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Treaty of Amsterdam amending the Treaty on European Union, the Treaties establishing the European Communities and certain related acts - Part one - Substantive amendments - Article 2.56

The Treaty establishing the European Community shall be amended in accordance with the provisions of this Article.

Article 228 shall be amended as follows:

(a) the second subparagraph of paragraph 1 shall be replaced by the following:

'In exercising the powers conferred upon it by this paragraph, the Council shall act by a qualified majority, except in the cases where the first subparagraph of paragraph 2 provides that the Council shall act unanimously.`;

(b) paragraph 2 shall be replaced by the following:

'2. Subject to the powers vested in the Commission in this field, the signing, which may be accompanied by a decision on provisional application before entry into force, and the conclusion of the agreements shall be decided on by the Council, acting by a qualified majority on a proposal from the Commission. The Council shall act unanimously when the agreement covers a field for which unanimity is required for the adoption of internal rules and for the agreements referred to in Article 238.

By way of derogation from the rules laid down in paragraph 3, the same procedures shall apply for a decision to suspend the application of an agreement, and for the purpose of establishing the positions to be adopted on behalf of the Community in a body set up by an agreement based on Article 238, when that body is called upon to adopt decisions having legal effects, with the exception of decisions supplementing or amending the institutional framework of the agreement.

The European Parliament shall be immediately and fully informed on any decision under this paragraph concerning the provisional application or the suspension of agreements, or the establishment of the Community position in a body set up by an agreement based on Article 238.`
Treaty of Amsterdam amending the Treaty on European Union, the Treaties establishing the European Communities and certain related acts - Part two - Simplification - Article 6.I.55

The Treaty establishing the European Community, including the annexes and protocols thereto, shall be amended in accordance with the provisions of this Article for the purpose of deleting lapsed provisions of the Treaty and adapting in consequence the text of certain of its provisions.

I. TEXT OF THE ARTICLES OF THE TREATY

In Article 109e(2)(a), first indent, the following words shall be deleted: ', without prejudice to Article 73e,`.
Treaty of Amsterdam amending the Treaty on European Union, the Treaties establishing the European Communities and certain related acts - Part one - Substantive amendments - Article 2.30

The Treaty establishing the European Community shall be amended in accordance with the provisions of this Article.

In Article 130a, the second paragraph shall be replaced by the following:

'In particular, the Community shall aim at reducing disparities between the levels of development of the various regions and the backwardness of the least favoured regions or islands, including rural areas.`
Treaty of Amsterdam amending the Treaty on European Union, the Treaties establishing the European Communities and certain related acts - Part one - Substantive amendments - Article 1.15

The Treaty on European Union shall be amended in accordance with the provisions of this Article.

In Article O, the first paragraph shall be replaced by the following:

'Any European State which respects the principles set out in Article F(1) may apply to become a member of the Union. It shall address its application to the Council, which shall act unanimously after consulting the Commission and after receiving the assent of the European Parliament, which shall act by an absolute majority of its component members.`
Treaty of Amsterdam amending the Treaty on European Union, the Treaties establishing the European Communities and certain related acts - Declarations on Article K.7 of the Treaty on European Union as amended by the Treaty of Amsterdam

(97/C 340/05)

On the occasion of the signing of the Treaty of Amsterdam on 2 October 1997 the Italian Republic, the depositary of the Treaty, received, pursuant to Article K.7 of the Treaty on European Union as amended by the Treaty of Amsterdam, the following declarations:

'On the signing of the Treaty of Amsterdam the following Member States stated that they accepted the jurisdiction of the Court of Justice of the European Communities in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article K.7(2) and (3):

the Kingdom of Belgium, the Federal Republic of Germany, the Hellenic Republic, the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and the Republic of Austria, in accordance with the procedure laid down in paragraph 3(b).

When making the above declaration, the Kingdom of Belgium, the Federal Republic of Germany, the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and the Republic of Austria reserved the right to make provisions in their national law to the effect that, where a question relating to the validity or interpretation of an act referred to in Article K.7(1) is raised in a case pending before a national court or tribunal against whose decision there is no judicial remedy under national law, that court or tribunal will be required to refer the matter to the Court of Justice`.

