Eu – russia relations and wto hamburg 4 december 2017 european union and eurasian economic union comparison and opportunities for cooperation

Institutions (EEU Treaty Article 8)

• Supreme Economic Council
• Heads of Member States
• Determine the strategy (consensus)
• Intergovernmental Council
• Heads of Government
• Ensure implementation of the EEU Treaty (consensus)
• Economic Commission
• Council of the Commission
• Board of the Commission
• Court

Eurasian Economic Commission

• Economic Commission
• Council of the Commission
• Vice Prime Ministers
• Overall management (consensus)
• Board of the Commission
• EEU Ministers
• Initiator and executive (majority voting or consensus)

ACHIEVEMENTS/DEFICIENCIES EAEU

• PARTICIPANTS
• 3 FOUNDING MEMBER STATES
• AT PRESENT 5 MEMBER STATES
• ENLARGEMENT?
• INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK
• SUPRANATIONAL VS. INTERGOVERNMENTAL
• EFFECTIVENESS AND TRANSPARENCY
• ESSENTIALLY ECONOMIC COOPERATION
• FREE TRADE AREA
• CUSTOMS UNION
• INTERNAL MARKET
• COOPERATION IN SPECIFIC SECTORS

EU and EEU, A Comparison 1

• Framework of cooperation
• In both cases: International Organisation
• In both cases: Regional cooperation
• Nature of cooperation
• Integration (EU) versus Cooperation (EAEU)
• Impact jurisprudence EU Court of Justice: general principles of EU law
• Objectives and ambitions
• Comprehensive cooperation (EU) versus essentially Economic cooperation (EAEU)

EU and EEU, A Comparison 2

• Stage of cooperation
• Advanced (EU) versus recent (EAEU)
• Size of economy
• Big (EU) versus relatively small (EAEU)

EU and EEU, A Comparison 3

• Characteristics and institutions
• Supranational (EU) versus Intergovernmental (EAEU)
• Impact jurisprudence EU Court of Justice: general principles of EU law
• Scope of competences
• Transfer of competences (EU) versus Member States competences (EAEU)
• Impact jurisprudence EU Court of Justice
• Decision-making
• Qualified majority voting (EU) versus Consensus (EAEU)