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Article 226

1 . If , during the transitional period , difficulties arise which are serious and liable to persist in any sector of the economy or which could bring about serious deterioration in the economic situation of a given area , a Member State may apply for authorisation to take protective measures in order to rectify the situation and adjust the sector concerned to the economy of the common market .

2 . On application by the State concerned , the Commission shall , by emergency procedure , determine without delay the protective measures which it considers necessary , specifying the circumstances and the manner in which they are to be put into effect .

3 . The measures authorised under paragraph 2 may involve derogations from the rules of this Treaty , to such an extent and for such periods as are strictly necessary in order to attain the objectives referred to in paragraph 1 . Priority shall be given to such measures as will least disturb the functioning of the common market .
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++++ Article 242 The Council shall , within three months of its first meeting , take all appropriate measures to constitute the Economic and Social Committee .
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ARTICLE 109

1 . WHERE A SUDDEN CRISIS IN THE BALANCE OF PAYMENTS OCCURS AND A DECISION WITHIN THE MEANING OF ARTICLE 108 ( 2 ) IS NOT IMMEDIATELY TAKEN , THE MEMBER STATE CONCERNED MAY , AS A PRECAUTION , TAKE THE NECESSARY PROTECTIVE MEASURES . SUCH MEASURES MUST CAUSE THE LEAST POSSIBLE DISTURBANCE IN THE FUNCTIONING OF THE COMMON MARKET AND MUST NOT BE WIDER IN SCOPE THAN IS STRICTLY NECESSARY TO REMEDY THE SUDDEN DIFFICULTIES WHICH HAVE ARISEN .

2 . THE COMMISSION AND THE OTHER MEMBER STATES SHALL BE INFORMED OF SUCH PROTECTIVE MEASURES NOT LATER THAN WHEN THEY ENTER INTO FORCE . THE COMMISSION MAY RECOMMEND TO THE COUNCIL THE GRANTING OF MUTUAL ASSISTANCE UNDER ARTICLE 108 .

3 . AFTER THE COMMISSION HAS DELIVERED AN OPINION AND THE MONETARY COMMITTEE HAS BEEN CONSULTED , THE COUNCIL MAY , ACTING BY A QUALIFIED MAJORITY , DECIDE THAT THE STATE CONCERNED SHALL AMEND , SUSPEND OR ABOLISH THE PROTECTIVE MEASURES REFERRED TO ABOVE .
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TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY, PROTOCOL ON THE STATUTE OF THE COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY, TITLE III - PROCEDURE, ARTICLE 34
TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY, PART THREE - POLICY OF THE COMMUNITY, TITLE I - COMMON RULES, CHAPTER 1: RULES ON COMPETITION, SECTION 3: AIDS GRANTED BY STATES, ARTICLE 94





++++ ARTICLE 94 THE COUNCIL MAY , ACTING BY A QUALIFIED MAJORITY ON A PROPOSAL FROM THE COMMISSION , MAKE ANY APPROPRIATE REGULATIONS FOR THE APPLICATION OF ARTICLES 92 AND 93 AND MAY IN PARTICULAR DETERMINE THE CONDITIONS IN WHICH ARTICLE 93 ( 3 ) SHALL APPLY AND THE CATEGORIES OF AID EXEMPTED FROM THIS PROCEDURE .
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++++ Article 179 The Court of Justice shall have jurisdiction in any dispute between the Community and its servants within the Limits and under the conditions laid down in the Staff Regulations or the Conditions of Employment .
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Article 148

1 . Save as otherwise provided in this Treaty , the Council shall act by a majority of its members .

2 . (*) Where the Council is required to act by a qualified majority , the votes of its members shall be weighted as follows :

Belgium : 5

Denmark : 3

Germany : 10

France : 10

Ireland : 3

Italy : 10

Luxembourg : 2

Netherlands : 5

United Kingdom : 10 .

For their adoption , acts of the Council shall require at least :

- forty-one votes in favour where this Treaty requires them to be adopted on a proposal from the Commission ,

- forty-one votes in favour , cast by at least six members , in other cases .

3 . Abstentions by members present in person or represented shall not prevent the adoption by the Council of acts which require unanimity .

(*) Paragraph ( 2 ) as amended by Article 14 of the Act of Accession , modified by Article 8 of the Adaptation Decision .
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Article 205

The Commission shall implement the budget , in accordance with the provisions of the regulations made pursuant to Article 209 , on its own responsibility and within the limits of the appropriations .

The regulations shall lay down detailed rules for each institution concerning its part in effecting its own expenditure .

