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Article 195

1 . For the appointment of the members of the Committee , each Member State shall provide the Council with a list containing twice as many candidates as there are seats allotted to its nationals .

The composition of the Committee shall take account of the need to ensure adequate representation of the various categories of economic and social activity .

2 . The Council shall consult the Commission . It may obtain the opinion of European bodies which are representative of the various economic and social sectors to which the activities of the Community are of concern .
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Article 139

The Assembly shall hold an annual session . It shall meet , without requiring to be convened , on the second Tuesday in March . (**) (***)

The Assembly may meet in extraordinary session at the request of a majority of its members or at the request of the Council or of the Commission .

(**) First paragraph as amended by Article 27 ( 1 ) of the Merger Treaty .

(***) As regards the second sentence of this Article see also Article 10 ( 3 ) of the Act concerning the election of the representatives of the Assembly .
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Article 191

Regulations shall be published in the Official Journal of the Community . They shall enter into force on the date specified in them or , in the absence thereof , on the twentieth day following their publication .

Directives and decisions shall be notified to those to whom they are addressed and shall take effect upon such notification .
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ARTICLE 17

1 . THE PROVISIONS OF ARTICLES 9 TO 15 ( 1 ) SHALL ALSO APPLY TO CUSTOMS DUTIES OF A FISCAL NATURE . SUCH DUTIES SHALL NOT , HOWEVER , BE TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION FOR THE PURPOSE OF CALCULATING EITHER TOTAL CUSTOMS RECEIPTS OR THE REDUCTION OF CUSTOMS DUTIES AS A WHOLE AS REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 14 ( 3 ) AND ( 4 ) .

SUCH DUTIES SHALL , AT EACH REDUCTION , BE LOWERED BY NOT LESS THAN 10 PER CENT OF THE BASIC DUTY . MEMBER STATES MAY REDUCE SUCH DUTIES MORE RAPIDLY THAN IS PROVIDED FOR IN ARTICLE 14 .

2 . MEMBER STATES SHALL , BEFORE THE END OF THE FIRST YEAR AFTER THE ENTRY INTO FORCE OF THIS TREATY , INFORM THE COMMISSION OF THEIR CUSTOMS DUTIES OF A FISCAL NATURE .

3 . MEMBER STATES SHALL RETAIN THE RIGHT TO SUBSTITUTE FOR THESE DUTIES AN INTERNAL TAX WHICH COMPLIES WITH THE PROVISIONS OF ARTICLE 95 .

4 . IF THE COMMISSION FINDS THAT SUBSTITUTION FOR ANY CUSTOMS DUTY OF A FISCAL NATURE MEETS WITH SERIOUS DIFFICULTIES IN A MEMBER STATE , IT SHALL AUTHORISE THAT STATE TO RETAIN THE DUTY ON CONDITION THAT IT SHALL ABOLISH IT NOT LATER THAN SIX YEARS AFTER THE ENTRY INTO FORCE OF THIS TREATY . SUCH AUTHORISATION MUST BE APPLIED FOR BEFORE THE END OF THE FIRST YEAR AFTER THE ENTRY INTO FORCE OF THIS TREATY .
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ARTICLE 86

ANY ABUSE BY ONE OR MORE UNDERTAKINGS OF A DOMINANT POSITION WITHIN THE COMMON MARKET OR IN A SUBSTANTIAL PART OF IT SHALL BE PROHIBITED AS INCOMPATIBLE WITH THE COMMON MARKET IN SO FAR AS IT MAY AFFECT TRADE BETWEEN MEMBER STATES . SUCH ABUSE MAY , IN PARTICULAR , CONSIST IN :

( A ) DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY IMPOSING UNFAIR PURCHASE OR SELLING PRICES OR OTHER UNFAIR TRADING CONDITIONS ;

( B ) LIMITING PRODUCTION , MARKETS OR TECHNICAL DEVELOPMENT TO THE PREJUDICE OF CONSUMERS ;

( C ) APPLYING DISSIMILAR CONDITIONS TO EQUIVALENT TRANSACTIONS WITH OTHER TRADING PARTIES , THEREBY PLACING THEM AT A COMPETITIVE DISADVANTAGE ;

( D ) MAKING THE CONCLUSION OF CONTRACTS SUBJECT TO ACCEPTANCE BY THE OTHER PARTIES OF SUPPLEMENTARY OBLIGATIONS WHICH , BY THEIR NATURE OR ACCORDING TO COMMERCIAL USAGE , HAVE NO CONNECTION WITH THE SUBJECT OF SUCH CONTRACTS .
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LIST D

