The Treaty Establishing the European Community
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10 . 11 . 97 | EN Official Journal of the European Communities C 340/ 173 CONSOLIDATED VERSION OF THE TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY (97/C 340 /03 ) C 340/ 174 | EN | Official Journal of the European Communities 10 . 11 . 97 CONTENTS Page I — Text of the Treaty Preamble Part One — Principles 181 Part Two — Citizenship of the Union 186 Part Three — Community policies 187 TITLE I — Free movement of goods 187 Chapter 1 — The Customs Union 188 Chapter 2 — Prohibition of quantitative restrictions between Member States 189 TITLE II — Agriculture 190 TITLE III — Free movement of persons, services and capital 193 Chapter 1 — Workers 193 Chapter 2 — Right of establishment 195 Chapter 3 — Services 197 Chapter 4 — Capital and payments 199 TITLE IV — Visas , asylum, immigration and other policies related to free movement of persons 200 TITLE V — Transport 205 TITLE VI — Common rules on competition , taxation and approximation of laws . 208 Chapter 1 — Rules on competition 208 Section 1 — Rules applying to undertakings 208 Section 2 — Aids granted by States 211 Chapter 2 — Tax provisions 212 Chapter 3 — Approximation of laws 213 10 . 11 . 97 | EN 1 Official Journal of the European Communities C 340/ 175 TITLE VII — Economic and monetary policy 215 Chapter 1 — Economic policy 215 Chapter 2 — Monetary policy 220 Chapter 3 — Institutional provisions 224 Chapter 4 — Transitional provisions 227 TITLE VIII — Employment 235 TITLE IX — Common commercial policy 237 TITLE X — Customs cooperation 238 TITLE XI — Social policy, education, vocational training and youth 239 Chapter 1 — Social provisions 239 Chapter 2 — The European Social Fund 243 Chapter 3 — Education, vocational training and youth 244 TITLE XII — Culture 245 TITLE XIII — Public health 246 TITLE XIV — Consumer protection 247 TITLE XV — Trans-European networks 248 TITLE XVI — Industry 249 TITLE XVII — Economic and social cohesion 2 50 TITLE XVIII — Research and technological development 251 TITLE XIX — Environment 254 TITLE XX — Development cooperation 256 Part Four — Association of the overseas countries and territories 258 C 340/ 176 | EN Official Journal of the European Communities 10 . 11 . 97 Part Five — Institutions of the Community 260 TITLE I — Provisions governing the institutions 260 Chapter 1 — The institutions 260 Section 1 — The European Parliament 260 Section 2 — The Council 264 Section 3 — The Commission 266 Section 4 — The Court of Justice 269 Section 5 — The Court of Auditors 276 Chapter 2 — Provisions common to several institutions 278 Chapter 3 — The Economic and Social Committee ^ 282 Chapter 4 — The Committee of the Regions 284 Chapter 5 — The European Investment Bank 286 TITLE II — Financial provisions 287 Part Six — General and final provisions 293 Final provisions 302 Annexes ANNEX I — List referred to in Article 32 of the Treaty 303 ANNEX II — Overseas countries and territories to which the provisions of Part Four of the Treaty apply 306 II — Protocols (text not reproduced ) Note : The references to Treaty articles , titles and sections contained in the protocols are adapted in accordance with the tables of equivalence set out in the Annex to the Treaty of Amsterdam . Protocols annexed to the Treaty on European Union and to the Treaty establishing the European Community : — Protocol (No 2 ) integrating the Schengen acquis into the framework of the European Union ( 1997 ) 10 . 11 . 97 EN Official Journal of the European Communities C 340/ 177 — Protocol (No 3 ) on the application of certain aspects of Article 14 of the Treaty establishing the European Community to the United Kingdom and to Ireland ( 1997 ) — Protocol (No 4 ) on the position of the United Kingdom and Ireland ( 1997 ) — Protocol (No 5 ) on the position of Denmark ( 1997) Protocols annexed to the Treaty on European Union and to the Treaties establishing the European Community, the European Coal and Steel Community and the European Atomic Energy Community : — Protocol (No 6) annexed to the Treaty on European Union and to the Treaties establishing the European Communities ( 1992 ) — Protocol (No 7 ) on the institutions with the prospect of enlargement of the European Union ( 1997 ) — Protocol (No 8 ) on the location of the seats of the institutions and of certain bodies and departments of the European Communities and of Europol ( 1997) — Protocol (No 9 ) on the role of national parliaments in the European Union ( 1997) Protocols annexed to the Treaty establishing the European Community : — Protocol ( No 10) on the Statute of the European Investment Bank ( 1957) — Protocol (No 11 ) on the Statute of the Court of Justice of the European Community ( 1957 ) — Protocol (No 12 ) on Italy ( 1957 ) — Protocol (No 13 ) on goods originating in and coming from certain