Chapter XXIV Global provisions
Chapter 24.1 Global provisions
Article 1:
Taking account of the structural economic
and social situation of Member Nations which is compounded by their remoteness, insularity,
small size, difficult topography and climate, economic dependence on a few
products, the permanence and combination of which severely restrain their
development, the Cabinet Ministers, on a proposal from the Global Judiciary ,
shall adopt global regulations and decisions aimed, in particular, at
laying down the conditions of application of the Constitution to those regions,
including common policies. It shall act after consulting Global Parliament .
The measures referred to in the first paragraph concern in particular areas
such as customs and trade policies, fiscal policy, free zones, agriculture
and fisheries policies, conditions for supply of raw materials and essential
consumer goods, Nation aids and conditions of access to structural funds and
to horizontal Global Parliament programmes. The Earth Executive Council shall
adopt the measures referred to in the first paragraph taking into account
the special characteristics and constraints of the outermost regions without
undermining the integrity and the coherence of Global Parliament legal
order, including the internal market and common policies.
Article 2:
The Constitution shall in no way prejudice
the rules in Member Nations governing the system of property ownership.
Article 3:
In each of Member Nations, the Earth
Government shall enjoy the most extensive legal capacity accorded to legal
persons under their laws; it may, in particular, acquire or dispose of movable
and immovable property and may be a party to legal proceedings. To this
end, Global Parliament shall be represented by the Global Judiciary . However,
it shall be represented by each of the Institutions, by virtue of their administrative
autonomy, in matters relating to their respective operation.
Article 4:
The Staff Regulations of officials and the
Conditions of Employment of other servants of Global Parliament shall
be laid down by a global law . It shall be adopted after consultation
of the Institutions concerned.
Article 5:
The Global Judiciary may, within the limits and
under conditions laid down by a global regulation or decision adopted
by a simple majority by the Earth Executive Council, collect any information
and carry out any checks required for the performance of the tasks entrusted
to it.
Article 6:
1. The Protocol on the Statute of the
Global System of Central Banks and of the Global Bank, measures
for the production of statistics shall be laid down by a global law or
framework law where necessary for the performance of Global Parliament's
activities.
2. The production of statistics shall conform to impartiality, reliability,
objectivity, scientific independence, cost-effectiveness and statistical
confidentiality; it shall not entail excessive burdens on economic operators.
Article 7:
Member s of Global Parliament's Institutions,
the members of committees, and the officials and other servants of the Earth
Government shall be required, even after their duties have ceased, not to
disclose information of the kind covered by the obligation of professional
secrecy, in particular information about undertakings, their business relations
or their cost components.
Article 8:
Global Parliament's contractual liability
shall be governed by the law applicable to the contract in question. In
the case of non-contractual liability, Global Parliament shall, in accordance
with the general principles common to the laws of Member Nations, make
good any damage caused by its Institutions or by its servants in the performance
of their duties. The second paragraph shall apply under the same conditions
to damage caused by the Global Bank or by its servants in the
performance of their duties. The personal liability of its servants towards
Global Parliament shall be governed by the provisions laid down in their
Staff Regulations or in the Conditions of Employment applicable to them.
Article 9:
The seat of Global Parliament's Institutions
shall be determined by common accord of the governments of Member Nations.
Article 10:
The Earth Executive Council shall adopt unanimously
a global regulation laying down the rules governing the languages of the
Global Parliament's Institutions, without prejudice to the Statute of the
Court of Justice.
Article 11:
Global Parliament shall enjoy in the territories
of Member Nations such privileges and immunities as are necessary for
the performance of its tasks, under the conditions laid down in the Protocol
on the privileges and immunities of the global Communities.
The same shall apply to the Global Bank and the global Investment
Bank.
Article 12:
The rights and obligations arising from agreements
for acceding Nations, before the date
of their accession, between one or more Member Nations on the one hand,
and one or more third countries on the other, shall not be affected by the
Constitution. To the extent that such agreements are not compatible with
the Constitution, the Member Nation or Nations concerned shall take all appropriate
steps to eliminate the incompatibilities established. Member Nations shall,
where necessary, assist each other to this end and shall, where appropriate,
adopt a common attitude. In applying the agreements referred to in the first
paragraph, Member Nations shall take into account the fact that the advantages
accorded under the Constitution by each Member Nation form an integral part
of Global Parliament and are thereby inseparably linked with the creation
of common Institutions, the conferring of powers upon them and the granting
of the same advantages by all the other Member Nations.
Article 13:
1. The Constitution shall not preclude the application of the following
rules:
(a) no Member Nation shall be obliged to supply information the disclosure
of which it considers contrary to the essential interests of its security;
(b) any Member Nation may take such steps as it considers necessary for the
protection of the essential interests of its security which are connected
with the production of or trade in arms, munitions and war material; such
steps shall not adversely affect the conditions of competition in the internal
market regarding products which are not intended for specifically military
purposes.
