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# 12006E

**Treaty establishing the European Community (consolidated version) - Text of the Treaty **

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Official Journal C 321 E , 29/12/2006 P. 0039 - 0041 Official Journal C 325 , 24/12/2002 P. 0035 - Consolidated version Official Journal C 340 , 10/11/1997 P. 0173 - Consolidated version *

CONSOLIDATED VERSION

OF THE TREATY

ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY

CONTENTS

TEXT OF THE TREATY

Preamble ...

Part One – Principles ...

Part Two – Citizenship of the Union ...

Part Three – Community policies ...

TITLE I – Free movement of goods ...

Chapter 1 – The Customs Union ...

Chapter 2 – Prohibition of quantitative restrictions between Member States ...

TITLE II – Agriculture ...

TITLE III – Free movement of persons, services and capital ...

Chapter 1 – Workers ...

Chapter 2 – Right of establishment ...

Chapter 3 – Services ...

Chapter 4 – Capital and payments ...

TITLE IV – Visas, asylum, immigration and other policies related to free movement of persons ...

TITLE V – Transport ...

TITLE VI – Common rules on competition, taxation and approximation of laws ...

Chapter 1 – Rules on competition ...

Section 1 – Rules applying to undertakings ...

Section 2 – Aids granted by States ...

Chapter 2 – Tax provisions ...

Chapter 3 – Approximation of laws ...

TITLE VII – Economic and monetary policy ...

Chapter 1 – Economic policy ...

Chapter 2 – Monetary policy ...

Chapter 3 – Institutional provisions ...

Chapter 4 – Transitional provisions ...

TITLE VIII – Employment ...

TITLE IX – Common commercial policy ...

TITLE X – Customs cooperation ...

TITLE XI – Social policy, education, vocational training and youth ...

Chapter 1 – Social provisions ...

Chapter 2 – The European Social Fund ...

Chapter 3 – Education, vocational training and youth ...

TITLE XII – Culture ...

TITLE XIII – Public health ...

TITLE XIV – Consumer protection ...

TITLE XV – Trans-European networks ...

TITLE XVI – Industry ...

TITLE XVII – Economic and social cohesion ...

TITLE XVIII – Research and technological development ...

TITLE XIX – Environment ...

TITLE XX – Development cooperation ...

TITLE XXI – Economic, financial and technical cooperation with third countries ...

Part Four – Association of the overseas countries and territories ...

Part Five – Institutions of the Community ...

TITLE I – Provisions governing the institutions ...

Chapter 1 – The institutions ...

Section 1 – The European Parliament ...

Section 2 – The Council ...

Section 3 – The Commission ...

Section 4 – The Court of Justice ...

Section 5 – The Court of Auditors ...

Chapter 2 – Provisions common to several institutions ...

Chapter 3 – The Economic and Social Committee ...

Chapter 4 – The Committee of the Regions ...

Chapter 5 – The European Investment Bank ...

TITLE II – Financial provisions ...

Part Six – General and final provisions ...

Final provisions ...

Annex I – List referred to in Article 32 of the Treaty ...

Annex II – Overseas countries and territories to which the provisions of Part Four of the Treaty apply ...

PROTOCOLS

CONTENTS

A. Protocol Annexed to the Treaty on European Union

— Protocol (No 1) on Article 17 of the Treaty on European Union (1997)

B. Protocols annexed to the Treaty on European Union and the Treaty establishing the European Community

— Protocol (No 2) integrating the Schengen acquis into the framework of the European Union (1997)

— Protocol (No 3) on the application of certain aspects of Article 14 of the Treaty establishing the European Community to the United Kingdom and to Ireland (1997)

— Protocol (No 4) on the position of the United Kingdom and Ireland (1997)

— Protocol (No 5) on the position of Denmark (1997)

C. Protocols annexed to the Treaty on European Union, to the Treaty establishing the European Community and to the Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community

— Protocol (No 6) on the Statute of the Court of Justice (2001)

— Protocol (No 7) annexed to the Treaty on European Union and to the Treaties establishing the European Communities (1992)

— Protocol (No 8) on the location of the seats of the institutions and of certain bodies and departments of the European Communities and of Europol (1997)

— Protocol (No 9) on the role of national parliaments in the European Union (1997)

— Protocol (No 10) on the enlargement of the European Union (2001)

D. Protocols annexed to the Treaty establishing the European Community

— Protocol (No 11) on the Statute of the European Investment Bank (1957)

— Protocol (No 12) on Italy (1957)

— Protocol (No 13) on goods originating in and coming from certain countries and enjoying special treatment when imported into a Member State (1957)

— Protocol (No 14) concerning imports into the European Economic Community of petroleum products refined in the Netherlands Antilles (1962)

— Protocol (No 15) on special arrangements for Greenland (1985)

— Protocol (No 16) on the acquisition of property in Denmark (1992)

— Protocol (No 17) concerning Article 141 of the Treaty establishing the European Community (1992)

— Protocol (No 18) on the Statute of the European System of Central Banks and of the European Central Bank (1992)

— Protocol (No 19) on the Statute of the European Monetary Institute (1992)

— Protocol (No 20) on the excessive deficit procedure (1992)

— Protocol (No 21) on the convergence criteria referred to in Article 121 of the Treaty establishing the European Community (1992)

— Protocol (No 22) on Denmark (1992)

— Protocol (No 23) on Portugal (1992)

— Protocol (No 24) on the transition to the third stage of economic and monetary union (1992)

— Protocol (No 25) on certain provisions relating to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (1992)

— Protocol (No 26) on certain provisions relating to Denmark (1992)

— Protocol (No 27) on France (1992)

— Protocol (No 28) on economic and social cohesion (1992)

— Protocol (No 29) on asylum for nationals of Member States of the European Union (1997)

— Protocol (No 30) on the application of the principles of subsidiarity and proportionality (1997)

— Protocol (No 31) on external relations of the Member States with regard to the crossing of external borders (1997)

— Protocol (No 32) on the system of public broadcasting in the Member States (1997)

— Protocol (No 33) on protection and welfare of animals (1997)

— Protocol (No 34) on the financial consequences of the expiry of the ECSC Treaty and on the Research Fund for Coal and Steel (2001)

— Protocol (No 35) on Article 67 of the Treaty establishing the European Community (2001)

E. Protocol annexed to the Treaties establishing the European Community and the European Atomic Energy Community

— Protocol (No 36) on the privileges and immunities of the European Communities (1965)

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