Fédéralisme et relations internationales en Belgique : la réforme 1993-1994

Abstract

The transformation of the Unitarian Belgium into a federal State results in some important amendments concerning the external relations. This article shows, at the one hand, how the belgian Communities and regions have now, following internai Law, a real Treaty making power. It indicates aswell the technics of association of the internai entities in the European Law making process (continuous information, participation in the Council, ...). At the other hand, this paper examines in which measure the belgian State has now a real and accurate possibility of granting the internai application of international and European Law, throughout a substitution power and the federal strengthening.