EU English Glossary

EUROPA - European Commission

This glossary contains terms relating to European integration and the institutions and activities of the EU.

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Charter of Fundamental Rights
Citizenship of the Union
Clarity of the Treaties (simplification of the Treaties)
Classification of expenditure
Closer cooperation
Codecision procedure
Collective defence
Comitology
Committee of the Regions (CoR)
Committees and working parties
Common agricultural policy (CAP)
Common commercial policy
Common foreign and security policy (CFSP)
Common organisations of the agricultural markets (COM)
Common position (CFSP)

Common strategy (CFSP)
Common transport policy
Communitisation
Community 'bridge' (Title VI of the EU Treaty)
Community acquis
Community and intergovernmental methods
Community law
Community legal instruments
Community powers
Competition
Competitiveness
Composition of the European Commission
Concentration
Concentric circles
Conciliation Committee

Confirmation of the European Commission
Consolidation of legislation - formal official
Consolidation of legislation - informal declaratory
Consultation procedure
Consumer protection
Convention (Title VI of the EU Treaty)
Convergence criteria
Cooperation procedure
Coreper
COREU (CORespondance EUropéenne)
Council of the European Union
Court of First Instance of the European Communities (CFI)
Court of Justice of the European Union
Culture
Customs union