1. See European Parliament resolution on the Treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe of 12 January 2005 (OJ 2005/C 247 E/88).
2. http://europa.eu/scadplus/constitution/index_en.htm (accessed on 6 May 2007).
3. The first treaty was the Treaty establishing the European Coal and Steel Community which entered into force on 24 July 1952. Fifty years after entering into force, the Treaty expired as planned on 23 July 2002. Before its expiry, it had been amended on various occasions by the following treaties: Merger Treaty (Brussels 1965), Treaties amending certain financial provisions (1970 and 1975), Treaty on Greenland (1984), Treaty on European Union (TEU, Maastricht, 1992), Single European Act (1986), Treaty of Amsterdam (1997), Treaty of Nice (2001) and the Treaties of Accession (1972, 1979, 1985 and 1994). See “From the ECSC Treaty to the Constitution”, http://europa.eu/scadplus/leg/en/s90001.htm (accessed on 6 May 2007).
4. See the founding principles of the Union http://europa.eu/scadplus/constitution/objectives_en.htm#PRINCIPLES (accessed on 6 May 2007).
5. See Y K Zhou, “Oumeng Falu Shijian Yu Zhongguo Faxue Shida Wenti” (The Legal Experience of the European Union and the Ten Great Issues of Chinese Legal Studies, http://blog.jcrb.com/?4738/action_viewspace_itemid_185590.html (accessed on 12 May 2007).