Transcript Legal aspects of the relations between Russia and EU

Prospects for a New Basic Agreement
between the EU and Russia
Paul Kalinichenko (Doctor of Law, Professor)
Kutafin Moscow State Law University
[email protected]
Why the EU and Russia need the
new treaty?
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Russia has created the foundation of a market economy; the
country has entered a period of economic growth, Russia
joined the WTO;
The EU has created an economic and monetary union,
introduced the single currency, the euro, increased its
membership from 15 to 27, created mechanisms of a common
foreign policy and a common security and defense policy.
Humanity has become convinced that the Cold War has been
replaced not by harmony and peace among nations, but by a
new wave of violence which has assumed the form of regional
wars, ethnic conflicts, international terrorism and transnational
crime;
The relations of partnership and cooperation between the EU
and Russia have become daily practice. Moreover, their joint
initiative - of creating four "common spaces" in the future elevates the relations between the partners to a qualitatively
new level.
Variants for the development of
the EU-Russia contractual basis
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Preparing a new agreement to fully supersede
PCA as soon as it is signed and ratified by
Russia, the European Union and its Member
States.
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Extending the PCA as stipulated under the
Agreement's Article 106 until such time as the
Parties deem it practicable to replace it with a
new agreement(s).
Swiss model of integration “a la carte”
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Official initiative 2006
Russian initiative in spring of 2006
 The negotiations opened in july 2008
 3 pauses:
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– Poland-Lithuania
– South Ossetia conflict
– Modern circumstances
The New Basic Agreement
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Act of lex generalis
 Mixed agreement
 Should reflect the integrational luggage
between the EU and Russia
European proposals
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Common values
 FTA Plus
 Energy provisions
Russian proposals
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New institutional
framework
 The Four Common
Spaces
 Investment
guarantees
Structure of the NBA
General provisions
 Common economic space
 Common space of freedom, security
and justice
 Common space of foreign security
 Common space of education and
science, including cultural aspects
 Institutional and final provisions
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Modern circumstances
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Russia joined the WTO
Russia is planning to join the OECD
Russia started the processes in the
Framework of the Custom Union
Russia launched the negotiations on the
FTA with the EFTA countries in 2010
Russia is proposing the concept of the
common market from Lisbon to
Vladivostok
Thank you for your attention!