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TREATY AMENDING, WITH REGARD TO GREENLAND, THE TREATIES ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, ARTICLE 7



Official Journal L 029 , 01/02/1985 P. 0004



Article 7 This Treaty, drawn up in a single original in the Danish, Dutch, English, French, German, Greek, Irish, and Italian languages, all eight 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. TIL BEKRAEFTELSE HERAF har undertegnede befuldmaegtigede underskrevet denne Traktat. ZU URKUND DESSEN haben die unterzeichneten Bevollmaechtigten ihre Unterschriften unter diesen Vertrag gesetzt. ÓAA ðssñôùñç ôùí áíùôÝñù ïé õðïãaaãñáìì¢aaùïé ðaeçñaaîïýñéïé õðÝãñáoeáí ôçí ðáñïýñá áõíèÞêç. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned Plenipotentiaries have signed this Treaty. EN FOI DE QUOI, les plénipotentiaires soussignés ont apposé leur signature au bas du présent traité. DÁ FHIANÚ SIN, chuir na Lánchumhachtaigh thíos-sínithe a lámh leis an gConradh seo. IN FEDE DI CHE, i plenipotenziari sottoscritti hanno apposto le loro firme in calce al presente trattato. TEN BLIJKE WAARVAN de ondergetekende gevolmachtigden hun handtekening onder dit Verdrag hebben gesteld. Udfaerdiget i Bruxelles, den trettende marts nitten hundrede og fireogfirs. Geschehen zu Bruessel am dreizehnten Maerz neunzehnhundertvierundachtzig. ¢AAãéíaa ñôéò ÂñõîÝëëaaò ñôéò aeaaêáôñaassò Ìáñôssïõ ×ssëéá aaííáêueñéá ïãaeueíôá ôÝóóaañá. Done at Brussels on the thirteenth day of March in the year one thousand nine hundred and eighty- four. Fait à Bruxelles, le treize mars mil neuf cent quatre-vingt- quatre. Arna dhéanamh sa Bruiséil an tríú lá eag de mhí Márta sa bhliain míle naoi gcéad ochtó a ceathair. Fatto a Bruxelles, addi tredici marzo millenovecentottantaquattro. Gedaan te Brussel, de dertiende maart negentienhonderdvierentachtig. L. TINDEMANS U. ELLEMAN-JENSEN H.-D. GENSCHER T. PANGALOS R. DUMAS P. BARRY G. ANDREOTTI C. FLESCH W. F. VAN EEKELEN Sir G. HOWE QC, MP.
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ARTICLE 19

THE EEC TREATY SHALL BE SUPPLEMENTED BY THE FOLLOWING PROVISIONS :

" 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 23

A TITLE V SHALL BE ADDED TO PART THREE OF THE EEC TREATY READING AS FOLLOWS :

" TITLE V

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COHESION

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 .

ARTICLE 130B

MEMBER STATES SHALL CONDUCT THEIR ECONOMIC POLICIES , AND SHALL COORDINATE THEM , IN SUCH A WAY AS , IN ADDITION , TO ATTAIN THE OBJECTIVES SET OUT IN ARTICLE 130A . THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE COMMON POLICIES AND OF THE INTERNAL MARKET SHALL TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THE OBJECTIVES SET OUT IN ARTICLE 130A AND IN ARTICLE 130C AND SHALL CONTRIBUTE TO THEIR ACHIEVEMENT . THE COMMUNITY SHALL SUPPORT THE ACHIEVEMENT OF THESE OBJECTIVES BY THE ACTION IT TAKES THROUGH THE STRUCTURAL FUNDS ( EUROPEAN AGRICULTURAL GUIDANCE AND GUARANTEE FUND , GUIDANCE SECTION , EUROPEAN SOCIAL FUND , EUROPEAN REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT FUND ) , THE EUROPEAN INVESTMENT BANK AND THE OTHER EXISTING FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS .

ARTICLE 130C

THE EUROPEAN REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT FUND IS INTENDED TO HELP REDRESS THE PRINCIPAL REGIONAL IMBALANCES IN THE COMMUNITY THROUGH PARTICIPATING IN THE DEVELOPMENT AND STRUCTURAL ADJUSTMENT OF REGIONS WHOSE DEVELOPMENT IS LAGGING BEHIND AND IN THE CONVERSION OF DECLINING INDUSTRIAL REGIONS .