In addition, the Kingdom of the Netherlands declared that the Netherlands would accept the jurisdiction of the Court of Justice of the European Communities as laid down in the aforementioned Article K.7; its government was still considering whether, under Article K.7(3), the option of bringing a matter before the Court could be granted to courts or tribunals other than those against whose decisions there is no remedy.
Treaty of Amsterdam amending the Treaty on European Union, the Treaties establishing the European Communities and certain related acts - Part two - Simplification - Article 6.I.27

The Treaty establishing the European Community, including the annexes and protocols thereto, shall be amended in accordance with the provisions of this Article for the purpose of deleting lapsed provisions of the Treaty and adapting in consequence the text of certain of its provisions.

I. TEXT OF THE ARTICLES OF THE TREATY

Article 43 shall be amended as follows:

(a) in paragraph 2, third subparagraph, the words 'acting unanimously during the first two stages and by a qualified majority thereafter` shall be replaced by 'acting by a qualified majority`;

(b) in paragraphs 2 and 3, the reference to 'Article 40(2)` shall become 'Article 40(1)`.
Treaty of Amsterdam amending the Treaty on European Union, the Treaties establishing the European Communities and certain related acts - Part two - Simplification - Article 6.I.6

The Treaty establishing the European Community, including the annexes and protocols thereto, shall be amended in accordance with the provisions of this Article for the purpose of deleting lapsed provisions of the Treaty and adapting in consequence the text of certain of its provisions.

I. TEXT OF THE ARTICLES OF THE TREATY

In Article 8c, second sentence, the words 'Before 31 December 1993, Member States . . .` shall be replaced by 'Member States . . .`.
Treaty of Amsterdam amending the Treaty on European Union, the Treaties establishing the European Communities and certain related acts - Part two - Simplification - Article 6.I.42

The Treaty establishing the European Community, including the annexes and protocols thereto, shall be amended in accordance with the provisions of this Article for the purpose of deleting lapsed provisions of the Treaty and adapting in consequence the text of certain of its provisions.

I. TEXT OF THE ARTICLES OF THE TREATY

Article 79 shall be amended as follows:

(a) in paragraph 1 the words 'at the latest, before the end of the second stage` shall be deleted;

(b) in paragraph 3, the words 'Within two years of the entry into force of this Treaty, the Council shall` shall be replaced by 'The Council shall`.
Treaty of Amsterdam amending the Treaty on European Union, the Treaties establishing the European Communities and certain related acts - Part two - Simplification - Article 6.I.48

The Treaty establishing the European Community, including the annexes and protocols thereto, shall be amended in accordance with the provisions of this Article for the purpose of deleting lapsed provisions of the Treaty and adapting in consequence the text of certain of its provisions.

I. TEXT OF THE ARTICLES OF THE TREATY

After Article 90, the heading 'Section 2 - Dumping` shall be deleted.
Treaty of Amsterdam amending the Treaty on European Union, the Treaties establishing the European Communities and certain related acts - Protocol annexed to the Treaty on European Union - Protocol on Article J.7 of the Treaty on European Union

THE HIGH CONTRACTING PARTIES,

BEARING IN MIND the need to implement fully the provisions of Article J.7(1), second subparagraph, and (3) of the Treaty on European Union,

BEARING IN MIND that the policy of the Union in accordance with Article J.7 shall not prejudice the specific character of the security and defence policy of certain Member States and shall respect the obligations of certain Member States, which see their common defence realised in NATO, under the North Atlantic Treaty and be compatible with the common security and defence policy established within that framework,

HAVE AGREED UPON the following provision, which is annexed to the Treaty on European Union,

The European Union shall draw up, together with the Western European Union, arrangements for enhanced cooperation between them, within a year from the entry into force of the Treaty of Amsterdam.
Treaty of Amsterdam amending the Treaty on European Union, the Treaties establishing the European Communities and certain related acts - Part one - Substantive amendments - Article 1.8

The Treaty on European Union shall be amended in accordance with the provisions of this Article.