Within the budget , the Commission may , subject to the limits and conditions laid down in the regulations made pursuant to Article 209 , transfer appropriations from one chapter to another or from one sub-division to another .
TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY, PART SIX - GENERAL AND FINAL PROVISIONS, ARTICLE 219





++++ Article 219 Member States undertake not to submit a dispute concerning the interpretation or application of this Treaty to any method of settlement other than those provided for therein .
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Article 5

Apart from normal replacement , or death , the duties of a Judge shall end when he resigns .

Where a Judge resigns , his letter of resignation shall be addressed to the President of the Court for transmission to the President of the Council . Upon this notification a vacancy shall arise on the bench .

Save where Article 6 applies , a Judge shall continue to hold office until his successor takes up his duties .
11957E/CNV/PTOM/09

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ARTICLE 35

THE MEMBER STATES DECLARE THEIR READINESS TO ABOLISH QUANTITATIVE RESTRICTIONS ON IMPORTS FROM AND EXPORTS TO OTHER MEMBER STATES MORE RAPIDLY THAN IS PROVIDED FOR IN THE PRECEDING ARTICLES , IF THEIR GENERAL ECONOMIC SITUATION AND THE SITUATION OF THE ECONOMIC SECTOR CONCERNED SO PERMIT .

TO THIS END , THE COMMISSION SHALL MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE STATES CONCERNED .
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ARTICLE 107

1 . EACH MEMBER STATE SHALL TREAT ITS POLICY WITH REGARD TO RATES OF EXCHANGE AS A MATTER OF COMMON CONCERN .

2 . IF A MEMBER STATE MAKES AN ALTERATION IN ITS RATE OF EXCHANGE WHICH IS INCONSISTENT WITH THE OBJECTIVES SET OUT IN ARTICLE 104 AND WHICH SERIOUSLY DISTORTS CONDITIONS OF COMPETITION , THE COMMISSION MAY , AFTER CONSULTING THE MONETARY COMMITTEE , AUTHORISE OTHER MEMBER STATES TO TAKE FOR A STRICTLY LIMITED PERIOD THE NECESSARY MEASURES , THE CONDITIONS AND DETAILS OF WHICH IT SHALL DETERMINE , IN ORDER TO COUNTER THE CONSEQUENCES OF SUCH ALTERATION .
TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY, PROTOCOL ON THE STATUTE OF THE COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY, TITLE III - PROCEDURE, ARTICLE 39





++++ Article 39 Member States , institutions of the Community and any other natural or legal persons may , in cases and under conditions to be determined by the rules of procedure , institute third-party proceedings to contest a judgment rendered without their being heard , where the judgment is prejudicial to their rights .
TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY, PART FIVE - INSTITUTIONS OF THE COMMUNITY, TITLE II - FINANCIAL PROVISIONS, ARTICLE 200





++++ Article 200 1 . The budget revenue shall include , irrespective of any other revenue , financial contributions of Member States on the following scale : Netherlands : 7.9 Germany : 28 France : 28 Italy : 28 Luxembourg : 0.2 Netherlands : 7.9 2 . The financial contributions of Member States to cover the expenditure of the European Social Fund , however shall be determined on the following scale : Belgium : 8.8 Germany : 32 France : 32 Italy : 20 Luxembourg : 0.2 Netherlands : 7 3 . The scales may be modified by the Council , acting unanimously .
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++++ Article 6 Within six months of the entry into force of this Treaty , the Council shall , acting by a qualified majority on a proposal from the Commission , lay down rules for the collection and transfer of financial contributions , for budgeting and for the administration of the resources of the Development Fund .
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Article 175

Should 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 .
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Article 131

The Member States agree to associate with the Community the non-European countries and territories which have special relations with Belgium , France , Italy , the Netherlands and the United Kingdom . (*) These countries and territories ( hereinafter called the " countries and territories " ) are listed in Annex IV to this Treaty .

The purpose of association shall be to promote the economic and social development of the countries and territories and to establish close economic relations between them and the Community as a whole .

In accordance with the principles set out in the Preamble to this Treaty , association shall serve primarily to further the interests and prosperity of the inhabitants of these countries and territories in order to lead them to the economic , social and cultural development to which they aspire .