ARTICLE 130D

ONCE THE SINGLE EUROPEAN ACT ENTERS INTO FORCE THE COMMISSION SHALL SUBMIT A COMPREHENSIVE PROPOSAL TO THE COUNCIL , THE PURPOSE OF WHICH WILL BE TO MAKE SUCH AMENDMENTS TO THE STRUCTURE AND OPERATIONAL RULES OF THE EXISTING STRUCTURAL FUNDS ( EUROPEAN AGRICULTURAL GUIDANCE AND GUARANTEE FUND , GUIDANCE SECTION , EUROPEAN SOCIAL FUND , EUROPEAN REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT FUND ) AS ARE NECESSARY TO CLARIFY AND RATIONALIZE THEIR TASKS IN ORDER TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE ACHIEVEMENT OF THE OBJECTIVES SET OUT IN ARTICLE 130A AND ARTICLE 130C , TO INCREASE THEIR EFFICIENCY AND TO COORDINATE THEIR ACTIVITIES BETWEEN THEMSELVES AND WITH THE OPERATIONS OF THE EXISTING FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS . THE COUNCIL SHALL ACT UNANIMOUSLY ON THIS PROPOSAL WITHIN A PERIOD OF ONE YEAR , AFTER CONSULTING THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMITTEE .

ARTICLE 130E

AFTER ADOPTION OF THE DECISION REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 130D , IMPLEMENTING DECISIONS RELATING TO THE EUROPEAN REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT FUND SHALL BE TAKEN BY THE COUNCIL , ACTING BY A QUALIFIED MAJORITY ON A PROPOSAL FROM THE COMMISSION AND IN CO-OPERATION WITH THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT .

WITH REGARD TO THE EUROPEAN AGRICULTURAL GUIDANCE AND GUARANTEE FUND , GUIDANCE SECTION AND THE EUROPEAN SOCIAL FUND , ARTICLES 43 , 126 AND 127 REMAIN APPLICABLE RESPECTIVELY . " .
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ARTICLE 1

THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES AND EUROPEAN POLITICAL CO-OPERATION SHALL HAVE AS THEIR OBJECTIVE TO CONTRIBUTE TOGETHER TO MAKING CONCRETE PROGRESS TOWARDS EUROPEAN UNITY .

THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES SHALL BE FOUNDED ON THE TREATIES ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN COAL UND STEEL COMMUNITY , THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY , THE EUROPEAN ATOMIC ENERGY COMMUNITY AND ON THE SUBSEQUENT TREATIES AND ACTS MODIFYING OR SUPPLEMENTING THEM .

POLITICAL CO-OPERATION SHALL BE GOVERNED BY TITLE III . THE PROVISIONS OF THAT TITLE SHALL CONFIRM AND SUPPLEMENT THE PROCEDURES AGREED IN THE REPORTS OF LUXEMBOURG ( 1970 ) , COPENHAGEN ( 1973 ) , LONDON ( 1981 ) , THE SOLEMN DECLARATION ON EUROPEAN UNION ( 1983 ) AND THE PRACTICES GRADUALLY ESTABLISHED AMONG THE MEMBER STATES .
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ARTICLE 14

THE EEC TREATY SHALL BE SUPPLEMENTED BY THE FOLLOWING PROVISIONS :

" ARTICLE 8B

THE COMMISSION SHALL REPORT TO THE COUNCIL BEFORE 31 DECEMBER 1988 AND AGAIN BEFORE 31 DECEMBER 1990 ON THE PROGRESS MADE TOWARDS ACHIEVING THE INTERNAL MARKET WITHIN THE TIME LIMIT FIXED IN ARTICLE 8A .

THE COUNCIL , ACTING BY A QUALIFIED MAJORITY ON A PROPOSAL FROM THE COMMISSION , SHALL DETERMINE THE GUIDELINES AND CONDITIONS NECESSARY TO ENSURE BALANCED PROGRESS IN ALL THE SECTORS CONCERNED . " .
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ARTICLE 6

1 . A CO-OPERATION PROCEDURE SHALL BE INTRODUCED WHICH SHALL APPLY TO ACTS BASED ON ARTICLES 7 , 49 , 54 ( 2 ) , 56 ( 2 ) , SECOND SENTENCE , 57 WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE SECOND SENTENCE OF PARAGRAPH 2 THEREOF , 100A , 100B , 118A , 130E AND 130Q ( 2 ) OF THE EEC TREATY .

