FINAL ACT

The CONFERENCE OF THE REPRESENTATIVES OF THE GOVERNMENTS OF THE MEMBER STATES convened in Brussels on 14 February 2000 to adopt by common accord the amendments to be made to the Treaty on European Union, the Treaties establishing respectively the European Community, the European Atomic Energy Community and the European Coal and Steel Community and certain related Acts has adopted the following texts:

I. Treaty of Nice amending the Treaty on European Union, the Treaties establishing the European Communities and certain related Acts

II. Protocols

A. Protocol annexed to the Treaty on European Union and to the Treaties establishing the European Communities:

- Protocol on the enlargement of the European Union

B. Protocol 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 on the Statute of the Court of Justice

C. Protocols annexed to the Treaty establishing the European Community:

- Protocol on the financial consequences of the expiry of the ECSC Treaty and on the Research Fund for Coal and Steel

- Protocol on Article 67 of the Treaty establishing the European Community

The Conference adopted the following declarations annexed to this Final Act:

1. Declaration on the European security and defence policy

2. Declaration on Article 31(2) of the Treaty on European Union

3. Declaration on Article 10 of the Treaty establishing the European Community

4. Declaration on the third paragraph of Article 21 of the Treaty establishing the European Community

5. Declaration on Article 67 of the Treaty establishing the European Community

6. Declaration on Article 100 of the Treaty establishing the European Community

7. Declaration on Article 111 of the Treaty establishing the European Community

8. Declaration on Article 137 of the Treaty establishing the European Community

9. Declaration on Article 175 of the Treaty establishing the European Community

10. Declaration on Article 181a of the Treaty establishing the European Community

11. Declaration on Article 191 of the Treaty establishing the European Community

12. Declaration on Article 225 of the Treaty establishing the European Community

13. Declaration on Article 225(2) and (3) of the Treaty establishing the European Community

14. Declaration on Article 225(2) and (3) of the Treaty establishing the European Community

15. Declaration on Article 225(3) of the Treaty establishing the European Community

16. Declaration on Article 225a of the Treaty establishing the European Community

17. Declaration on Article 229a of the Treaty establishing the European Community

18. Declaration on the Court of Auditors

19. Declaration on Article 10.6 of the Statute of the European System of Central Banks and of the European Central Bank

20. Declaration on the enlargement of the European Union

21. Declaration on the qualified majority threshold and the number of votes for a blocking minority in an enlarged Union

22. Declaration on the venue for European Councils

23. Declaration on the future of the Union

24. Declaration on Article 2 of the Protocol on the financial consequences of the expiry of the ECSC Treaty and on the Research Fund for Coal and Steel

The Conference took note of the following declarations annexed to this Final Act:

1. Declaration by Luxembourg

2. Declaration by Greece, Spain and Portugal on Article 161 of the Treaty establishing the European Community

3. Declaration by Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands and Austria on Article 161 of the Treaty establishing the European Community

Hecho en Niza, el veintiséis de febrero de dos mil uno./Udfærdiget i Nice, den seksogtyvende februar to tusind og et./Geschehen zu Nizza am sechsundzwanzigsten Februar zweitausendeins./Έγινε στη Νίκαια, στις είκοσι έξι Φεβρουαρίου του έτους δύο χιλιάδες ένα./Done at Nice this twenty-sixth day of February in the year two thousand and one./Fait à Nice, le vingt-six février de l'an deux mil un./Arna dhéanamh in Nice ar an séú lá is fiche d'Fheabhra sa bhliain dhá mhíle is a haon./Fatto a Nizza, addì ventisei febbraio duemilauno./Gedaan te Nice, de zesentwintigste februari tweeduizend en een./Feito em Nice, em vinte e seis de Fevereiro de dois mil e um./Tehty Nizzassa kahdentenakymmenentenäkuudentena helmikuuta 2001./Utfärdat i Nice den tjugosjätte februari år tjugohundraett.

Pour Sa Majesté le Roi des Belges/Voor Zijne Majesteit de Koning der Belgen/Für Seine Majestät den König der Belgier

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Cette signature engage également la Communauté française, la Communauté flamande, la Communauté germanophone, la Région wallonne, la Région flamande et la Région de Bruxelles-Capitale./Deze handtekening verbindt eveneens de Vlaamse Gemeenschap, de Franse Gemeenschap, de Duitstalige Gemeenschap, het Vlaamse Gewest, het Waalse Gewest en het Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest./Diese Unterschrift bindet zugleich die Deutschsprachige Gemeinschaft, die Flämische Gemeinschaft, die Französische Gemeinschaft, die Wallonische Region, die Flämische Region und die Region Brüssel-Hauptstadt.

For Hendes Majestæt Danmarks Dronning

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Für den Präsidenten der Bundesrepublik Deutschland

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Για τον Πρόεδρο της Ελληνικής Δημοκρατίας

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Por Su Majestad el Rey de España

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Pour le Président de la République française

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Thar ceann Uachtarán na hÉireann/For the President of Ireland

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Per il Presidente della Repubblica italiana

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Pour Son Altesse Royale le Grand-Duc de Luxembourg

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Voor Hare Majesteit de Koningin der Nederlanden

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Für den Bundespräsidenten der Republik Österreich

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Pelo Presidente da República Portuguesa

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Suomen Tasavallan Presidentin puolesta/För Republiken Finlands President

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För Hans Majestät Konungen av Sverige

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For Her Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

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