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Treaty establishing the European Community (Amsterdam consolidated version) - Part Two: Citizenship of the Union - Article 20 - Article 8c - EC Treaty (Maastricht consolidated version)



Official Journal C 340 , 10/11/1997 P. 0187 - Consolidated version

Official Journal C 224 , 31/08/1992 P. 0011 - Consolidated version



Treaty establishing the European Community (Amsterdam consolidated version) Article 20 Every citizen of the Union shall, in the territory of a third country in which the Member State of which he is a national is not represented, be entitled to protection by the diplomatic or consular authorities of any Member State, on the same conditions as the nationals of that State. Member States shall establish the necessary rules among themselves and start the international negotiations required to secure this protection.
Treaty establishing the European Community (Amsterdam consolidated version)

Article 10

Member States shall take all appropriate measures, whether general or particular, to ensure fulfilment of the obligations arising out of this Treaty or resulting from action taken by the institutions of the Community. They shall facilitate the achievement of the Community's tasks.

They shall abstain from any measure which could jeopardise the attainment of the objectives of this Treaty.
Treaty establishing the European Community (Nice consolidated version) - Part One: Principles - Article 6



Official Journal C 325 , 24/12/2002 P. 0042 - 0042

Official Journal C 340 , 10/11/1997 P. 0183 - Consolidated version



Treaty establishing the European Community (Nice consolidated version) Part One: Principles Article 6 Article 6 Environmental protection requirements must be integrated into the definition and implementation of the Community policies and activities referred to in Article 3, in particular with a view to promoting sustainable development.
Treaty establishing the European Community (Nice consolidated version)

Part Five: Institutions of the Community

Title I: Provisions governing the institutions

Chapter 2: Provisions common to several institutions

Article 256

Article 192 - EC Treaty (Maastricht consolidated version)

Article 192 - EEC Treaty

Article 256

Decisions of the Council or of the Commission which impose a pecuniary obligation on persons other than States, shall be enforceable.

Enforcement shall be governed by the rules of civil procedure in force in the State in the territory of which it is carried out. The order for its enforcement shall be appended to the decision, without other formality than verification of the authenticity of the decision, by the national authority which the government of each Member State shall designate for this purpose and shall make known to the Commission and to the Court of Justice.

When these formalities have been completed on application by the party concerned, the latter may proceed to enforcement in accordance with the national law, by bringing the matter directly before the competent authority.

Enforcement may be suspended only by a decision of the Court of Justice. However, the courts of the country concerned shall have jurisdiction over complaints that enforcement is being carried out in an irregular manner.
Treaty establishing the European Community (Nice consolidated version)

Part Three: Community policies

Title I: Free movement of goods

Article 23

Article 9 - EC Treaty (Maastricht consolidated version)

Article 9 - EEC Treaty

Article 23

1. The Community shall be based upon a customs union which shall cover all trade in goods and which shall involve the prohibition between Member States of customs duties on imports and exports and of all charges having equivalent effect, and the adoption of a common customs tariff in their relations with third countries.

2. The provisions of Article 25 and of Chapter 2 of this title shall apply to products originating in Member States and to products coming from third countries which are in free circulation in Member States.
Treaty establishing the European Community (Nice consolidated version) - Part Three: Community policies - Title XX: Development cooperation - Article 178 - Article 130v - EC Treaty (Maastricht consolidated version) -



Official Journal C 325 , 24/12/2002 P. 0110 - 0110

Official Journal C 340 , 10/11/1997 P. 0257 - Consolidated version

Official Journal C 224 , 31/08/1992 P. 0053 - Consolidated version



Treaty establishing the European Community (Nice consolidated version) Part Three: Community policies Title XX: Development cooperation Article 178 Article 130v - EC Treaty (Maastricht consolidated version) Article 178 The Community shall take account of the objectives referred to in Article 177 in the policies that it implements which are likely to affect developing countries.
Treaty establishing the European Community (Nice consolidated version)

Part Three: Community policies

Title XV: Trans-European networks

Article 156

Article 129d - EC Treaty (Maastricht consolidated version)

Article 156

The guidelines and other measures referred to in Article 155(1) shall be adopted by the Council, acting in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 251 and after consulting the Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions.

