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Originally Posted by pip08456
e.g. Useless so why have them?
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I have no idea why those provisions are there. Best guess because if they do become EU competencies the provisions are ready to permit taking action.
You'd need to ask whomever drafted those articles what they had in mind. I fully imagine there are a few things in Lisbon that are redundant and no-one found them concerning enough to amend them.
One thing that couldn't be said about the European Union is that they aren't bureaucratic - they are bureaucratic to a fault but it's probably the only way to do what they do.