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  Lisbon Treaty - Exclude the European Union from regulating the conservation of marine biological resources - rejected
  
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  The majority No voters rejected an amendment[1] to the [http://services.parliament.uk/bills/2007-08/europeanunionamendment.html European Union (Amendment) Bill]. If passed the amendment would have excluded the European Union (EU) from regulating the conservation of marine biological resources.
  
  The Treaty of Lisbon asserts that the European Union shall have "exclusive competence" in the areas of:[2]
  
  * customs union;
  * the establishing of the competition rules necessary for the functioning of the internal market;
  * monetary policy for the Member States whose currency is the euro;
  * ''the conservation of marine biological resources under the common fisheries policy'';
  * common commercial policy.
  
  This claim will become part of UK law by virtue of the passage of the European Union Amendment Bill[3] which will include it it into the list of treaties included in the European Communities Act 1972.
  
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  *[1] [http://www.theyworkforyou.com/debate/?id=2008-02-26b.1032.3 Angus Robertson MP], House of Commons, 26 February 2008
  *[2] [http://www.fco.gov.uk/resources/en/pdf/pdf20/fco_ref_cm7294_eureformtreaty] Lisbon Treaty], Page 53, new Article 2B
  *[3] [http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200708/cmbills/048/08048.1-4.html European Union Amendment Bill], Clause 2
  
  
  
  
  
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