Guidelines and projects of common interest which relate to the territory of a Member State shall require the approval of the Member State concerned.
Treaty establishing the European Community (Nice consolidated version) - Part Five: Institutions of the Community - Title I: Provisions governing the institutions - Chapter 1: The institutions - Section 1: The European Parliament - Article 194 - Article 138d - EC Treaty (Maastricht consolidated version) -



Official Journal C 325 , 24/12/2002 P. 0115 - 0115

Official Journal C 340 , 10/11/1997 P. 0262 - Consolidated version

Official Journal C 224 , 31/08/1992 P. 0056 - Consolidated version



Treaty establishing the European Community (Nice consolidated version) Part Five: Institutions of the Community Title I: Provisions governing the institutions Chapter 1: The institutions Section 1: The European Parliament Article 194 Article 138d - EC Treaty (Maastricht consolidated version) Article 194 Any citizen of the Union, and any natural or legal person residing or having its registered office in a Member State, shall have the right to address, individually or in association with other citizens or persons, a petition to the European Parliament on a matter which comes within the Community's fields of activity and which affects him, her or it directly.
Treaty establishing the European Community (Nice consolidated version) - Part Five: Institutions of the Community - Title II: Financial provisions - Article 270 - Article 201a - EC Treaty (Maastricht consolidated version) -



Official Journal C 325 , 24/12/2002 P. 0140 - 0140

Official Journal C 340 , 10/11/1997 P. 0287 - Consolidated version

Official Journal C 224 , 31/08/1992 P. 0070 - Consolidated version



Treaty establishing the European Community (Nice consolidated version) Part Five: Institutions of the Community Title II: Financial provisions Article 270 Article 201a - EC Treaty (Maastricht consolidated version) Article 270 With a view to maintaining budgetary discipline, the Commission shall not make any proposal for a Community act, or alter its proposals, or adopt any implementing measure which is likely to have appreciable implications for the budget without providing the assurance that that proposal or that measure is capable of being financed within the limit of the Community's own resources arising under provisions laid down by the Council pursuant to Article 269.
Treaty establishing the European Community (Nice consolidated version)

Part One: Principles

Article 12

Article 6 - EC Treaty (Maastricht consolidated version)

Article 7 - EEC Treaty

Article 12

Within the scope of application of this Treaty, and without prejudice to any special provisions contained therein, any discrimination on grounds of nationality shall be prohibited.

The Council, acting in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 251, may adopt rules designed to prohibit such discrimination.
Treaty establishing the European Community (Nice consolidated version)

Final Provisions

Article 314

Article 248 - EC Treaty (Maastricht consolidated version)

Article 248 - EEC Treaty

Article 314

This Treaty, drawn up in a single original in the Dutch, French, German, and Italian languages, all four texts being equally authentic, shall be deposited in the archives of the Government of the Italian Republic, which shall transmit a certified copy to each of the Governments of the other signatory States.

Pursuant to the Accession Treaties, the Danish, English, Finnish, Greek, Irish, Portuguese, Spanish and Swedish versions of this Treaty shall also be authentic.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned Plenipotentiaries have signed this Treaty.

Done at Rome this twenty-fifth day of March in the year one thousand nine hundred and fifty-seven.

(List of signatories not reproduced)
Treaty establishing the European Community (Nice consolidated version)

Part Five: Institutions of the Community

Title I: Provisions governing the institutions

Chapter 1: The institutions

Section 4: The Court of Justice

Article 234

Article 177 - EC Treaty (Maastricht consolidated version)

Article 177 - EEC Treaty

Article 234

The Court of Justice shall have jurisdiction to give preliminary rulings concerning:

(a) the interpretation of this Treaty;

(b) the validity and interpretation of acts of the institutions of the Community and of the ECB;

(c) the interpretation of the statutes of bodies established by an act of the Council, where those statutes so provide.

Where such a question is raised before any court or tribunal of a Member State, that court or tribunal may, if it considers that a decision on the question is necessary to enable it to give judgment, request the Court of Justice to give a ruling thereon.

Where any such question is raised in a case pending before a court or tribunal of a Member State against whose decisions there is no judicial remedy under national law, that court or tribunal shall bring the matter before the Court of Justice.
Treaty establishing the European Community (Nice consolidated version)

Part Three: Community policies

Title VI: Common rules on competition, taxation and approximation of laws

Chapter 2: Tax provisions

Article 90

Article 95 - EC Treaty (Maastricht consolidated version)

Article 95 - EEC Treaty

Article 90

No Member State shall impose, directly or indirectly, on the products of other Member States any internal taxation of any kind in excess of that imposed directly or indirectly on similar domestic products.

Furthermore, no Member State shall impose on the products of other Member States any internal taxation of such a nature as to afford indirect protection to other products.
Treaty establishing the European Community (Nice consolidated version)

Part Six: General and Final Provisions

Article 288

Article 215 - EC Treaty (Maastricht consolidated version)

Article 215 - EEC Treaty

Article 288

The contractual liability of the Community shall be governed by the law applicable to the contract in question.