(*) First sentence as amended by Article 24 ( 1 ) of the Act of Accession , modified by Article 13 of the Adaptation Decision .
TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY, PART FIVE - INSTITUTIONS OF THE COMMUNITY, TITLE I - PROVISIONS GOVERNING THE INSTITUTIONS, CHAPTER 1: THE INSTITUTIONS, SECTION 4: THE COURT OF JUSTICE, ARTICLE 182





++++ Article 182 The Court of Justice shall have jurisdiction in any dispute between Member States which relates to the subject matter of this Treaty if the dispute is submitted to it under a special agreement between the parties .
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ARTICLE 57

1 . IN ORDER TO MAKE IT EASIER FOR PERSONS TO TAKE UP AND PURSUE ACTIVITIES AS SELL-EMPLOYED PERSONS , THE COUNCIL SHALL , ON A PROPOSAL FROM THE COMMISSION AND AFTER CONSULTING THE ASSEMBLY , ACTING UNANIMOUSLY DURING THE FIRST STAGE AND BY A QUALIFIED MAJORITY THEREAFTER , ISSUE DIRECTIVES FOR THE MUTUAL RECOGNITION OF DIPLOMAS , CERTIFICATES AND OTHER EVIDENCE OF FORMAL QUALIFICATIONS .

2 . FOR THE SAME PURPOSE , THE COUNCIL SHALL , BEFORE THE END OF THE TRANSITIONAL PERIOD , ACTING ON A PROPOSAL FROM THE COMMISSION AND AFTER CONSULTING THE ASSEMBLY , ISSUE DIRECTIVES FOR THE COORDINATION OF THE PROVISIONS LAID DOWN BY LAW , REGULATION OR ADMINISTRATIVE ACTION IN MEMBER STATES CONCERNING THE TAKING UP AND PURSUIT OF ACTIVITIES AS SELF-EMPLOYED PERSONS . UNANIMITY SHALL BE REQUIRED ON MATTERS WHICH ARE THE SUBJECT OF LEGISLATION IN AT LEAST ONE MEMBER STATE AND MEASURES CONCERNED WITH THE PROTECTION OF SAVINGS , IN PARTICULAR THE GRANTING OF CREDIT AND THE EXERCISE OF THE BANKING PROFESSION , AND WITH THE CONDITIONS GOVERNING THE EXERCISE OF THE MEDICAL AND ALLIED , AND PHARMACEUTICAL PROFESSIONS IN THE VARIOUS MEMBER STATES . IN OTHER CASES , THE COUNCIL SHALL ACT UNANIMOUSLY DURING THE FIRST STAGE AND BY A QUALIFIED MAJORITY THEREAFTER .

3 . IN THE CASE OF THE MEDICAL AND ALLIED , AND PHARMACEUTICAL PROFESSIONS , THE PROGRESSIVE ABOLITION OF RESTRICTIONS SHALL BE DEPENDENT UPON COORDINATION OF THE CONDITIONS FOR THEIR EXERCISE IN THE VARIOUS MEMBER STATES .
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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 PER CENT .

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 PER CENT ITS TOTAL CUSTOMS RECEIPTS AS DEFINED IN PARAGRAPH 4 AND TO REDUCE THE DUTY ON EACH PRODUCT BY AT LEAST 5 PER CENT OF THE BASIC DUTY .

IN THE CASE , HOWEVER , OF PRODUCTS ON WHICH THE DUTY IS STILL IN EXCESS OF 30 PER CENT , EACH REDUCTION MUST BE AT LEAST 10 PER CENT 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 PER CENT OF THE BASIC DUTY ;

- AT THE END OF THE SECOND STAGE , TO AT LEAST 50 PER CENT 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 ASSEMBLY .
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ARTICLE 80

1 . THE IMPOSITION BY A MEMBER STATE , IN RESPECT OF TRANSPORT OPERATIONS CARRIED OUT WITHIN THE COMMUNITY , OF RATES AND CONDITIONS INVOLVING ANY ELEMENT OF SUPPORT OR PROTECTION IN THE INTEREST OF ONE OR MORE PARTICULAR UNDERTAKINGS OR INDUSTRIES SHALL BE PROHIBITED AS FROM THE BEGINNING OF THE SECOND STAGE , UNLESS AUTHORISED BY THE COMMISSION .

2 . THE COMMISSION SHALL , ACTING ON ITS OWN INITIATIVE OR ON APPLICATION BY A MEMBER STATE , EXAMINE THE RATES AND CONDITIONS REFERRED TO IN PARAGRAPH 1 , TAKING ACCOUNT IN PARTICULAR OF THE REQUIREMENTS OF AN APPROPRIATE REGIONAL ECONOMIC POLICY , THE NEEDS OF UNDERDEVELOPED AREAS AND THE PROBLEMS OF AREAS SERIOUSLY AFFECTED BY POLITICAL CIRCUMSTANCES ON THE ONE HAND , AND OF THE EFFECTS OF SUCH RATES AND CONDITIONS ON COMPETITION BETWEEN THE DIFFERENT MODES OF TRANSPORT ON THE OTHER .