Article F shall be amended as follows:

(a) paragraph 1 shall be replaced by the following:

'1. The Union is founded on the principles of liberty, democracy, respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms, and the rule of law, principles which are common to the Member States.`;

(b) the existing paragraph 3 shall become paragraph 4 and a new paragraph 3 shall be inserted as follows:

'3. The Union shall respect the national identities of its Member States.`
Treaty of Amsterdam amending the Treaty on European Union, the Treaties establishing the European Communities and certain related acts - Part two - Simplification - Article 6.I.1

The Treaty establishing the European Community, including the annexes and protocols thereto, shall be amended in accordance with the provisions of this Article for the purpose of deleting lapsed provisions of the Treaty and adapting in consequence the text of certain of its provisions.

I. TEXT OF THE ARTICLES OF THE TREATY

In Article 3, point (a), the word 'elimination` shall be replaced by 'prohibition`.
Treaty of Amsterdam amending the Treaty on European Union, the Treaties establishing the European Communities and certain related acts - Declarations adopted by the Conference - Declaration on Article 119(4) of the Treaty establishing the European Community

When adopting measures referred to in Article 119(4) of the Treaty establishing the European Community, Member States should, in the first instance, aim at improving the situation of women in working life.
Treaty of Amsterdam amending the Treaty on European Union, the Treaties establishing the European Communities and certain related acts - Declarations adopted by the Conference - Declaration relating to subparagraph (d) of the Sole Article of the Protocol on asylum for nationals of Member States of the European Union

The Conference declares that, while recognising the importance of the Resolution of the Ministers of the Member States of the European Communities responsible for immigration of 30 November/1 December 1992 on manifestly unfounded applications for asylum and of the Resolution of the Council of 20 June 1995 on minimum guarantees for asylum procedures, the question of abuse of asylum procedures and appropriate rapid procedures to dispense with manifestly unfounded applications for asylum should be further examined with a view to introducing new improvements in order to accelerate these procedures.
Treaty of Amsterdam amending the Treaty on European Union, the Treaties establishing the European Communities and certain related acts - Protocol annexed to the Treaty on European Union and the Treaties establishing the European Community, the European Coal and Steel and the European Atomic Energy Community - Protocol on the location of the seats of the institutions and of certain bodies and departments of the European Communities and of Europol

THE REPRESENTATIVES OF THE GOVERNMENTS OF THE MEMBER STATES,

HAVING REGARD to Article 216 of the Treaty establishing the European Community, Article 77 of the Treaty establishing the European Coal and Steel Community and Article 189 of the Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community,

HAVING REGARD to the Treaty on European Union,

RECALLING AND CONFIRMING the Decision of 8 April 1965, and without prejudice to the decisions concerning the seat of future institutions, bodies and departments,

HAVE AGREED UPON the following provisions, which shall be annexed to the Treaty on European Union and the Treaties establishing the European Communities,

Sole Article

(a) The European Parliament shall have its seat in Strasbourg where the 12 periods of monthly plenary sessions, including the budget session, shall be held. The periods of additional plenary sessions shall be held in Brussels. The committees of the European Parliament shall meet in Brussels. The General Secretariat of the European Parliament and its departments shall remain in Luxembourg.

(b) The Council shall have its seat in Brussels. During the months of April, June and October, the Council shall hold its meetings in Luxembourg.

(c) The Commission shall have its seat in Brussels. The departments listed in Articles 7, 8 and 9 of the Decision of 8 April 1965 shall be established in Luxembourg.

(d) The Court of Justice and the Court of First Instance shall have their seats in Luxembourg.

(e) The Court of Auditors shall have its seat in Luxembourg.

(f) The Economic and Social Committee shall have its seat in Brussels.

(g) The Committee of the Regions shall have its seat in Brussels.

(h) The European Investment Bank shall have its seat in Luxembourg.

(i) The European Monetary Institute and the European Central Bank shall have their seat in Frankfurt.

(j) The European Police Office (Europol) shall have its seat in The Hague.
Treaty of Amsterdam amending the Treaty on European Union, the Treaties establishing the European Communities and certain related acts - Part two - Simplification - Article 6.I.15

The Treaty establishing the European Community, including the annexes and protocols thereto, shall be amended in accordance with the provisions of this Article for the purpose of deleting lapsed provisions of the Treaty and adapting in consequence the text of certain of its provisions.