In the case of non-contractual liability, the Community shall, in accordance with the general principles common to the laws of the Member States, make good any damage caused by its institutions or by its servants in the performance of their duties.

The preceding paragraph shall apply under the same conditions to damage caused by the ECB or by its servants in the performance of their duties.

The personal liability of its servants towards the Community shall be governed by the provisions laid down in their Staff Regulations or in the Conditions of employment applicable to them.
Treaty establishing the European Community (Nice consolidated version)

Part Five: Institutions of the Community

Title I: Provisions governing the institutions

Chapter 1: The institutions

Section 1: The European Parliament

Article 189

Article 137 - EC Treaty (Maastricht consolidated version)

Article 137 - EEC Treaty

Article 189

The European Parliament, which shall consist of representatives of the peoples of the States brought together in the Community, shall exercise the powers conferred upon it by this Treaty.

The number of Members of the European Parliament shall not exceed 732.
Treaty establishing the European Community (Nice consolidated version) - Part Three: Community policies - Title XVIII: Research and technological development - Article 173 - Article 130p - EC Treaty (Maastricht consolidated version) -



Official Journal C 325 , 24/12/2002 P. 0107 - 0107

Official Journal C 340 , 10/11/1997 P. 0254 - Consolidated version

Official Journal C 224 , 31/08/1992 P. 0052 - Consolidated version



Treaty establishing the European Community (Nice consolidated version) Part Three: Community policies Title XVIII: Research and technological development Article 173 Article 130p - EC Treaty (Maastricht consolidated version) Article 173 At the beginning of each year the Commission shall send a report to the European Parliament and to the Council. The report shall include information on research and technological development activities and the dissemination of results during the previous year, and the work programme for the current year.
Treaty establishing the European Community (Nice consolidated version)

Part Six: General and Final Provisions

Article 305

Article 232 - EC Treaty (Maastricht consolidated version)

Article 232 - EEC Treaty

Article 305

1. The provisions of this Treaty shall not affect the provisions of the Treaty establishing the European Coal and Steel Community, in particular as regards the rights and obligations of Member States, the powers of the institutions of that Community and the rules laid down by that Treaty for the functioning of the common market in coal and steel.

2. The provisions of this Treaty shall not derogate from those of the Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community.
Treaty establishing the European Community (Nice consolidated version)

Part Three: Community policies

Title XI: Social policy, education, vocational training and youth

Chapter 1: Social Provisions

Article 136

Article 117 - EC Treaty (Maastricht consolidated version)

Article 117 - EEC Treaty

Article 136

The Community and the Member States, having in mind fundamental social rights such as those set out in the European Social Charter signed at Turin on 18 October 1961 and in the 1989 Community Charter of the Fundamental Social Rights of Workers, shall have as their objectives the promotion of employment, improved living and working conditions, so as to make possible their harmonisation while the improvement is being maintained, proper social protection, dialogue between management and labour, the development of human resources with a view to lasting high employment and the combating of exclusion.

To this end the Community and the Member States shall implement measures which take account of the diverse forms of national practices, in particular in the field of contractual relations, and the need to maintain the competitiveness of the Community economy.

They believe that such a development will ensue not only from the functioning of the common market, which will favour the harmonisation of social systems, but also from the procedures provided for in this Treaty and from the approximation of provisions laid down by law, regulation or administrative action.
Treaty establishing the European Community (Nice consolidated version)

Part Five: Institutions of the Community

Title I: Provisions governing the institutions

Chapter 1: The institutions

Section 4: The Court of Justice

Article 245

Article 188 - EC Treaty (Maastricht consolidated version)

Article 188 - EEC Treaty

Article 245

The Statute of the Court of Justice shall be laid down in a separate Protocol.

The Council, acting unanimously at the request of the Court of Justice and after consulting the European Parliament and the Commission, or at the request of the Commission and after consulting the European Parliament and the Court of Justice, may amend the provisions of the Statute, with the exception of Title I.
Treaty establishing the European Community (Nice consolidated version)

Part Five: Institutions of the Community

Title I: Provisions governing the institutions

Chapter 2: Provisions common to several institutions

Article 249

Article 189 - EC Treaty (Maastricht consolidated version)

Article 189 - EEC Treaty

Article 249

In order to carry out their task and in accordance with the provisions of this Treaty, the European Parliament acting jointly with the Council, the Council and the Commission shall make regulations and issue directives, take decisions, make recommendations or deliver opinions.

A regulation shall have general application. It shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

A directive shall be binding, as to the result to be achieved, upon each Member State to which it is addressed, but shall leave to the national authorities the choice of form and methods.

A decision shall be binding in its entirety upon those to whom it is addressed.

