EU Centre at IKBFU

Dr. Vadim Voynikov

«Introduction to Russia-EU Relations»

VII International Youth Summer School «Russia & EU: Legal and Political Issues

of International Cooperation»Kaliningrad, Russia

22 July – 9 August 2013

EU-Russia. Facts, figures

• The EU is the largest trade partner of Russia which accounts for about 52% of its total trade. From the EU side, Russia is the third largest EU trade partner following the USA and China.

• The EU-Russia land border is the longest land border between EU and its neighbors (2387,6 km among 7958 km).

• 5 265 866 visas (39% of all Schengen visas issued in 2011) were granted to the Russian citizens.

EU-Russia. Facts, figures. Energy Dialogue.

Russia – the Union's largest energy resources importer • 36% of the EU’s total gas imports originate from Russia• 31% of the EU's total crude oil imports originate from

Russia• 30% of the EU's coal imports originate from RussiaThe EU – Russia's largest trade partner for energy goods• 80% of all Russian oil exports go to the EU• 70% of all Russian gas exports go to the EU• 50% of all Russian coal exports go to the EU

The history of EU-Russia relations

1. Agreement between EEC, ECSC and Euratom on the one hand and Soviet Union on the other, on trade and commercial and economic cooperation, December 18, 1989.

2. Partnership and Cooperation Agreement (PCA), June 2004 in Corfu and came into force on 1 December 1997;

3. Road Maps on creation 4 Common Spaces, 2005, Moscow.

EU’s relation with third countries

-Equal Partnership (USA, Canada, Japan etc)

-Strategic Partnership (Russia, Brazil, South Africa, China, India etc)

- Junior Partnership (Eastern and Southern neighbors of the EU etc)

• ROAD MAP FOR THE COMMON ECONOMIC SPACE• ROAD MAP FOR THE COMMON SPACE OF FREEDOM,

SECURITY AND JUSTICE• ROAD MAP FOR THE COMMON SPACE OF EXTERNAL

SECURITY • ROAD MAP FOR THE COMMON SPACE OF RESEARCH

AND EDUCATION, INCLUDING CULTURAL ASPECTS.

The Roads Maps, EU-Russia Summit, Moscow, 10 May, 2005

Common Economic Space

• The aim of this Common Space is to put in place conditions for increased and diversified trade between the EU and Russia.

Common Space of Freedom, Security and Justice

• The aim of this Common Space is to strengthen co-operation in the field of free movement of persons, immigration, justice and home affairs.

Common Space of Co-operation in the Field of External

Security

• The aim of this Common Space is to intensify co-operation on security issues and crisis management, to address new threats such as terrorism, regional conflicts and state failure, the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction etc.

Common Space on Research, Education and Culture

• The aim of this Common Space is to intensify links and exchanges in the fields of science and technology, research, education and culture and to promote the identification and adoption of best practices.

The EU-Russia legal framework

• The basic agreement. At the moment the Agreement on Partnership and Cooperation, 1994 (PCA).

• Sector international agreements. • Intergovernmental agreements and treaties of

interinstitutional character (cooperation agreement between Europol and Russian Federation etc).

• Road maps and other instruments of soft law. • Domestic legislation the EU and Russia.

The new EU-Russia basic agreement.

• July 3, 2006 the European Commission adopted a draft directive for the negotiations on a new basic agreement between Russia and the EU.

• November 2006, Poland blocked approval of the mandate for negotiations with Russia on a new agreement as a response on the ban on imports to Russia from Poland raw meat.

• June 2008, the EU - Russia summit in Khanty-Mansiysk. The start of negotiation.

• 1 September 2008, Extraordinary European Council in Brussels, suspension of the negotiations on a new agreement by reason of the armed conflict in South Ossetia.

• November 14, 2008, 22th EU-Russia summit in Nice, the continuation of negotiations.

The institutional framework

• The EU-Russia summits. • The Permanent Partnership Council (PPC) .• Meetings of senior EU officials with their

Russian counterparts.• Parliamentary cooperation. The

Parliamentary Cooperation Committee (PCC).

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