a big pile of treaties

Blimey.

The Europa website has a database listing all the international agreements and treaties to which the EC is party.

There are about 656 of them - everything from the Kyoto protocol to the thrilling "Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Community and the Republic of Moldova establishing a double-checking system without quantitative limits in respect of certain steel products from the Republic of Moldova to the European Community."

Hat Tip ECJ blog.