Original sentence: Exclusive competence.In the Lisbon Treaty the distribution of competences in various policy areas between Member States and the European union is explicitly stated in the following three categories:.Shared competence.Supporting competence
Edited sentence: 1px</div>.Common Foreign and Security Policy.Comparisons EU and USA.Competences not explicitly listed belong to lower levels of governance.Disposal of public lands.EU exclusive competence.EU shared competence.EU supporting competence.Foreign policy.Immigration law.In 19 century USA, it had exclusive competences only(changed somewhat since then, but the basic design remain to this day).In the upcoming Lisbon Treaty the distribution of competences in various policy areas between Member States and the European union is redistributed in 3 categories.Internal improvements.Lowi, T.Subsidies (mainly to shipping).The End of the Republican Era (ISBN 0-8061-2887-9), University of Oklahoma Press, 1995-2006.USA exclusive competence.USA federal government in the 19 century