sphere of competence

It does not and very few people decline in all spheres of competence at once.

Nicaragua's problems therefore fall more within my own sphere of competence.

The Council has never debated this question and it is not within its sphere of competence.

The expansion in the sphere of competence is important.

One could try to approach it with the notion of spheres of competence.

Each body could deal with any matter within the sphere of competence of the League or affecting peace in the world.

Therefore, this resolution deals with issues which are outside the European Union's sphere of competence.

Science falls outside my sphere of competence.

Parliament must therefore give its assent, because the agreement concerns its sphere of competence.

What is just as important, however, is the commitment made by the Member States to doing the same within their own spheres of competence.

These issues are of course beyond the Union' s strict sphere of competence. We should tackle them together with other countries and institutions.

This matter may not necessarily lie within your sphere of competence at the present time, Commissioner Barrot, but it will in the future.

In my opinion, it is pointless to call for such a directive, and the matter falls outside of the European institutions' sphere of competence.

At the end of the day, pensions policy should remain within the sphere of competence of the Member States.

The authority of the world government is shared with the Member States, in a way that both are sovereign within their respective sphere of competence.

This development also expands Europol's field of activity and includes all punishable acts in its sphere of competence.

I hope that we will fulfil this obligation tomorrow for our sphere of competence with the adoption of this package.

This is a far-reaching and remarkable step, because criminal law is actually outside the sphere of competence of the European Union.

I congratulate my colleague on a move that we would do well to replicate across all our committees and all our spheres of competence.

The Treaties, after all, define the Union' s sphere of competences, the powers of its institutions and the procedures for adopting legislation or the budget.

The European Court of Justice has on several occasions ruled that arms exports also lie within the Community's sphere of competence.

The rigidity of Belgium sphere of competences raised legal difficulties to the approval of international treaties dealing with both federal and community's issues.

This could be achieved by authorising Commissioners to address requests for dealing with infringements within their particular sphere of competence directly to Member States.

In my own sphere of competence, I should like to make two points that may be of interest to you, Mrs De Keyser.

'Nurses should be advised to resist such pressure and not be afraid to turn down any assignment which they feel may be outside their sphere of competence.