I. TEXT OF THE ARTICLES OF THE TREATY

Articles 18 to 27 shall be repealed.
Treaty of Amsterdam amending the Treaty on European Union, the Treaties establishing the European Communities and certain related acts - Part two - Simplification - Article 6.III.8

The Treaty establishing the European Community, including the annexes and protocols thereto, shall be amended in accordance with the provisions of this Article for the purpose of deleting lapsed provisions of the Treaty and adapting in consequence the text of certain of its provisions.

III. PROTOCOLS AND OTHER ACTS

The Protocol concerning imports into the European Community of petroleum products refined in the Netherlands Antilles shall be amended as follows:

(a) the concluding formula 'IN WITNESS WHEREOF the undersigned Plenipotentiaries have placed their signatures below this Protocol.` shall be deleted;

(b) the list of signatories shall be deleted.
Treaty of Amsterdam amending the Treaty on European Union, the Treaties establishing the European Communities and certain related acts - Part two - Simplification - Article 6.I.53

The Treaty establishing the European Community, including the annexes and protocols thereto, shall be amended in accordance with the provisions of this Article for the purpose of deleting lapsed provisions of the Treaty and adapting in consequence the text of certain of its provisions.

I. TEXT OF THE ARTICLES OF THE TREATY

Article 97 and Article 100b shall be repealed.
Treaty of Nice amending the Treaty on European Union, the Treaties establishing the European Communities and certa in related acts - Declarations Adopted By The Conference - Declaration on Article 111 of the Treaty establishing the European Community



Official Journal 080 , 10/03/2001 P. 0078 - 0078



7. Declaration on Article 111 of the Treaty establishing the European Community The Conference agrees that procedures shall be such as to enable all the Member States in the euro area to be fully involved in each stage of preparing the position of the Community at international level as regards issues of particular relevance to economic and monetary union.
11. Declaration on Article 191 of the Treaty establishing the European Community

The Conference recalls that the provisions of Article 191 do not imply any transfer of powers to the European Community and do not affect the application of the relevant national constitutional rules.

The funding for political parties at European level provided out of the budget of the European Communities may not be used to fund, either directly or indirectly, political parties at national level.

The provisions on the funding for political parties shall apply, on the same basis, to all the political forces represented in the European Parliament.
Treaty of Nice amending the Treaty on European Union, the Treaties establishing the European Communities and certain related acts - Part 2 – Transitional and Final Provisions - Article 8



Official Journal 080 , 10/03/2001 P. 0043 - 0043



Article 8 Articles 1 to 20, Article 44, Article 45, Article 46, second and third paragraphs, Articles 47 to 49 and Articles 51, 52, 54 and 55 of the Protocol on the Statute of the Court of Justice of the European Coal and Steel Community are hereby repealed.
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 invites the Council to ensure, under Article 2 of the Protocol, the prolongation of the ECSC statistics system after the expiry of the ECSC Treaty until 31 December 2002 and to invite the Commission to make the appropriate recommendations.
I. VETERINARY LEGISLATION

1. 31964 L 0432: Council Directive 64/432/EEC of 26 June 1964 on animal health problems affecting intra-Community trade in bovine animals and swine (OJ P 121, 29.7.1964, p. 1977), as amended and updated by:

- 31997 L 0012: Council Directive 97/12/EC of 17.3.1997 (OJ L 109, 25.4.1997, p. 1),

and subsequently amended by:

- 31998 L 0046: Council Directive 98/46/EC of 24.6.1998 (OJ L 198, 15.7.1998, p. 22),

- 32000 D 0504: Commission Decision 2000/504/EC of 25.7.2000 (OJ L 201, 9.8.2000, p. 6),

- 32000 L 0015: Directive 2000/15/EC of the European Parliament and the Council of 10.4.2000 (OJ L 105, 3.5.2000, p. 34),

- 32000 L 0020: Directive 2000/20/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16.5.2000 (OJ L 163, 4.7.2000, p. 35),

- 32001 D 0298: Commission Decision 2001/298/EC of 30.3.2001 (OJ L 102, 12.4.2001, p. 63),

- 32002 R 0535: Commission Regulation (EC) No 535/2002 of 21.3.2002 (OJ L 80, 23.3.2002, p. 22),

- 32002 R 1226: Commission Regulation (EC) No 1226/2002 of 8.7.2002 (OJ L 179, 9.7.2002, p. 13).