List of tariff headings in respect of which the rates of duty in the common customs tariff may not exceed 15 %

- 1 - * - 2 - *

No in the Brussels Nomenclature * Description of products *

CHAPTER 28 * Inorganic chemicals ; organic and inorganic compounds of precious metals , of rare earth metals , of radioactive elements and of isotopes *

ex 28.01 * Halogens ( excluding iodine , crude , and bromine ) *

ex 28.04 * Hydrogen , rare gases and other metalloids and non-metals ( excluding selenium and phosphorus ) *

28.05 to 28.10 * *

ex 28.11 * Arsenic trioxide ; acid of arsenic *

28.13 to 28.22 * *

28.24 * *

28.26 to 28.31 * *

ex 28.32 * Chlorates ( excluding sodium chlorate and potassium chlorate and perchlorates ) *

ex 28.34 * Oxyiodides and periodates *

28.35 to 28.45 * *

28.47 to 28.58 *
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Article 130a

In order to promote its overall harmonious development , the Community shall develop and pursue its actions leading to the strengthening of its economic and social cohesion .

In particular the Community shall aim at reducing disparities between the various regions and the backwardness of the least-favoured regions .
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Article 130p

1 . The detailed arrangements for financing each programme , including any Community contribution , shall be established at the time of the adoption of the programme .

2 . The amount of the Community's annual contribution shall be laid down under the budgetary procedure , without prejudice to other possible methods of Community financing . The estimated cost of the specific programmes must not in aggregate exceed the financial provision in the framework programme .
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Article 130i

1 . The Community shall adopt a multiannual framework programme setting out all its activities . The framework programme shall lay down the scientific and technical objectives , define their respective priorities , set out the main lines of the activities envisaged and fix the amount deemed necessary , the detailed rules for financial participation by the Community in the programme as a whole and the breakdown of this amount between the various activities envisaged .

2 . The framework programme may be adapted or supplemented , as the situation changes .
Article 130w

1. Without prejudice to the other provisions of this Treaty the Council, acting in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 189c, shall adopt the measures necessary to further the objectives referred to in Article 130u. Such measures may take the form of multiannual programmes.

2. The European Investment Bank shall contribute, under the terms laid down in its Statute, to the implementation of the measures referred to in paragraph 1.

3. The provisions of this Article shall not affect cooperation with the African, Caribbean and Pacific countries in the framework of the ACP-EEC Convention.
Article 8e

The Commission shall report to the European Parliament, to the Council and to the Economic and Social Committee before 31 December 1993 and then 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.
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Article 100d The Coordinating Committee consisting of senior officials set up by Article K.4 of the Treaty on European Union shall contribute, without prejudice to the provisions of Article 151, to the preparation of the proceedings of the Council in the fields referred to in Article 100c.
Article 198e

The task of the European Investment Bank shall be to contribute, by having recourse to the capital market and utilizing its own resources, to the balanced and steady development of the common market in the interest of the Community. For this purpose the Bank shall, operating on a non-profit-making basis, grant loans and give guarantees which facilitate the financing of the following projects in all sectors of the economy:

(a) projects for developing less-developed regions;

(b) projects for modernizing or converting undertakings or for developing fresh activities called for by the progressive establishment of the common market, where these projects are of such a size or nature that they cannot be entirely financed by the various means available in the individual Member States;

(c) projects of common interest to several Member States which are of such a size or nature that they cannot be entirely financed by the various means available in the individual Member States.

In carrying out its task, the Bank shall facilitate the financing of investment programmes in conjunction with assistance from the structural Funds and other Community financial instruments.
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Article 73f Where, in exceptional circumstances, movements of capital to or from third countries cause, or threaten to cause, serious difficulties for the operation of economic and monetary union, the Council, acting by a qualified majority on a proposal from the Commission and after consulting the ECB, may take safeguard measures with regard to third countries for a period not exceeding six months if such measures are strictly necessary.
Article 7c

When drawing up its proposals with a view to achieving the objectives set out in Article 7a, the Commission shall take into account the extent of the effort that certain economies showing differences in development will have to sustain during the period of establishment of the internal market and it may propose appropriate provisions.

If these provisions take the form of derogations, they must be of a temporary nature and must cause the least possible disturbance to the functioning of the common market.
Article 14

1. For each product, the basic duty to which the successive reductions shall be applied shall be the duty applied on 1 January 1957.