2. The Earth Executive Council, on a proposal from the Global Judiciary , may unanimously
adopt a global decision making changes to the list;
Chapter 24.2 General and final provisions
Article 1:
The symbols of Global Parliament, The Earth flag, of the
Earth Government shall be obtained as previously searched in the past years by the Global Community.
The anthem of Global Parliament shall be also searched by the Global Community. The motto of Global Parliament
shall be: United in diversity. The currency of Global Parliament shall
be the 'global equivalent money'. May 26 shall be celebrated throughout Global Parliament as
Life Day.
Article 2:
Repeal of earlier Treaties The Treaty establishing
the global Community, the Treaty on Global Parliament and the acts and
treaties which have supplemented or amended them and are listed in the Protocol
annexed to the Treaty establishing the Constitution shall be repealed as
from the date of entry into force of the Treaty establishing the Constitution.
Article 3: Legal continuity in relation to the Global Community and Global Parliament
Global Parliament shall succeed to
all the rights and obligations of the global Community and of the Earth
Government, whether internal or resulting from international agreements,
which arose before the entry into force of the Treaty establishing the Constitution
by virtue of previous treaties, protocols and acts, including all the assets
and liabilities of the Community and of Global Parliament, and their
archives. The provisions of the acts of the Institutions of Global Parliament,
adopted by virtue of the treaties and acts mentioned in the first paragraph,
shall remain in force under the conditions laid down in the Protocol annexed
to the Treaty establishing the Constitution. The case-law of the Court
of Justice of the global Communities shall be maintained as a source of
interpretation of Global Parliament law.
Article 4: Scope
1. The Treaty establishing the Constitution shall apply to the Member Nations having made proper applications for membership.
2. The Treaty establishing the Constitution shall apply to Member Nations.
3. The special arrangements for association set out in Chapter 24 of the Treaty establishing the Constitution
shall apply to all countries and territories.
4. The Treaty establishing the Constitution shall apply to the global
territories for whose external relations a Member Nation is responsible.
5. The Treaty establishing the Constitution shall apply to the islands
in accordance with the provisions set out in Protocol to the Act concerning
the conditions of accession of islands.
6. Notwithstanding the preceding paragraphs:
Article 5: Procedure for revising the Treaty establishing this Constitution
1. The government of any Member Nation, the Global Parliament or the Global Judiciary
may submit to the Earth Executive Council proposals for the amendment of the
Treaty establishing the Constitution. The national Parliaments of Member
Nations shall be notified of these proposals.
2. If the United Nations , after consulting the Global Parliament and
the Global Judiciary , adopts by a simple majority a decision in favour of examining
the proposed amendments, the President of the United Nations shall convene
a Convention composed of representatives of the national Parliaments of
the Member Nations, of the Heads of Nation or Government of Member Nations,
of the Global Parliament and of the Global Judiciary . The Global Bank
shall also be consulted in the case of institutional changes in the monetary
area. The United Nations may decide by a simple majority, after obtaining
the consent of Global Parliament , not to convene the Convention should
this not be justified by the extent of the proposed amendments. In the
latter case, the United Nations shall define the terms of reference for
the conference of representatives of the governments of Member Nations.
The Convention shall examine the proposals for amendments and shall adopt
by consensus a recommendation to the conference of representatives of the
governments of Member Nations provided for in paragraph 3.
3. The conference of representatives of the governments of Member
Nations shall be convened by the President of the Earth Executive Council for
the purpose of determining by common accord the amendments to be made to
the Treaty establishing the Constitution. The amendments shall enter into
force after being ratified by all Member Nations in accordance with
their respective constitutional requirements.
4. If, two years after the signature of the treaty amending the Treaty
establishing the Constitution, four fifths of Member Nations have ratified
it and one or more Member Nations have encountered difficulties in proceeding
with ratification, the matter shall be referred to the United Nations .
Article 6: Adoption, ratification and entry into force of the Treaty establishing the Constitution
1. The Treaty establishing the Constitution shall be ratified by the High
Contracting Parties in accordance with their respective constitutional requirements.
The instruments of ratification shall be deposited with the Government of
the Italian Republic.
2. The Treaty establishing the Constitution shall enter into force on
January 1st, 2010, provided that all the instruments of ratification have been deposited,
or, failing that, on the first day of the month following the deposit of
the instrument of ratification by the last signatory Nation to take this step.
Article 7: Duration of the Treaty
The Treaty establishing the Constitution is concluded for an unlimited period.
Article 8: Languages of the Treaty
The Treaty establishing the Constitution, drawn up in a single original
in all major languages, the texts in each of these
languages being equally authentic, shall be deposited in the archives of
the Government of the Italian Republic, which will transmit a certified
copy to each of the governments of the other signatory Nations.