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  2. United Kingdom opt-outs from EU legislation - Wikipedia

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    The opt-out from the JHA policy area was originally obtained by both states in a protocol to the Treaty of Amsterdam of 1997, and was retained with the Treaty of Lisbon. [ 16 ] Under Protocol 36 of the Lisbon Treaty , the UK had the option to opt out of all the police and criminal justice legislation adopted prior to the treaty's entry into ...

  3. Opt-outs in the European Union - Wikipedia

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    The opt-out from the JHA policy area was originally obtained by Ireland and the United Kingdom in a protocol to the Treaty of Amsterdam of 1997, and was retained by both in the Treaty of Lisbon. [4] In contrast, Denmark has a more rigid opt-out from the area of freedom, security and justice.

  4. The Act's long title is To Confer power on the Prime Minister to notify, under Article 50(2) of the Treaty on European Union, the United Kingdom's intention to withdraw from the EU. The Act confers on the Prime Minister the power to give the notice required under the Treaty when a member state decides to withdraw. [ 4 ]

  5. Area of freedom, security and justice - Wikipedia

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    Under the AFSJ opt-out, Denmark and Ireland are barred from joining the European Public Prosecutor's Office, while Hungary has decided not to participate. In the negotiations leading up to the signing to the Lisbon Treaty , Poland (and the United Kingdom at the time) secured a protocol to the treaty limiting the application of the Charter of ...

  6. Article 7 of the Treaty on European Union - Wikipedia

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    In this article, all treaties simply cease to apply to the member leaving, adjusted by a possible treaty with the said member. Contrary to expulsion, most available sanctions are conciliatory, not punitive; they do not punish a state for failing to live up to fellow states' demands, but encourage a state to fulfill its treaty obligations. [24]

  7. United Kingdom invocation of Article 50 of the Treaty on ...

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    The Lisbon Treaty does not forbid an exiting country to withdraw its application for leaving, because the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties prescribes an initial notification procedure, a kind of period of notice. Before a contract under international law [such as the Lisbon Treaty], which had been agreed without specifying details of ...

  8. Treaty of Lisbon - Wikipedia

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    The Treaty of Lisbon (initially known as the Reform Treaty) is a European agreement that amends the two treaties which form the constitutional basis of the European Union (EU). The Treaty of Lisbon, which was signed by all EU member states on 13 December 2007, entered into force on 1 December 2009. [2]

  9. Referendums related to the European Union - Wikipedia

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    Denmark The 2015 Danish European Union opt-out referendum, 53.1% against, turnout 72.0%; The referendum was held to decide on converting the opt-out from participation in the area of Justice and Home Affairs area into an opt-in: the possibility for the Danes to decide on a case-by-case basis. The voters rejected the proposal.