Units tasked with reconnaissance are armed only for self-defense, and rely on stealth to gather information. Others are well-enough armed to also deny information to the enemy by destroying their reconnaissance elements. Reconnaissance-in-force (RIF) is a type of military operation or military tactics used specifically to probe an enemy's disposition.
Q&A: The Lisbon Treaty. The Lisbon Treaty became law on 1 December 2009, eight years after European leaders launched a process to make the EU more democratic, more transparent and more efficient.Under EU rules, the treaty had to be ratified by all 27 member states before coming into force.The last country to ratify the treaty was the Czech Republic, which completed the process on 3 November 2009.he Lisbon Treaty which succeeded it was rejected by Irish voters in June 2008. But it got overwhelming support in a second referendum in the Irish Republic on 2 October 2009.
In the beginning, the 1957 Treaty of Rome gave Parliament an advisory role in the legislative process; the Commission proposed and the Council adopted legislation. The Single European Act (1986) and the Maastricht, Amsterdam, Nice and Lisbon Treaties successively extended Parliament's prerogatives.his procedure is now applicable in a limited number of legislative areas, such as internal market exemptions and competition law. ParliamentÂ´s consultation is also required, as a non-legislative procedure, where international agreements are being adopted under the Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP).