# Consolidated protocols, annexes and declarations attached to the treaties of the European Union

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These are the consolidated protocols, annexes and declarations that are, as of 1 December 2009, attached to the Treaty on European Union and the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union as amended by the Treaty of Lisbon (2007). The Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community has its own four annexes, while all its six attached protocols are identical with protocol number 1, 3, 6, 7, 35, 36 in this consolidated list of protocols. Protocols, annexes, declarations and the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, are of equal legal value to the treaties they are attached. The consolidated text is based on the last major reversion made by the Treaty of Lisbon (written and signed in 2007), which entered into force 1 December 2009. The consolidated text has subsequently been further updated by the below 3 legal changes (along with notes in the text whenever these changes appear compared to the original text from 2007):
* Protocol (no 3) on the statute of the Court of Justice of the European Union had Article 23a inserted as a new extra article, by Decision 2008/79/EC Euratom (OJ L24, 29.1.2008, p.42).
* Protocol (no 3) on the statute of the Court of Justice of the European Union and Annex I thereto, was amended pursuant to the Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 741/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 August 2012 (Official Journal L 228 , 23/08/2012 P. 0001 - 0003, valid from 1 September 2009)
* Article 2 of Protocol (No 36) on transitional provisions was amended by the Protocol Amending the Protocol on Transitional Provisions (2010) (which entered into force on 1 December 2011).
Note: Consolidation of the text in this article has not yet been updated with these below most recent made legal changes:
* The amendments effected by European Council Decisions 2010/718/EU and 2012/419/EU of 29 October 2010 and of 11 July 2012 amending respectively the status with regard to the European Union of the island of Saint-Barthélemy and of Mayotte.
* Amendments brought about by the Act of Accession of the Republic of Croatia.
* Amendments effected by Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2015/2422 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 2015 amending the Protocol on the Statute of the Court of Justice of the European Union.
To reflect the above additional changes, EURLEX has published this more recent: 2016-version of the consolidated text

