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Similarly, the revised TEU is much more explicit in relation to the nature of the powers attributed to the EU. According to Art. 2 TFEU, there are three types of competences of the EU [Chart 4/2]: competences of the EU may be either exclusive or shared with the Member States or they may be of a merely supporting, coordinating or supplementing nature. In the case of exclusive competences, only the EU can act. In the case of shared competences, the Member States can act so long and insofar as the EU has not acted (“occupied the field”, also called “pre-emption”). In the case of supporting, coordinating or supplementing competences, EU action is parallel to Member State action (i.e. there is no pre-emption in this case).

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Similarly, the revised TFEU is much more explicit in relation to the nature of the powers attributed to the EU. According to Art. 2 TFEU, there are three types of competences of the EU [Chart 4/2]: competences of the EU may be either exclusive or shared with the Member States or they may be of a merely supporting, coordinating or supplementing nature. In the case of exclusive competences, only the EU can act. In the case of shared competences, the Member States can act so long and insofar as the EU has not acted (“occupied the field”, also called “pre-emption”). In the case of supporting, coordinating or supplementing competences, EU action is parallel to Member State action (i.e. there is no pre-emption in this case).