2. The timetable for the reductions shall be determined as follows:

(a) during the first stage, the first reduction shall be made one year after the date when this Treaty enters into force; the second reduction, eighteen months later; the third reduction, at the end of the fourth year after the date when this Treaty enters into force;

(b) during the second stage, a reduction shall be made eighteen months after that stage begins; a second reduction, eighteen months after the preceding one; a third reduction, one year later;

(c) any remaining reductions shall be made during the third stage; the Council shall, acting by a qualified majority on a proposal from the Commission, determine the timetable therefor by means of directives.

3. At the time of the first reduction, Member States shall introduce between themselves a duty on each product equal to the basic duty minus 10 %.

At the time of each subsequent reduction, each Member State shall reduce its customs duties as a whole in such manner as to lower by 10 % its total customs receipts as defined in paragraph 4 and to reduce the duty on each product by at least 5 % of the basic duty.

In the case, however, of products on which the duty is still in excess of 30 %, each reduction must be at least 10 % of the basic duty.

4. The total customs receipts of each Member State, as referred to in paragraph 3, shall be calculated by multiplying the value of its imports from other Member States during 1956 by the basic duties.

5. Any special problems raised in applying paragraphs 1 to 4 shall be settled by directives issued by the Council acting by a qualified majority on a proposal from the Commission.

6. Member States shall report to the Commission on the manner in which effect has been given to the preceding rules for the reduction of duties. They shall endeavour to ensure that the reduction made in the duties on each product shall amount:

- at the end of the first stage, to at least 25 % of the basic duty;

- at the end of the second stage, to at least 50 % of the basic duty.

If the Commission finds that there is a risk that the objectives laid down in Article 13, and the percentages laid down in this paragraph, cannot be attained, it shall make all appropriate recommendations to Member States.

7. The provisions of this Article may be amended by the Council, acting unanimously on a proposal from the Commission and after consulting the European Parliament.
Article 52

Within the framework of the provisions set out below, restrictions on the freedom of establishment of nationals of a Member State in the territory of another Member State shall be abolished by progressive stages in the course of the transitional period. Such progressive abolition shall also apply to restrictions on the setting up of agencies, branches or subsidiaries by nationals of any Member State established in the territory of any Member State.

Freedom of establishment shall include the right to take up and pursue activities as self-employed persons and to set up and manage undertakings, in particular companies or firms within the meaning of the second paragraph of Article 58, under the conditions laid down for its own nationals by the law of the country where such establishment is effected, subject to the provisions of the Chapter relating to capital.
Article 130g

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 organizations;

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

(d) stimulation of the training and mobility of researchers in the Community.
TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY - PART SIX : GENERAL AND FINAL PROVISIONS - SETTING UP OF THE INSTITUTIONS - ARTICLE 243 /* CODIFIED VERSION OF THE TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY */



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Article 243 The Assembly (93)() shall meet within two months of the first meeting of the Council, having been convened by the President of the Council, in order to elect its officers and draw up its rules of procedure. Pending the election of its officers, the oldest member shall take the chair.
Article 39

1. The objectives of the common agricultural policy shall be:

(a) to increase agricultural productivity by promoting technical progress and by ensuring the rational development of agricultural production and the optimum utilization of the factors of production, in particular labour;

(b) thus to ensure a fair standard of living for the agricultural community, in particular by increasing the individual earnings of persons engaged in agriculture;

(c) to stabilize markets;

(d) to assure the availability of supplies;

(e) to ensure that supplies reach consumers at reasonable prices.

2. In working out the common agricultural policy and the special methods for its application, account shall be taken of:

(a) the particular nature of agricultural activity, which results from the social structure of agriculture and from structural and natural disparities between the various agricultural regions;

(b) the need to effect the appropriate adjustments by degrees;

(c) the fact that in the Member States agriculture constitutes a sector closely linked with the economy as a whole.
Article 130u

1. Community policy in the sphere of development cooperation, which shall be complementary to the policies pursued by the Member States, shall foster:

- the sustainable economic and social development of the developing countries, and more particularly the most disadvantaged among them;

- the smooth and gradual integration of the developing countries into the world economy;

- the campaign against poverty in the developing countries.

2. Community policy in this area shall contribute to the general objective of developing and consolidating democracy and the rule of law, and to that of respecting human rights and fundamental freedoms.

