European Economic and Monetary Union

Der Band dokumentiert die Texte der Vorlesungen gleichen Titels, die der Autor - Ministerialrat im Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft a. D. - an der Universität Oslo im Rahmen des deutsch-norwegischen Stipendienfonds Ruhrgas im Mai 1999 sowie einen Vortrag (Teil II), den er vor der norwegischen Vereinigung für europäisches Recht gehalten hat. Inhalt: I. Legal Aspects of European Economic and Monetary Union: A. The European Community's Legal and Constitutional Order in general, the special Constitutional Structure of the European Economic and Monetary Union; B. The Legal Basis of the Market Economy System of the Member States and of the Community; C. Member States' Status and Obligations for Conducting their Economic, Budgetary, Social and Societal Policy; D. The Procedure for Co-ordinating and Monitoring Member States' Economic Policies (Article 99 of the EC Treaty) and the Procedure for Monitoring the Member States' Budget Situation; E. The European Community's exclusive Competence and Sovereignty in the field of Monetary and Exchange-rate-Policy. II. The legal aspects of Economic and Monetary Union - in particular the possibility of cooperation agreements with non-member States.