countries and enjoying special treatment when imported into a Member State ( 1957) — Protocol (No 14) concerning imports into the European Community of petroleum products refined in the Netherlands Antilles ( 1962 ) — Protocol (No 15 ) on special arrangements for Greenland ( 1985 ) — Protocol (No 16 ) on the acquisition of property in Denmark ( 1992 ) — Protocol (No 17 ) concerning Article 141 of the Treaty establishing the European Community ( 1992 ) — Protocol (No 18 ) on the Statute of the European System of Central Banks and of the European Central Bank ( 1992) — Protocol (No 19 ) on the Statute of the European Monetary Institute ( 1992 ) — Protocol (No 20 ) on the excessive deficit procedure ( 1992 ) C 340/ 178 EN Official Journal of the European Communities 10 . 11 . 97 — Protocol (No 21 ) on the convergence criteria referred to in Article 121 of the Treaty estab lishing the European Community ( 1992 ) — Protocol (No 22 ) on Denmark ( 1992 ) -— Protocol (No 23 ) on Portugal ( 1992 ) — Protocol (No 24 ) on the transition to the third stage of economic and monetary union ( 1992 ) — Protocol (No 25 ) on certain provisions relating to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland ( 1992 ) — Protocol (No 26 ) on certain provisions relating to Denmark ( 1992 ) — Protocol (No 27 ) on France ( 1992 ) — Protocol (No 28 ) on economic and social cohesion ( 1992 ) — Protocol (No 29 ) on asylum for nationals of Member States of the European Union ( 1997 ) — Protocol (No 30 ) on the application of the principles of subsidiarity and proportionality ( 1997 ) — Protocol (No 31 ) on external relations of the Member States with regard to the crossing of external borders ( 1997) — Protocol (No 32 ) on the system of public broadcasting in the Member States ( 1997 ) — Protocol (No 33 ) on protection and welfare of animals ( 1997 ) Protocol annexed to the Treaties establishing the European Community, the European Coal and Steel Community and the European Atomic Energy Community : — Protocol (No 34) on the privileges and immunities of the European Communities ( 1965 ) 10 . 11 . 97 | EN | Official Journal of the European Communities ' C 340/ 179 HIS MAJESTY THE KING OF THE BELGIANS , THE PRESIDENT OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY, THE PRESIDENT OF THE FRENCH REPUBLIC, THE PRESIDENT OF THE ITALIAN REPUBLIC , HER ROYAL HIGHNESS THE GRAND DUCHESS OF LUXEMBOURG, HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN OF THE NETHERLANDS ( x ), DETERMINED to lay the foundations of an ever closer union among the peoples of Europe , RESOLVED to ensure the economic and social progress of their countries by common action to eliminate the barriers which divide Europe , AFFIRMING as the essential objective of their efforts the constant improvements of the living and working conditions of their peoples , RECOGNISING that the removal of existing obstacles calls for concerted action in order to guarantee steady expansion, balanced trade and fair competition , ANXIOUS to strengthen the unity of their economies and to ensure their harmonious devel opment by reducing the differences existing between the various regions and the backwardness of the less-favoured regions , DESIRING to contribute, by means of a common commercial policy, to the progressive abolition of restrictions on international trade , INTENDING to confirm the solidarity which binds Europe and the overseas countries and desiring to ensure the development of their prosperity, in accordance with the principles of the Charter of the United Nations , RESOLVED by thus pooling their resources to preserve and strengthen peace and liberty, and calling upon the other peoples of Europe who share their ideal to join in their efforts , DETERMINED to promote the development of the highest possible level of knowledge for their peoples through a wide access to education and through its continuous updating, HAVE DECIDED to create a EUROPEAN COMMUNITY and to this end have designated as their Plenipotentiaries : HIS MAJESTY THE KING OF THE BELGIANS : Mr Paul Henri SPAAK, Minister for Foreign Affairs , Baron J. Ch . SNOY ET D'OPPUERS, Secretary-General of the Ministry of Economic Affairs , Head of the Belgian Delegation to the Intergovernmental Conference ; (') The Kingdom of Denmark, the Hellenic Republic, the Kingdom of Spain, Ireland , the Republic of Austria, the Portuguese Republic, the Republic of Finland, the Kingdom of Sweden and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland have since become members of the European Community . C 340/ 180 EN Official Journal of the European Communities 10 . 11 . 97 THE PRESIDENT OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY : Dr . Konrad ADENAUER, Federal Chancellor, Professor Dr. Walter HALLSTEIN, State Secretary of the Federal Foreign Office ; THE PRESIDENT OF THE FRENCH REPUBLIC : Mr Christian