# Consolidated version of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union

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This is the version of the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community that has been in force (and renamed) as of 1 December 2009, as amended by the Treaty of Lisbon (2007) and all preceding treaties.
To this treaty are attached the attached annexes, protocols and declarations, which are also attached to the Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community and the Treaty on European Union.

### Table of Contents

| Preamble | |
| Part One: Principles | Articles 1-17 |
| Title I: Categories and Areas of Union Competence | Articles 2-6 |
| Title II: Provisions Having General Application | Articles 7-17 |
| Part Two: Non-Discrimination and Citizenship of the Union | Articles 18-25 |
| Part Three: Union Policies and Internal Actions | Articles 26-197 |
| Title I: The Internal Market | Articles 26-27 |
| Title II: Free Movement of Goods | Articles 28-37 |
| Chapter I: The Customs Union | Articles 30-32 |
| Chapter II: Customs Cooperation | Article 33 |
| Chapter III: Prohibition of Quantitative Restrictions Between Member States | Articles 34-37 |
| Title III: Agriculture and Fisheries | Articles 38-44 |
| Title IV: Free Movement of Persons, Services and Capital | Articles 45-66 |
| Chapter 1: Workers | Articles 45-48 |
| Chapter 2: Right of establishment | Articles 49-55 |
| Chapter 3: Services | Articles 56-62 |
| Chapter 4: Capital and payments | Articles 63-66 |
| Title V: Area of Freedom, Security and Justice | Articles 67-89 |
| Chapter 1: General Provisions | Articles 67-76 |
| Chapter 2: Policies on Border Checks, Asylum and Immigration | Articles 77-80 |
| Chapter 3: Judicial Cooperation in Civil Matters | Article 81 |
| Chapter 4: Judicial Cooperation in Criminal Matters | Articles 82-86 |
| Chapter 5: Police Cooperation | Articles 87-89 |
| Title VI: Transport | Articles 90-100 |
| Title VII: Common Rules on Competition, Taxation and Approximation of Laws | Articles 101-118 |
| Chapter 1: Rules on Competition | Articles 101-109 |
| Section 1: Rules Applying to Undertakings | Articles 101-106 |
| Section 2: Aids Granted by States | Articles 107-109 |
| Chapter 2: Tax Provisions | Articles 110-113 |
| Chapter 3: Approximation of Laws | Articles 114-118 |
| Title VIII: Economic and Monetary Policy | Articles 119-144 |
| Chapter 1: Economic Policy | Articles 120-126 |
| Chapter 2: Monetary Policy | Articles 127-133 |
| Chapter 3: Institutional Provisions | Articles 134-135 |
| Chapter 4: Provisions Specific to Member States Whose Currency is the Euro | Articles 136-138 |
| Chapter 5: Transitional Provisions | Articles 139-144 |
| Title IX: Employment | Articles 145-150 |
| Title X: Social Policy | Articles 151-161 |
| Title XI: The European Social Fund | Articles 162-164 |
| Title XII: Education, Vocational Training, Youth and Sport | Articles 165-166 |
| Title XIII: Culture | Article 167 |
| Title XIV: Public Health | Article 168 |
| Title XV: Consumer Protection | Article 169 |
| Title XVI: Trans-European Networks | Article 170-172 |
| Title XVII: Industry | Articles 173 |
| Title XVIII: Economic, Social and Territorial Cohesion | Articles 174-178 |
| Title XIX: Research and technological Development and Space | Articles 179-190 |
| Title XX: Environment | Articles 191-193 |
| Title XXI: Energy | Article 194 |
| Title XXII: Tourism | Article 195 |
| Title XXIII: Civil Protection | Article 196 |
| Title XXIV: Administrative Cooperation | Article 197 |
| Part Four: Association of the Overseas Countries and Territories | Articles 198-204 |
| Part Five: External Action by the Union | Articles 205-222 |
| Title I: General Provisions on the Union's External Action | Article 205 |
| Title II: Common Commercial Policy | Articles 206-207 |
| Title III: Cooperation with Third Countries and Humanitarian Aid | Articles 208-214 |
| Chapter 1: Development cooperation | Articles 208-211 |
| Chapter 2: Economic, financial and technical cooperation with third countries | Articles 212-213 |
| Chapter 3: Humanitarian Aid | Articles 214 |
| Title IV: Restrictive Measures | Articles 215 |
| Title V: International Agreements | Articles 216-219 |
| Title VI: The Union's Relations with International Organisations and Third Countries and Union Delegations | Articles 220-221 |
| Title VII: Solidarity Clause | Article 222 |
| Part Six Institutional and Financial Provisions | Articles 223- |
| Title I: Institutional Provisions | Articles 223-309 |
| Chapter 1: The Institutions | Articles 223-287 |
| Section 1: The European Parliament | Articles 223-234 |
| Section 2: The European Council | Articles 235-236 |
| Section 3: The Council | Articles 237-243 |
| Section 4: The Commission | Articles 244-250 |
| Section 5: The Court of Justice of the European Union | Articles 251-281 |
| Section 6: The European Central Bank | Articles 282-284 |
| Section 7: The Court of Auditors | Articles 285-287 |
| Chapter 2: Legal Acts of the Union, Adoption Procedures and Other Provisions | Articles 288-299 |
| Section 1: The Legal Acts of the Union | Articles 288-292 |
| Section 2: Procedures for the Adoption of Acts and Other Provisions | Articles 293-299 |
| Chapter 3: The Union's Advisory Bodies | Articles 300-307 |
| Section 1: The Economic and Social Committee | Articles 301-304 |
| Section 2: The Committee of the Regions | Articles 305-307 |
| Chapter 4: The European Investment Bank | Articles 308-309 |
| Title II: Financial Provisions | Articles 310-325 |
| Chapter 1: The Union's Own Resources | Article 311 |
| Chapter 2: The Multiannual Financial Framework | Article 312 |
| Chapter 3: The Union's Annual Budget | Articles 313-316 |
| Chapter 4: Implementation of the Budget and Discharge | Articles 317-319 |
| Chapter 5: Common Provisions | Articles 320-324 |
| Chapter 6: Combatting Fraud | Article 325 |
| Title III: Enhanced Cooperation | Articles 326-334 |
| Part Seven: General and Final Provisions | Articles 335-358 |
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