not a legal expert at all, but I have not found a legal basis in the current Treaties that would explicitly authorise the Community wholly or partially to surrender its exclusive competences for the benefit of the Member States.
Intelligence is the exclusive competence of member states.
The ruling said the commission had failed to prove that Poland, which burns highly polluting coal for most of its electricity, and Estonia had been too generous with their handouts The court said that the commission had "very restricted" power to review national plans for allocating permits and that its decisions had "the effect of encroaching on the exclusive competence" of those countries.
2. Any dispute arising from a matter relating to the relationship referred to in paragraph 1 falls under the exclusive competence of the courts of Frankfurt am Main, without prejudice to the competence of the Court of Justice of the European Communities.
Risk communication and informed consent do not represent an exclusive competence of the referrer, as ethically, legally and clinically attributable even to the radiologist.
For all of these matters, the negotiation and conclusion of agreements with one or more third countries falls within the exclusive competence of the Community.
National security questions belong to the exclusive competence of the Member States.
Told that the EU claims "exclusive competence" in competition policy, a spokesperson for the treasury ministry replies crisply: "Maybe they do".
Together, they would control only around 10% of the world market for steel.While the commission claims exclusive competence in competition matters, the French government, or any other government involved, could block the deal on non-competition grounds.
The EU's exclusive competence in trade gives it real bargaining power.
