EU-Russian relations: lecture 6. Partnership and Cooperation Agreement: Content and Institutions

Романова Татьяна Алексеевна

Вопросы:

1. Describe key provisions of the Partnership and Cooperation Agreement between the EU and Russia
2. How was the Partnership and Cooperation Agreement different from association agreements that the EU concluded around the same time?
3. Outline progress of the PCA in various areas.
4. How did TACIS complement the PCA?
5. What was the significance of the Simoutenkov case?
6. What were results and problems of the TACIS implementation?
7. Please, assess institutions, set up in accordance with the PCA.

Литература:

1. Agreement on Partnership and Cooperation, Establishing a Partnership between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Russian Federation, of the other part. 27 November, 1997.
2. BLOCKMANS, S. EU–Russia Relations Through the Prism of the European Neighbourhood and Partnership Instrument // European Foreign Affairs Review. 2008. Vol. 13: 167–187.
3. EUROPEAN COURT OF AUDITORS Special Report concerning the performance of projects financed under TACIS in the Russian Federation (pursuant to Article 248(4), second subparagraph, EC) together with the Commission's replies. 2006. No. 2.
4. HILLION, C. Institutional Aspects of the Partnership between the European Union and the Newly Independent States of the Former Soviet Union: Case Studies of Russia and Ukraine // Common Market Law Review. 2000. Vol. 37: 1211–1235.