Industrial Policy

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The Treaty of Nice introduced qualified majority voting for supporting measures in the area of industrial policy to promote competitiveness in European industry.

Harmonisation of national laws is not permitted for industrial policy. Art. 157 TEC.

The future

The EU Constitution proposes that industrial policy be a part of the area for supporting actions, where national laws cannot be directly harmonised.

Links

http://www.eurunion.org/legislat/iiprop/iiprop.htm