3. The Community and the Member States shall comply with the commitments and take account of the objectives they have approved in the context of the United Nations and other competent international organizations.
Article 175

Should the European Parliament, the Council or the Commission, in infringement of this Treaty, fail to act, the Member States and the other institutions of the Community may bring an action before the Court of Justice to have the infringement established.

The action shall be admissible only if the institution concerned has first been called upon to act. If, within two months of being so called upon, the institution concerned has not defined its position, the action may be brought within a further period of two months.

Any natural or legal person may, under the conditions laid down in the preceding paragraphs, complain to the Court of Justice that an institution of the Community has failed to address to that person any act other than a recommendation or an opinion.

The Court of Justice shall have jurisdiction, under the same conditions, in actions or proceedings brought by the ECB in the areas falling within the latter's field of competence and in actions or proceedings brought against the latter.
TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY - TITLE XV - RESERCH AND TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT - ARTICLE 130P /* CODIFIED VERSION OF THE TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY */



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Article 130p At the beginning of each year the Commission shall send a report to the European Parliament and 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.
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Article 165

The Court of Justice shall consist of thirteen Judges.

The Court of Justice shall sit in plenary session. It may, however, form chambers, each consisting of three or five judges, either to undertake certain preparatory inquiries or to adjudicate on particular categories of cases in accordance with rules laid down for these purposes.

The Court of Justice shall sit in plenary session when a Member State or a Community institution that is a party to the proceedings so requests.

Should the Court of Justice so request, the Council may, acting unanimously, increase the number of judges and make the necessary adjustments to the second and third paragraphs of this Article and to the second paragraph of Article 167.
Article 19

1. Subject to the conditions and within the limits provided for hereinafter, duties in the common customs tariff shall be at the level of the arithmetical average of the duties applied in the four customs territories comprised in the Community.

2. The duties taken as the basis for calculating this average shall be those applied by Member States on 1 January 1957.

In the case of the Italian tariff, however, the duty applied shall be that without the temporary 10 % reduction. Furthermore, with respect to items on which the Italian tariff contains a conventional duty, this duty shall be substituted for the duty applied as defined above, provided that it does not exceed the latter by more than 10 %. Where the conventional duty exceeds the duty applied as defined above by more than 10 %, the latter duty plus 10 % shall be taken as the basis for calculating the arithmetical average.

With regard to the tariff headings in List A, the duties shown in that List shall, for the purpose of calculating the arithmetical average, be substituted for the duties applied.

3. The duties in the common customs tariff shall not exceed:

(a) 3 % for products within the tariff headings in List B;

(b) 10 % for products within the tariff headings in List C;

(c) 15 % for products within the tariff headings in List D;

(d) 25 % for products within the tariff headings in List E; where in respect of such products, the tariff of the Benelux countries contains a duty not exceeding 3 %, such duty shall, for the purpose of calculating the arithmetical average, be raised to 12 %.

4. List F prescribes the duties applicable to the products listed therein.

5. The Lists of tariff headings referred to in this Article and in Article 20 are set out in Annex I to this Treaty.
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Article 130

1. The Community and the Member States shall ensure that the conditions necessary for the competitiveness of the Community's industry exist.

For that purpose, in accordance with a system of open and competitive markets, their action shall be aimed at:

- speeding up the adjustment of industry to structural changes;

- encouraging an environment favourable to initiative and to the development of undertakings throughout the Community, particularly small and medium-sized undertakings;

- encouraging an environment favourable to cooperation between undertakings;

- fostering better exploitation of the industrial potential of policies of innovation, research and technological development.

2. The Member States shall consult each other in liaison with the Commission and, where necessary, shall coordinate their action. The Commission may take any useful initiative to promote such coordination.

3. The Community shall contribute to the achievement of the objectives set out in paragraph 1 through the policies and activities it pursues under other provisions of this Treaty. The Council, acting unanimously on a proposal from the Commission, after consulting the European Parliament and the Economic and Social Committee, may decide on specific measures in support of action taken in the Member States to achieve the objectives set out in paragraph 1.

This Title shall not provide a basis for the introduction by the Community of any measure which could lead to a distortion of competition.
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Official Journal C 224 , 31/08/1992 P. 0058
TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY - PART THREE: COMMUNITY POLICIES - TITLE II: AGRICULTURE - ARTICLE 47 /* CODIFIED VERSION OF THE TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY */



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Article 47 As to the functions to be performed by the Economic and Social Committee in pursuance of this Title, its agricultural section shall hold itself at the disposal of the Commission to prepare, in accordance with the provisions of Articles 197 and 198, the deliberations of the Committee.