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Publishers Abstract:
In the area of external trade, the European Community is exclusively competent to adopt unilateral measures and negotiate and conclude international agreements pursuant to Article 133 EC, thereby leaving Member States free to act only on the basis of a specific authorisation granted under Community law. Approximately four years subsequently, the Court of Justice revisited the relationship between trade and environmental policy, and the latter's special instruments, in EU external relations when it was asked to adjudicate upon the conclusion and implementation of the Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for certain hazardous chemicals and pesticides in international trade. In its proposal to the Council, the Commission requested that the Convention be approved on behalf of the Community by means of a Decision based on Article 133 EC. In September 2006, the Council adopted Decision 2006/730/EC which concluded the Rotterdam Convention on behalf of the Community under Articles 133 and 175(1) EC.
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