2 . IN ARTICLE 7 , SECOND PARAGRAPH OF THE EEC TREATY THE TERMS " AFTER CONSULTING THE ASSEMBLY " SHALL BE REPLACED BY " IN CO-OPERATION WITH THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT " .

3 . IN ARTICLE 49 OF THE EEC TTREATY THE TERMS " THE COUNCIL SHALL , ACTING ON A PROPOSAL FROM THE COMMISSION AND AFTER CONSULTING THE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMITTEE " , SHALL BE REPLACED BY " THE COUNCIL SHALL , ACTING BY A QUALIFIED MAJORITY ON A PROPOSAL FROM THE COMMISSION , IN CO-OPERATION WITH THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND AFTER CONSULTING THE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMITTEE " .

4 . IN ARTICLE 54 ( 2 ) OF THE EEC TREATY THE TERMS " THE COUNCIL SHALL , ON A PROPOSAL FROM THE COMMISSION AND AFTER CONSULTING THE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMITTEE AND THE ASSEMBLY " , SHALL BE REPLACED BY " THE COUNCIL SHALL , ACTING ON A PROPOSAL FROM THE COMMISSION , IN COOPERATION WITH THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND AFTER CONSULTING THE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMITTEE " .

5 . IN ARTICLE 56 ( 2 ) OF THE EEC TREATY THE SECOND SENTENCE IS REPLACED BY THE FOLLOWING :

" AFTER THE END OF THE SECOND STAGE , HOWEVER , THE COUNCIL SHALL , ACTING BY A QUALIFIED MAJORITY ON A PROPOSAL FROM THE COMMISSION AND IN CO-OPERATION WITH THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT , ISSUE DIRECTIVES FOR THE CO-ORDINATION OF SUCH PROVISIONS AS , IN EACH MEMBER STATE , ARE A MATTER FOR REGULATION OR ADMINISTRATIVE ACTION . " .

6 . IN ARTICLE 57 ( 1 ) OF THE EEC TREATY THE TERMS " AND AFTER CONSULTING THE ASSEMBLY " SHALL BE REPLACED BY " AND IN CO-OPERATION WITH THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT " .

7 . IN ARTICLE 57 ( 2 ) OF THE EEC TREATY , THE THIRD SENTENCE SHALL BE REPLACED BY THE FOLLOWING :

" IN OTHER CASES THE COUNCIL SHALL ACT BY A QUALIFIED MAJORITY , IN CO-OPERATION WITH THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT . " .
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ARTICLE 7

ARTICLE 149 OF THE EEC TREATY SHALL BE REPLACED BY THE FOLLOWING PROVISIONS :

" ARTICLE 149

1 . WHERE , IN PURSUANCE OF THIS TREATY , THE COUNCIL ACTS ON A PROPOSAL FROM THE COMMISSION , UNANIMITY SHALL BE REQUIRED FOR AN ACT CONSTITUTING AN AMENDMENT TO THAT PROPOSAL .

2 . WHERE , IN PURSUANCE OF THIS TREATY , THE COUNCIL ACTS IN CO-OPERATION WITH THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT , THE FOLLOWING PROCEDURE SHALL APPLY :

( A ) THE COUNCIL , ACTING BY A QUALIFIED MAJORITY UNDER THE CONDITIONS OF PARAGRAPH 1 , ON A PROPOSAL FROM THE COMMISSION AND AFTER OBTAINING THE OPINION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT , SHALL ADOPT A COMMON POSITION .

( B ) THE COUNCIL'S COMMON POSITION SHALL BE COMMUNICATED TO THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT . THE COUNCIL AND THE COMMISSION SHALL INFORM THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT FULLY OF THE REASONS WHICH LED THE COUNCIL TO ADOPT ITS COMMON POSITION AND ALSO OF THE COMMISSION'S POSITION .