Recommendations and opinions shall have no binding force.
Treaty establishing the European Community (Nice consolidated version)

Part Six: General and Final Provisions

Article 302

Article 229 - EC Treaty (Maastricht consolidated version)

Article 229 - EEC Treaty

Article 302

It shall be for the Commission to ensure the maintenance of all appropriate relations with the organs of the United Nations and of its specialised agencies.

The Commission shall also maintain such relations as are appropriate with all international organisations.
Treaty establishing the European Community (Nice consolidated version)

Part Six: General and Final Provisions

Article 307

Article 234 - EC Treaty (Maastricht consolidated version)

Article 234 - EEC Treaty

Article 307

The rights and obligations arising from agreements concluded before 1 January 1958 or, for acceding States, before the date of their accession, between one or more Member States on the one hand, and one or more third countries on the other, shall not be affected by the provisions of this Treaty.

To the extent that such agreements are not compatible with this Treaty, the Member State or States concerned shall take all appropriate steps to eliminate the incompatibilities established. Member States shall, where necessary, assist each other to this end and shall, where appropriate, adopt a common attitude.

In applying the agreements referred to in the first paragraph, Member States shall take into account the fact that the advantages accorded under this Treaty by each Member State form an integral part of the establishment of the Community and are thereby inseparably linked with the creation of common institutions, the conferring of powers upon them and the granting of the same advantages by all the other Member States.
Treaty establishing the European Community (Nice consolidated version)

Part Five: Institutions of the Community

Title II: Financial provisions

Article 278

Article 208 - EC Treaty (Maastricht consolidated version)

Article 208 - EEC Treaty

Article 278

The Commission may, provided it notifies the competent authorities of the Member States concerned, transfer into the currency of one of the Member States its holdings in the currency of another Member State, to the extent necessary to enable them to be used for purposes which come within the scope of this Treaty. The Commission shall as far as possible avoid making such transfers if it possesses cash or liquid assets in the currencies which it needs.

The Commission shall deal with each Member State through the authority designated by the State concerned. In carrying out financial operations the Commission shall employ the services of the bank of issue of the Member State concerned or of any other financial institution approved by that State.
Treaty establishing the European Community (Nice consolidated version)

Part Two: Citizenship of the Union

Article 22

Article 8e - EC Treaty (Maastricht consolidated version)

Article 22

The Commission shall report to the European Parliament, to the Council and to the Economic and Social Committee every three years on the application of the provisions of this part. This report shall take account of the development of the Union.

On this basis, and without prejudice to the other provisions of this Treaty, the Council, acting unanimously on a proposal from the Commission and after consulting the European Parliament, may adopt provisions to strengthen or to add to the rights laid down in this part, which it shall recommend to the Member States for adoption in accordance with their respective constitutional requirements.
Treaty establishing the European Community (Nice consolidated version)

Part Five: Institutions of the Community

Title I: Provisions governing the institutions

Chapter 1: The institutions

Section 3: The Commission

Article 217

Article 161 - EC Treaty (Maastricht consolidated version)

Article 161 - EEC Treaty

Article 217

1. The Commission shall work under the political guidance of its President, who shall decide on its internal organisation in order to ensure that it acts consistently, efficiently and on the basis of collegiality.

2. The responsibilities incumbent upon the Commission shall be structured and allocated among its Members by its President. The President may reshuffle the allocation of those responsibilities during the Commission's term of office. The Members of the Commission shall carry out the duties devolved upon them by the President under his authority.

3. After obtaining the approval of the College, the President shall appoint Vice-Presidents from among its Members.

4. A Member of the Commission shall resign if the President so requests, after obtaining the approval of the College.
Treaty establishing the European Community (Nice consolidated version)

Part Three: Community policies

Title XVIII: Research and technological development

Article 165

Article 130h - EC Treaty (Maastricht consolidated version)

Article 165

1. The Community and the Member States shall coordinate their research and technological development activities so as to ensure that national policies and Community policy are mutually consistent.

2. In close cooperation with the Member State, the Commission may take any useful initiative to promote the coordination referred to in paragraph 1.
Treaty establishing the European Community (Nice consolidated version)

Part Three: Community policies

Title XVIII: Research and technological development

Article 164

Article 130g - EC Treaty (Maastricht consolidated version)

Article 164

In pursuing these objectives, the Community shall carry out the following activities, complementing the activities carried out in the Member States:

(a) implementation of research, technological development and demonstration programmes, by promoting cooperation with and between undertakings, research centres and universities;

(b) promotion of cooperation in the field of Community research, technological development and demonstration with third countries and international organisations;

(c) dissemination and optimisation of the results of activities in Community research, technological development and demonstration;

(d) stimulation of the training and mobility of researchers in the Community.