AFTER CONSULTING EACH MEMBER STATE CONCERNED , THE COMMISSION SHALL TAKE THE NECESSARY DECISIONS .

3 . THE PROHIBITION PROVIDED FOR IN PARAGRAPH 1 SHALL NOT APPLY TO TARIFFS FIXED TO MEET COMPETITION .
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DECLARATION BY THE GOVERNMENT

OF THE FRENCH REPUBLIC

on

applications for patents

covering information to be kept secret for defence reasons

THE GOVERNMENT OF THE FRENCH REPUBLIC ,

TAKING INTO ACCOUNT the provisions of Articles 17 and 25 ( 2 ) of the Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community ,

DECLARES ITS READINESS to take such administrative measures and to propose to the French Parliament such legislative measures as may be necessary to ensure that , as soon as this Treaty enters into force , applications for patents covering secret information result , following the normal procedure , in the grant of patents subject to temporary prohibition of publication .
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Article 177

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 ;

( 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 .
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" Article 100b

1 . During 1992 , the Commission shall , together with each Member State , draw up an inventory of national laws , regulations and administrative provisions which fall under Article 100a and which have not been harmonized pursuant to that Article .

The Council , acting in accordance with the provisions of Article 100a , may decide that the provisions in force in a Member State must be recognized as being equivalent to those applied by another Member State .

2 . The provisions of Article 100a ( 4 ) shall apply by analogy .

3 . The Commission shall draw up the inventory referred to in the first subparagraph of paragraph 1 and shall submit appropriate proposals in good time to allow the Council to act before the end of 1992 . " .
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ARTICLE 100

THE COUNCIL SHALL , ACTING UNANIMOUSLY ON A PROPOSAL FROM THE COMMISSION , ISSUE DIRECTIVES FOR THE APPROXIMATION OF SUCH PROVISIONS LAID DOWN BY LAW , REGULATION OR ADMINISTRATIVE ACTION IN MEMBER STATES AS DIRECTLY AFFECT THE ESTABLISHMENT OR FUNCTIONING OF THE COMMON MARKET .

THE ASSEMBLY AND THE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMITTEE SHALL BE CONSULTED IN THE CASE OF DIRECTIVES WHOSE IMPLEMENTATION WOULD , IN ONE OR MORE MEMBER STATES , INVOLVE THE AMENDMENT OF LEGISLATION .
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Article 130r

1 . Action by the Community relating to the environment shall have the following objectives :

- to preserve , protect and improve the quality of the environment ,

- to contribute towards protecting human health ,

- to ensure a prudent and rational utilization of natural resources .

2 . Action by the Community relating to the environment shall be based on the principles that preventive action should be taken , that environmental damage should as a priority be rectified at source , and that the polluter should pay . Environmental protection requirements shall be a component of the Community's other policies .

3 . In preparing its action relating to the environment , the Community shall take account of :

- available scientific and technical data ,

- environmental conditions in the various regions of the Community ,

- the potential benefits and costs of action or of lack of action ,

- the economic and social development of the Community as a whole and the balanced development of its regions .

4 . The Community shall take action relating to the environment to the extent to which the objectives referred to in paragraph 1 can be attained better at Community level than at the level of the individual Member States . Without prejudice to certain measures of a Community nature , the Member States shall finance and implement the other measures .

5 . Within their respective spheres of competence , the Community and the Member States shall co-operate with third countries and with the relevant international organizations . The arrangements for Community co-operation may be the subject of agreements between the Community and the third parties concerned , which shall be negotiated and concluded in accordance with Article 228 .

The previous paragraph shall be without prejudice to Member States' competence to negotiate in international bodies and to conclude international agreements .
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Article 130n

In implementing the multiannual framework programme , the Community may make provision for co-operation in Community research , technological development and demonstration with third countries or international organizations .

The detailed arrangements for such co-operation may be the subject of international agreements between the Community and the third parties concerned which shall be negotiated and concluded in accordance with Article 228 .
TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY - PART FIVE : INSTITUTIONS OF THE COMMUNITY - TITLE II : FINANCIAL PROVISIONS - ARTICLE 201A



Official Journal C 191 , 29/07/1992 P. 0041



Article 201a 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 201.
TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY - PART ONE: PRINCIPLES - ARTICLE 4B



Official Journal C 191 , 29/07/1992 P. 0007



Article 4b A European Investment Bank is hereby established, which shall act within the limits of the powers conferred upon it by this Treaty and the Statute annexed thereto.