IF , WITHIN THREE MONTHS OF SUCH COMMUNICATION , THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT APPROVES THIS COMMON POSITION OR HAS NOT TAKEN A DECISION WITHIN THAT PERIOD , THE COUNCIL SHALL DEFINITIVELY ADOPT THE ACT IN QUESTION IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE COMMON POSITION .

( C ) THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT MAY WITHIN THE PERIOD OF THREE MONTHS REFERRED TO IN POINT ( B ) , BY AN ABSOLUTE MAJORITY OF ITS COMPONENT MEMBERS , PROPOSE AMENDMENTS TO THE COUNCIL'S COMMON POSITION . THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT MAY ALSO , BY THE SAME MAJORITY , REJECT THE COUNCIL'S COMMON POSITION . THE RESULT OF THE PROCEEDINGS SHALL BE TRANSMITTED TO THE COUNCIL AND THE COMMISSION .

IF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT HAS REJECTED THE COUNCIL'S COMMON POSITION , UNANIMITY SHALL BE REQUIRED FOR THE COUNCIL TO ACT ON A SECOND READING .

( D ) THE COMMISSION SHALL , WITHIN A PERIOD OF ONE MONTH , RE-EXAMINE THE PROPOSAL ON THE BASIS OF WHICH THE COUNCIL ADOPTED ITS COMMON POSITION , BY TAKING INTO ACCOUNT THE AMENDMENTS PROPOSED BY THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT .

THE COMMISSION SHALL FORWARD TO THE COUNCIL , AT THE SAME TIME AS ITS RE-EXAMINED PROPOSAL , THE AMENDMENTS OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT WHICH IT HAS NOT ACCEPTED , AND SHALL EXPRESS ITS OPINION ON THEM . THE COUNCIL MAY ADOPT THESE AMENDMENTS UNANIMOUSLY .

( E ) THE COUNCIL , ACTING BY A QUALIFIED MAJORITY , SHALL ADOPT THE PROPOSAL AS RE-EXAMINED BY THE COMMISSION .

UNANIMITY SHALL BE REQUIRED FOR THE COUNCIL TO AMEND THE PROPOSAL AS RE-EXAMINED BY THE COMMISSION .

( F ) IN THE CASES REFERRED TO IN POINTS ( C ) , ( D ) AND ( E ) , THE COUNCIL SHALL BE REQUIRED TO ACT WITHIN A PERIOD OF THREE MONTHS . IF NO DECISION IS TAKEN WITHIN THIS PERIOD , THE COMMISSION PROPOSAL SHALL BE DEEMED NOT TO HAVE BEEN ADOPTED .

( G ) THE PERIODS REFERRED TO IN POINTS ( B ) AND ( F ) MAY BE EXTENDED BY A MAXIMUM OF ONE MONTH BY COMMON ACCORD BETWEEN THE COUNCIL AND THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT .

AS LONG AS THE COUNCIL HAS NOT ACTED , THE COMMISSION MAY ALTER ITS PROPOSAL AT ANY TIME DURING THE PROCEDURES MENTIONED IN PARAGRAPHS 1 AND 2 . " .
Article 18

Staff

18.1. The Council of the EMI shall lay down the conditions of employment of the staff of the EMI.

18.2. The Court of Justice shall have jurisdiction in any dispute between the EMI and its servants within the limits and under the conditions laid down in the conditions of employment.
PROTOCOL amending the Protocol on the Privileges and Immunities of the European Communities

THE HIGH CONTRACTING PARTIES,

CONSIDERING that, in accordance with Article 40 of the Statute of the European System of Central Banks and of the European Central Bank and Article 21 of the Statute of the European Monetary Institute, the European Central Bank and the European Monetary Institute shall enjoy in the territories of the Member States such privileges and immunities as are necessary for the performance of their tasks,

HAVE AGREED upon the following provisions, which shall be annexed to the Treaty establishing the European Community:

Sole Article

The Protocol on the Privileges and Immunities of the European Communities, annexed to the Treaty establishing a Single Council and a Single Commission of the European Communities, shall be supplemented by the following provisions:

'Article 23

This Protocol shall also apply to the European Central Bank, to the members of its organs and to its staff, without prejudice to the provisions of the Protocol on the Statute of the European System of Central Banks and the European Central Bank.

