Sentence examples for exercise its competence from inspiring English sources

This lists a series of policy areas where European nations "may" legislate, but only when "the Union has not exercised or ceases to exercise its competence".

But in saying that, "Where the Union has not exercised or ceases to exercise its competence in an area of shared competence, the member states may exercise theirs," it seems to be saying, to Eurosceptic ears, that national governments will only be free to act in these areas when the Union chooses not to.

The Parliament may exercise its competence... until the end of the second regular session of the parliamentary term commencing after the offence was committed.

That said, it is also the case that this flexibility will allow the Member States to enjoy, where the Community does not exercise its competence, an institutional framework to help citizens gain access to justice in third countries, especially in the area of family rights.

If Congress doesn't exercise its obligation to insure the competence of Presidential appointees like DeVos, then voters need to hold them accountable in the next election.

A child's right to be heard in matters affecting its interests is a substitute not a complement to the right of choosing for herself, and the Gillick competence which qualifies a child to exercise its rights of decision-making is arguably stringently defined.

It was flexed to exercise its joints.

It also exercised its Consert instrument.

So, last October, LVMH exercised its option.

But the family trade exercised its pull.

In other words, attempting to exercise normative competence (that is, to promote autonomy) relative to the prevailing norms entails adopting a set of norms that is oppressive to oneself.