AVRUPA BİRLİĞİ ÜYELİĞİ ÖNCESİNDEKİ ULUSLARARASI ANLAŞMALAR: ÜYE DEVLETLER VE ADAY DEVLETLERE YÖNELİK BİR İNCELEME

Avrupa Birliği (AB) üyeliği öncesindeki uluslararası anlaşmalar, AB hukuku içerisinde özel bir konuma sahiptir. Bununla ilgili olarak, ABnin İşleyişi Hakkında Antlaşma (ABİHA) m. 351, üye devletlerin uluslararası hukuk ve AB hukuku yükümlülükleri arasındaki ilişkileri düzenlemektedir. Madde, üye devletlerin AB hukuku ile uyumsuz olan ve üye oldukları tarih öncesinde akdettikleri uluslararası anlaşmalardan kaynaklanan yükümlülüklerinin üyelikten etkilenmeyeceğini; fakat bu uyumsuzlukların çözülmesi gerektiğini düzenlemektedir. Bu çalışma ile ABİHA m. 351, AB üyesi devletler üzerindeki etkileri kadar, aday devletler ve dolayısıyla Türkiye üstündeki yansımaları yönüyle de incelemektedir. Bu çerçevede; ABİHA m. 351 kapsamındaki uluslararası anlaşmalara öncelik tanınmasının ayrıntılı koşul ve yükümlülüklere tabi olduğu, 2004 sonrasında ABye katılan devletlerin bu maddeye dayanma olasılığının zorlaştığı ve bu zorlaşma eğilimi doğrultusunda aday devlet olarak Türkiyenin üyelik müzakeresi süresi içinde bu kapsamdaki uluslararası anlaşmalarını gözden geçirmesinin ileride doğabilecek hukuki ihtilafları en aza indirebileceği sonuçlarına varılmıştır

International Agreements Preceding European Union Membership: A Review of Them with regard to Member States and Candidate Countries

Pre-accession international agreements of the Member States of the European Union (EU) have a special status within the EU law. Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU) art. 351 regulates the relations between the Member States obligations originating from international law and EU law. According to this provision Member States obligations arising from international agreements concluded before their accession to the EU shall not be affected by the provisions of the Treaties; however the incompatibilities between these agreements and the EU law shall be eliminated. This paper aims to analyze the impacts of TFEU art. 351 on Member States, along with its reflections on candidate countries and accordingly on Turkey. Conclusions of this paper are the priority given to international agreements within the scope of TFEU art. 351 is subject to detailed conditions and obligations, it is getting difficult for Member States acceding to the EU after 2004 to rely on this priority and in line with this tendency Turkey, as a candidate country, through revising its international agreements during the accession negotiations, could minimise the possible legal conflicts which may arise in the future

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