The European Central Bank shall, in addition, be exempt from any form of taxation or imposition of a like nature on the occasion of any increase in its capital and from the various formalities which may be connected therewith in the State where the bank has its seat. The activities of the Bank and of its organs carried on in accordance with the Statute of the European System of Central Banks and of the European Central Bank shall not be subject to any turnover tax.

The above provisions shall also apply to the European Monetary Institute. Its dissolution or liquidation shall not give rise to any imposition.' >?za>
Article 25

Prudential supervision

25.1. The ECB may offer advice to and be consulted by the Council, the Commission and the competent authorities of the Member States on the scope and implementation of Community legislation relating to the prudential supervision of credit institutions and to the stability of the financial system.

25.2. In accordance with any decision of the Council under Article 105(6) of this Treaty, the ECB may perform specific tasks concerning policies relating to the prudential supervision of credit institutions and other financial institutions with the exception of insurance undertakings.

CHAPTER VI

FINANCIAL PROVISIONS OF THE ESCB
DECLARATION OF THE HIGH CONTRACTING PARTIES TO THE TREATY ON EUROPEAN UNION

The High Contracting Parties to the Treaty on European Union signed at Maastricht on the seventh day of February 1992,

Having considered the terms of Protocol No 17 to the said Treaty on European Union which is annexed to that Treaty and to the Treaties establishing the European Communities,

Hereby give the following legal interpretation:

That it was and is their intention that the Protocol shall not limit freedom to travel between Member State or, in accordance with conditions which may be laid down, in conformity with Community law, by Irish legislation, to obtain or make available in Ireland information relating to services lawfully available in Member States.

At the same time the High Contracting Parties solemnly declare that, in the event of a future constitutional amendment in Ireland which concerns the subject matter of Article 40.3.3 of the Constitution of Ireland and which does not conflict with the intention of the High Contracting Parties hereinbefore expressed, they will, following the entry into force of the Treaty on European Union, be favourably disposed to amending the said Protocol so as to extend its application to such constitutional amendment if Ireland so request.

Hecho en Maastricht, el siete de febrero de mil novecientos noventa y dos.

Udfaerdiget i Maastricht, den syvende februar nitten hundrede og tooghalvfems.

Geschehen zu Maastricht am siebten Februar neunzehnhundertzweiundneunzig.

Egine sto Maastricht, stis efta Fevroyarioy chilia enniakosia eneninta dyo.

Done at Maastricht on the seventh day of February in the year one thousand nine hundred and ninety-two.

Fait à Maastricht, le sept février mil neuf cent quatre- vingt-douze.

Arna dhéanamh i Maastricht, an seachtú lá d'Fheabhra, míle naoi gcéad nócha a dó.

Fatto a Maastricht, addì sette febbraio millenovecentonovantadue.

Gedaan te Maastricht, de zevende februari negentienhonderd twee-en-negentig.

Feito em Maastricht, em sete de Fevereiro de mil novecentos e noventa e dois.

Pour Sa Majesté le Roi des Belges

Voor Zijne Majesteit de Koning der Belgen

For Hendes Majestaet Danmarks Dronning

Fuer den Praesidenten der Bundesrepublik Deutschland

Gia ton Proedro tis Ellinikis Dimokratias

Por Su Majestad el Rey de España

Pour le Président de la République française

Thar ceann Uachtarán na hEireann

For the President of Ireland

Per il Presidente della Repubblica italiana

Pour Son Altesse Royale le Grand-Duc de Luxembourg

Voor Hare Majesteit de Koningin der Nederlanden

Pelo Presidente da República Portuguesa

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

Northern Ireland
PROTOCOL on the transition to the third stage of Economic and Monetary Union

THE HIGH CONTRACTING PARTIES,

Declare the irreversible character of the Community's movement to the third stage of Economic and Monetary Union by signing the new Treaty provisions on Economic and Monetary Union.

Therefore all Member States shall, whether they fulfil the necessary conditions for the adoption of a single currency or not, respect the will for the Community to enter swiftly into the third stage, and therefore no Member State shall prevent the entering into the third stage.

If by the end of 1997 the date of the beginning of the third stage has not been set, the Member States concerned, the Community institutions and other bodies involved shall expedite all preparatory work during 1998, in order to enable the Community to enter the third stage irrevocably on 1 January 1999 and to enable the ECB and the ESCB to start their full functioning from this date.