### Table of Contents

* Protocols
** Protocol (No 1) on the role of National Parliaments in the European Union
** Protocol (No 2) on the application of the principles of subsidiarity and proportionality
** Protocol (No 3) on the statute of the Court of Justice of the European Union
** Protocol (No 4) on the statute of the European System of Central Banks and of the European Central Bank
** Protocol (No 5) on the statute of the European Investment Bank
** Protocol (No 6) on the location of the seats of the institutions and of certain bodies, offices, agencies and departments of the European Union
** Protocol (No 7) on the privileges and immunities of the European Union
** Protocol (No 8) relating to Article 6(2) of the Treaty on European Union on the accession of the Union to the European Convention on the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms
** Protocol (No 9) on the decision of the Council relating to the implementation of Article 16(4) of the Treaty on European Union and Article 238(2) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union between 1 November 2014 and 31 March 2017 on the one hand, and as from 1 April 2017 on the other
** Protocol (No 10) on permanent structured cooperation established by Article 42 of the Treaty on European Union
** Protocol (No 11) on Article 42 of the Treaty on European Union
** Protocol (No 12) on the excessive deficit procedure
** Protocol (No 13) on the convergence criteria
** Protocol (No 14) on the Euro Group
** Protocol (No 15) on certain provisions relating to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
** Protocol (No 16) on certain provisions relating to Denmark
** Protocol (No 17) on Denmark
** Protocol (No 18) on France
** Protocol (No 19) on the Schengen acquis integrated into the framework of the European Union
** Protocol (No 20) on the application of certain aspects of Article 26 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union to the United Kingdom and to Ireland
** Protocol (No 21) on the position of the United Kingdom and Ireland in respect of the area of freedom, security and justice
** Protocol (No 22) on the position of Denmark
** Protocol (No 23) on external relations of the Member States with regard to the crossing of external borders
** Protocol (No 24) on asylum for nationals of Member States of the European Union
** Protocol (No 25) on the exercise of shared competence
** Protocol (No 26) on services of general interest
** Protocol (No 27) on the internal market and competition
** Protocol (No 28) on economic, social and territorial cohesion
** Protocol (No 29) on the system of public broadcasting in the Member States
** Protocol (No 30) on the application of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union to Poland and to the United Kingdom
** Protocol (No 31) concerning imports into the European Union of petroleum products refined in the Netherlands Antilles
** Protocol (No 32) on the acquisition of property in Denmark
** Protocol (No 33) concerning Article 157 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union
** Protocol (No 34) on special arrangements for Greenland
** Protocol (No 35) on Article 40.3.3 of the Constitution of Ireland
** Protocol (No 36) on transitional provisions
** Protocol (No 37) on the financial consequences of the expiry of the ECSC treaty and on the Research fund for Coal and Steel
* Annexes
** Annex I
** Annex II
* Declarations
** Declarations Concerning Provisions of the Treaties
*** 1. Declaration concerning the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union
*** 2. Declaration on Article 6(2) of the Treaty on European Union
*** 3. Declaration on Article 8 of the Treaty on European Union
*** 4. Declaration on the composition of the European Parliament
*** 5. Declaration on the political agreement by the European Council concerning the draft Decision on the composition of the European Parliament
*** 6. Declaration on Article 15(5) and (6), Article 17(6) and (7) and Article 18 of the Treaty on European Union
*** 7. Declaration on Article 16(4) of the Treaty on European Union and Article 238(2) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union
*** 8. Declaration on practical measures to be taken upon the entry into force of the Treaty of Lisbon as regards the Presidency of the European Council and of the Foreign Affairs Council
*** 9. Declaration on Article 16(9) of the Treaty on European Union concerning the European Council decision on the exercise of the Presidency of the Council
*** 10. Declaration on Article 17 of the Treaty on European Union
*** 11. Declaration on Article 17(6) and (7) of the Treaty on European Union
*** 12. Declaration on Article 18 of the Treaty on European Union
*** 13. Declaration concerning the common foreign and security policy
*** 14. Declaration concerning the common foreign and security policy
*** 15. Declaration on Article 27 of the Treaty on European Union
*** 16. Declaration on Article 55(2) of the Treaty on European Union
*** 17. Declaration concerning primacy
*** 18. Declaration in relation to the delimitation of competences
*** 19. Declaration on Article 8 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union
*** 20. Declaration on Article 16 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union
*** 21. Declaration on the protection of personal data in the fields of judicial cooperation in criminal matters and police cooperation
*** 22. Declaration on Articles 48 and 79 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union
*** 23. Declaration on the second paragraph of Article 48 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union
*** 24. Declaration concerning the legal personality of the European Union
*** 25. Declaration on Articles 75 and 215 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union
*** 26. Declaration on non-participation by a Member State in a measure based on Title V of Part Three of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union
*** 27. Declaration on Article 85(1), second subparagraph, of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union
*** 28. Declaration on Article 98 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union
*** 29. Declaration on Article 107(2)(c) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union
*** 30. Declaration on Article 126 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union
*** 31. Declaration on Article 156 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union
*** 32. Declaration on Article 168(4)(c) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union
*** 33. Declaration on Article 174 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union
*** 34. Declaration on Article 179 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union
*** 35. Declaration on Article 194 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union
*** 36. Declaration on Article 218 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union concerning the negotiation and conclusion of international agreements by Member States relating to the area of freedom, security and justice
*** 37. Declaration on Article 222 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union
*** 38. Declaration on Article 252 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union regarding the number of Advocates-General in the Court of Justice
*** 39. Declaration on Article 290 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union
*** 40. Declaration on Article 329 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union
*** 41. Declaration on Article 352 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union
*** 42. Declaration on Article 352 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union
*** 43. Declaration on Article 355(6) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union
** B. Declarations Concerning Protocols Annexed to the Treaties
*** 44. Declaration on Article 5 of the Protocol on the Schengen acquis integrated into the framework of the European Union
*** 45. Declaration on Article 5(2) of the Protocol on the Schengen acquis integrated into the framework of the European Union
*** 46. Declaration on Article 5(3) of the Protocol on the Schengen acquis integrated into the framework of the European Union
*** 47. Declaration on Article 5(3), (4) and (5) of the Protocol on the Schengen acquis integrated into the framework of the European Union
*** 48. Declaration concerning the Protocol on the position of Denmark
*** 49. Declaration concerning Italy
*** 50. Declaration concerning Article 10 of the Protocol on transitional provisions
** C. Declarations by Member States
*** 51. Declaration by the Kingdom of Belgium on national Parliaments
*** 52. Declaration by the Kingdom of Belgium, the Republic of Bulgaria, the Federal Republic of Germany, the Hellenic Republic, the Kingdom of Spain, the Italian Republic, the Republic of Cyprus, the Republic of Lithuania, the Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg, the Republic of Hungary, the Republic of Malta, the Republic of Austria, the Portuguese Republic, Romania, the Republic of Slovenia and the Slovak Republic on the symbols of the European Union
*** 53. Declaration by the Czech Republic on the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union
*** 54. Declaration by the Federal Republic of Germany, Ireland, the Republic of Hungary, the Republic of Austria and the Kingdom of Sweden
*** 55. Declaration by the Kingdom of Spain and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
*** 56. Declaration by Ireland on Article 3 of the Protocol on the position of the United Kingdom and Ireland in respect of the area of freedom, security and justice
*** 57. Declaration by the Italian Republic on the composition of the European Parliament
*** 58. Declaration by the Republic of Latvia, the Republic of Hungary and the Republic of Malta on the spelling of the name of the single currency in the Treaties
*** 59. Declaration by the Kingdom of the Netherlands on Article 312 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union
*** 60. Declaration by the Kingdom of the Netherlands on Article 355 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union
*** 61. Declaration by the Republic of Poland on the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union
*** 62. Declaration by the Republic of Poland concerning the Protocol on the application of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union in relation to Poland and the United Kingdom
*** 63. Declaration by the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland on the definition of the term "nationals"
*** 64. Declaration by the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland on the franchise for elections to the European Parliament
*** 65. Declaration by the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland on Article 75 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union
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