Where appropriate and using the procedure laid down in Article 17 of Council Directive 64/432/EEC, the Commission shall adopt by the date of accession decisions to recognise the status of the new Member States in respect of bovine tuberculosis, bovine brucellosis, Aujeszky's disease, enzootic bovine leukosis, transmissible gastroenteritis and brucella suis.

2. 31991 L 0068: Council Directive 91/68/EEC of 28 January 1991 on animal health conditions governing intra-Community trade in ovine and caprine animals (OJ L 46, 19.2.1991, p. 19), as amended by:

- 11994 N: Act concerning the conditions of accession and the adjustments to the Treaties - Accession of the Republic of Austria, the Republic of Finland and the Kingdom of Sweden (OJ L 241, 29.8.1994, p. 21),

- 31994 D 0164: Commission Decision 94/164/EC of 18.2.1994 (OJ L 74, 17.3.1994, p. 42),

- 31994 D 0953: Commission Decision 94/953/EC of 20.12.1994 (OJ L 371, 31.12.1994, p. 14),

- 32001 D 0298: Commission Decision 2001/298/EC of 30.3.2001 (OJ L 102, 12.4.2001, p. 63),

- 32001 L 0010: Directive 2001/10/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22.5.2001 (OJ L 147, 31.5.2001, p. 41),

- 32002 D 0261: Commission Decision 2002/261/EC of 25.3.2002 (OJ L 91, 6.4.2002, p. 31).

Where appropriate and using the procedure laid down in Article 15 of Council Directive 91/68/EEC, the Commission shall adopt by the date of accession decisions to recognise the status of the new Member States in respect of Brucellosis (melitensis) and contagious agalactia.

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Article 15

The third paragraph of Article 263 of the EC Treaty is replaced by the following:

"The number of members of the Committee shall be as follows:

Belgium | 12 |

Czech Republic | 12 |

Denmark | 9 |

Germany | 24 |

Estonia | 7 |

Greece | 12 |

Spain | 21 |

France | 24 |

Ireland | 9 |

Italy | 24 |

Cyprus | 6 |

Latvia | 7 |

Lithuania | 9 |

Luxembourg | 6 |

Hungary | 12 |

Malta | 5 |

Netherlands | 12 |

Austria | 12 |

Poland | 21 |

Portugal | 12 |

Slovenia | 7 |

Slovakia | 9 |

Finland | 9 |

Sweden | 12 |

United Kingdom | 24" |

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B. VETERINARY AND PHYTOSANITARY LEGISLATION

1. 31966 L 0402: Council Directive 66/402/EEC of 14 June 1966 on the marketing of cereal seed (OJ P 125, 11.7.1966, p. 2309), as last amended by:

- 32001 L 0064: Council Directive 2001/64/EC of 31.8.2001 (OJ L 234, 1.9.2001, p. 60).

The requirements regarding analytical purity laid down in Annex II of Directive 66/402/EEC for Hordeum vulgare L. (barley) seed shall not apply in Cyprus for a period of five years following the date of accession in relation to the marketing of such seed produced in Cyprus. During that period such seed shall not be marketed in the territory of other Member States.

2. 32002 L 0053: Council Directive 2002/53/EC of 13 June 2002 on the common catalogue of varieties of agricultural plant species (OJ L 193, 20.7.2002, p. 1);

32002 L 0055: Council Directive 2002/55/EC of 13 June 2002 on the marketing of vegetable seed (OJ L 193, 20.7.2002, p. 33).

Cyprus may postpone for a period of five years following the date of accession the application of Directives 2002/53/EC and 2002/55/EC with regard to the marketing in its territory of seeds of varieties listed in its respective national catalogues of varieties of agricultural plant species and varieties of vegetable plant species which have not been officially accepted in accordance with the provisions of those Directives. During that period, such seeds shall not be marketed in the territory of other Member States.

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