This Protocol shall be annexed to the Treaty establishing the European Community.
4) The second subparagraph of Article 114 shall be supplemented by the following sentence:

'In this case, the term of office of the members of the Commission appointed to replace them shall expire on the date on which the term of office of the members of the Commission obliged to resign as a body would have expired.'
Article 6

1. Each Member State shall ensure that the principle of equal pay for male and female workers for equal work is applied.

2. For the purpose of this Article, 'pay' means the ordinary basic or minimum wage or salary and any other consideration, whether in cash or in kind, which the worker receives directly or indirectly, in respect of his employment, from his employer.

Equal pay without discrimination based on sex means:

(a) that pay for the same work at piece rates shall be calculated on the basis of the same unit of measurement;

(b)that pay for work at time rates shall be the same for the same job.

3. This Article shall not prevent any Member State from maintaining or adopting measures providing for specific advantages in order to make it easier for women to pursue a vocational activity or to prevent or compensate for disadvantages in their professional careers.
Treaty on European Union - Title VI: Provisions on cooperation in the fields of justice and home affairs - Article K.9



Official Journal C 191 , 29/07/1992 P. 0062



Article K.9 The Council, acting unanimously on the initiative of the Commission or a Member State, may decide to apply Article 100c of the Treaty establishing the European Community to action in areas referred to in Article K.1(1) to (6), and at the same time determine the relevant voting conditions relating to it. It shall recommend the Member States to adopt that decision in accordance with their respective constitutional requirements.
12) Article 143 shall be replaced by the following:

'Article 143

1. If the Court of Justice finds that a Member State has failed to fulfil an obligation under this Treaty, the State shall be required to take the necessary measures to comply with the judgment of the Court of Justice.

2. If the Commission considers that the Member State concerned has not taken such measures it shall, after giving that State the opportunity to submit its observations, issue a reasoned opinion specifying the points on which the Member State concerned has not complied with the judgment of the Court of Justice.

If the Member State concerned fails to take the necessary measures to comply with the Court's judgment within the time-limit laid down by the Commission, the latter may bring the case before the Court of Justice. In so doing it shall specify the amount of the lump sum or penalty payment to be paid by the Member State concerned which it considers appropriate in the circumstances.

If the Court of Justice finds that the Member State concerned has not complied with its judgment it may impose a lump sum or penalty payment on it.

This procedure shall be without prejudice to Article 142.'
Article J.1

1. The Union and its Member States shall define and implement a common foreign and security policy, governed by the provisions of this Title and covering all areas of foreign and security policy.

2. The objectives of the common foreign and security policy shall be:

- to safeguard the common values, fundamental interests and independence of the Union;

- to strengthen the security of the Union and its Member States in all ways;

- to preserve peace and strengthen international security, in accordance with the principles of the United Nations Charter as well as the principles of the Helsinki Final Act and the objectives of the Paris Charter;

- to promote international cooperation;

- to develop and consolidate democracy and the rule of law, and respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms.

3. The Union shall pursue these objectives:

- by establishing systematic cooperation between Member States in the conduct of policy, in accordance with Article J.2;

- by gradually implementing, in accordance with Article J.3, joint action in the areas in which the Member States have important interests in common.

4. The Member States shall support the Union's external and security policy actively and unreservedly in a spirit of loyalty and mutual solidarity. They shall refrain from any action which is contrary to the interests of the Union or likely to impair its effectiveness as a cohesive force in international relations. The Council shall ensure that these principles are complied with.
Treaty on European Union - Title II: Provisions amending the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community with a view to establishing the European Community - Article G - Article G E 72



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



72)The following Article shall be inserted: '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.'
Article A

By this Treaty, the High Contracting Parties establish among themselves a European Union, hereinafter called 'the Union'.

This Treaty marks a new stage in the process of creating an ever closer union among the peoples of Europe, in which decisions are taken as closely as possible to the citizen.

The Union shall be founded on the European Communities, supplemented by the policies and forms of cooperation established by this Treaty. Its task shall be to organize, in a manner demonstrating consistency and solidarity, relations between the Member States and between their peoples.