I also have a question about the distribution of competences.

It is impossible for there to be a definitive distribution of competences between the European and national levels.

I do not wish to call the distribution of competences between the Commission and Parliament into question.

There will be discussion of the distribution of competences, the new instruments, institutions and the future European constitution.

The distribution of competence means the EU's responsibility is greatest in the area of agriculture.

We are in favour of a consolidated Treaty with a clearer distribution of competences.

In doing so, we will of course respect the distribution of competences as provided for in the treaties.

This problem is circumvented by imposing a Gaussian prior probability distribution of competences.

We also need a Commission proposal on the distribution of competences and on how the Charter can be incorporated.

Amendment No. 26 in which we also incorporate, with regard to the distribution of competences, the principle of subsidiarity.

But Amendments Nos 57 and 59 go further than we are allowed under the current distribution of competences and therefore the first pillar.

The distribution of competences in various policy areas between Member States and the Union is divided in the following three categories:

(In my family, this is rendered as "From each according to her ability, to each according to his needs," to reflect the unequal distribution of competence.

The Commission has no intention of altering the current distribution of competence between the Member States and the Commission.

Due to the very complex distribution of competence between the Community and its Member States, the free trade agreement is made up of two separate legal texts.

Yes, Mr Dalli, you will have our support, but we experience that unease born of the risk associated with the distribution of competences between yourselves.

We suppose that this will foreshadow the debate to be held on one of the items in Annex IV, on the distribution of competences.

We are not talking about a greater or lesser degree of representation but rather simply a distribution of competences which at the time were defined in a particular way.

Furthermore, each national State will be responsible for democratically arranging its distribution of competences between the national State, between communities or regions and between local authorities.

You should be aware that in Spain, there is a distribution of competence, which lies not only with the central government, but also with the autonomous communities and the councils.

It also gives us an opportunity to put an end to a recurrent conflict between the European institutions by clarifying the distribution of competences between the first and third pillars.

The EU must be changed in the way we Liberals have demanded, that is to say in the direction of transparency, public control, more explicit accountability, a clearer distribution of competences and a common constitution.

The majority are due to the distribution between administrative bodies and the distribution of competences as well as deficient coordination between the services which are involved in programming and the implementation of those actions.

Having a package agreement encompassing the 27 Member States, based on the distribution of competences between the Union and the Member States, was indeed crucial in order to support the EU visa common policy.

However, at that very time, at the beginning of 2004 we are due to have an intergovernmental conference that will specifically have to look into the distribution of competences between the European Union and the Member States.