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introducessignificantchangesintheveryEUandmechanismsofitsfunc-
tioning.TheTreatyitself,itsformalstructure,theshapeandthecontentrequire
extensive,interdisciplinarystudies.Ithasnotbeenourintentiontofacesuch
achallenge,andthispaperfocusesonthebasicissuesstipulatedbythetitle.
BypoweroftheTreaty,from2009(followingtheratification)theEUwillhave
becomeauniforminternationalorganisationandasubjectoftheinternational
law.InitspresentformtheEUhasnothadthestatusofalegalperson,
andtheTreatywillbringarudimentaryreformoftheEUsystem.Bypower
ofregulationsthethree-pillarstructureoftheEUhasbeenabandoned,thepro-
ceduresofproclaimingEuropeanlawhavebeensimplified.TheTreatyofLis-
bonisasourcefortheEUprimarylawthatamendsthetwotreatiescurrently
inforce.Consequently,theterm"EuropeanCommunity”ceasestoexist,andit
isreplacedwith"theEuropeanUnion”.Bythesametoken,theTreatyofRome
(1957)proclaimingtheEuropeanCommunity(followingtheamendments
totreatyrevisionsfromAmsterdam(1999)andNice(2003)changesitsname
toTheTreatyontheFunctioningoftheEuropeanUnion(TFEU).Weshould
highlightthefollowingimplicationsoftheTreatyofLisbonfortheEuropean
economy,business,andtheregulatoryframeworkoftheinternalmarket:
clearandunivocaldivisionofcompetencesamongtheEU,itsinstitutions
andmemberstates,
providingpreciseproceduresforproclaimingprimary(treaty)EUlaw,
bringingordertolegislationandlimitingthenumberofsourcesofderiva-
tivelaw,
strengtheningtheroleoftheEuropeanParliamentindecision-making
processbygivingitthesamepositioninmajorissuesasthatenjoyedby
theEuropeanCouncil,
grantingthenationalparliamentstherighttocommentonthecompliance
oftheEUlegalactswiththeprincipleofsubsidiarity,
limitingtheprincipleofconsensusandenhancingthevotingprocedures
withqualifiedmajorityoption,
increasingtheflexibilityofoperationwithintheEUframework.
TheworkonthetreatythatwouldreformfunctioningoftheEU,following
thefiascoofthedraftoftheEUConstitution(2005),wasconductedsimul-
taneouslywithbuildingtheprogrammesandpoliciesofdevelopmentofthe
internalmarket.TheTreatywassignedattheendofthefirstyearoftheEU
financialperspectivethatdefinedthedirectionsoffunctioningandthecom-
petencesoffinancialdecisionsfor2007-2013.Thatissueraisedanextensive
socialdiscussiononthedirectionsoftheEUsystemreform,whichfocusedon
anumberofproblemsofeconomy,businessandtheinternalmarket.Amongthe
argumentsforthereformspecialstresswaslaidontheissuesofpoliticaliden-
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