Competence

The Lisbon Treaty proposes a, partly new, division of EU competences in Art. 3-5 TFEU:

In areas in which the EU has no clearly defined competence, the competence should remain with the Member States according to the principle of conferred powers. This does not mean that the EU cannot interfere. The Danish government has not been able to mention one single Danish law which cannot be touched upon by the Lisbon Treaty.

Links

See Categories of competence.

See the reader friendly edition of the EU Constitution with highlights, remarks in the margin, plus a great index to help you move around: http://www.euabc.com/upload/pd......f/draft/rf_constitution_en.pdf