Abstract
Protocol 36 on transitional provisions was annexed to the EU Treaties at the Intergovernmental Conference of 2007, which negotiated the Lisbon Treaty, in order to organise the transition between the previous EU and EC Treaties and the Treaties as amended by the Lisbon Treaty. This contribution concentrates on why and how Article 9 of Protocol 36 – on keeping the legal effects of acts adopted under the legal regime of the previous TEU – and Article 10 – on the 5-year transitional period regarding the Court of Justice powers on the police and criminal justice acquis and on the UK block opt-out from that acquis – were drafted and negotiated. It also clarifies the meaning of these Articles and what such an arcane neologism as “lisbonisation” means.
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