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SINGLEEUROPEANACT

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HIS MAJESTY THEKING OFTHEBELGIANS,

HERMAJESTY THEQUEENOFDENMARK,

THEPRESIDENTOFTHEFEDERALREPUBLICOFGERMANY,

THEPRESIDENTOFTHEHELLENIC REPUBLIC,

HIS MAJESTY THEKING OFSPAIN,

THEPRESIDENTOF THEFRENCHREPUBLIC,

THEPRESIDENTOF IRELAND,

THEPRESIDENTOF THEITALIANREPUBLIC,

HIS ROYALHIGHNESSTHEGRAND DUKE OFLUXEMBOURG,

HERMAJESTY THEQUEEN OFTHENETHERLANDS,

THEPRESIDENTOF THEPORTUGUESEREPUBLIC,

HER MAJESTY THEQUEEN OF THEUNITED KINGDOM OFGREAT BRITAINAND NORTHERN IRELAND,

MOVED bythewill tocontinuetheworkundertakenonthebasisoftheTreatiesestablishingtheEuropean CommunitiesandtotransformrelationsasawholeamongtheirStatesintoaEuropeanUnion,inaccordance withtheSolemnDeclarationofStuttgartof19June1983,

RESOLVED toimplementthisEuropean Union onthebasis, firstly,oftheCommunities operatingin accordancewith theirownrulesand,secondly,ofEuropeanCooperationamongtheSignatoryStatesinthe sphereofforeignpolicyandtoinvestthisunionwiththenecessarymeans ofaction,

DETERMINEDtoworktogethertopromotedemocracyonthebasisofthefundamentalrightsrecognizedin theconstitutionsandlawsoftheMember States,intheConventionfortheProtectionofHuman Rightsand FundamentalFreedomsandtheEuropeanSocialCharter,notablyfreedom,equalityandsocialjustice,

CONVINCEDthattheEuropeanidea,theresultsachievedinthefieldsofeconomicintegrationandpolitical cooperation,andtheneedfornewdevelopmentscorrespondtothewishes ofthedemocracticpeoplesof Europe,forwhom theEuropean Parliament,electedbyuniversalsuffrage,isanindispensablemeans of expression,

AWARE oftheresponsibilityincumbentuponEuropetoaimatspeakingeverincreasinglywithonevoiceand toact with consistency and solidarityinorder more effectively toprotect itscommon interestsand independence,inparticulartodisplaytheprinciplesofdemocracyandcompliancewith thelawandwith humanrightstowhich theyareattached,sothattogethertheymay make theirowncontributiontothe preservationofinternationalpeaceandsecurityinaccordancewiththeundertakingenteredintobythemwithin theframeworkoftheUnited NationsCharter,

DETERMINEDtoimprovetheeconomicandsocialsituationbyextendingcommonpoliciesandpursuingnew objectives,andtoensureasmootherfunctioningoftheCommunitiesbyenablingtheInstitutionstoexercise theirpowersunderconditionsmost inkeepingwith Communityinterests,

WHEREAS attheirConferenceinParisfrom19to21 October 1972theHeads ofStateorofGovernment approvedtheobjectiveoftheprogressiverealizationofEconomicandMonetary Union,

HAVINGREGARDtotheAnnextotheconclusionsofthePresidencyoftheEuropeanCouncilinBremenon6 and7July1978 andtheresolutionoftheEuropean Council inBrussels on5 December 1978 onthe introductionoftheEuropeanMonetary System(EMS)andrelatedquestions,andnotingthatinaccordance

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with thatResolution,theCommunityandtheCentralBanksoftheMember Stateshavetakenanumberof measures intendedtoimplementmonetary cooperation,

HAVEDECIDEDtoadoptthisActandtothisendhavedesignatedastheirplenipotentiaries:

HIS MAJESTY THEKING OF THEBELGIANS: Mr LeoTINDEMANS, Minister forExternalRelations

HERMAJESTY THEQUEENOFDENMARK: Mr Uffe ELLEMANN-JENSEN, Minister forForeignAffairs

THEPRESIDENTOF THEFEDERALREPUBLIC OF GERMANY: Mr Hans-Dietrich GENSCHER, FederalMinister ofForeignAffairs

THEPRESIDENTOF THEHELLENIC REPUBLIC: Mr KarolosPAPOULIAS, Minister forForeignAffairs

HIS MAJESTY THEKING OF SPAIN: Mr FranciscoFERNANDEZORDONEZ, Minister forForeignAffairs

THEPRESIDENTOF THEFRENCHREPUBLIC: Mr RolandDUMAS, Minister forExternalRelations

THEPRESIDENTOF IRELAND: Mr PeterBARRY,T.D., Minister forForeignAffairs

THEPRESIDENTOF THEITALIANREPUBLIC: Mr Giulio ANDREOTTI, Minister forForeignAffairs

HIS ROYALHIGHNESS THEGRAND DUKE OF LUXEMBOURG: Mr RobertGOEBBELS, StateSecretary,Ministry forForeignAffairs

HERMAJESTY THEQUEEN OFTHENETHERLANDS: Mr HansvandenBROEK, Minister forForeignAffairs

THEPRESIDENTOF THEPORTUGUESEREPUBLIC: Mr PedroPIRESDE MIRANDA, Minister forForeignAffairs

HERMAJESTY THEQUEEN OF THEUNITED KINGDOM OFGREAT BRITAINANDNORTHERN IRELAND: Mrs LyndaCHALKER, Minister ofStateforForeignandCommonwealthAffairs

WHO,havingexchangedtheirfullpowers,foundingoodanddueform:

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TITLEI

COMMONPROVISIONS

Article 1 President of the Commission of the European Communities.TheyshallbeassistedbytheMinisters for The European Communities and European Political ForeignAffairsandbyaMember oftheCommission. Co-operation shallhaveastheirobjectivetocontribute togethertomaking concreteprogresstowardsEuropean unity. TheEuropeanCouncilshallmeet atleasttwiceayear.

The European Communities shall be foundedon the Treaties establishing the European Coal und Steel Community, theEuropean Economic Community, the Article 3 European Atomic Energy Community and on the subsequentTreatiesandActs modifying orsupplementing them. 1. The institutions of the European Communities, henceforth designated as referred tohereafter, shall exercisetheirpowersandjurisdictionundertheconditions PoliticalCo-operationshallbegovernedbyTitleIII. The and for thepurposes provided for by theTreaties provisionsofthatTitleshallconfirmandsupplementthe establishing theCommunities and by thesubsequent proceduresagreedinthereportsofLuxembourg(1970), TreatiesandActsmodifyingorsupplementingthemandby Copenhagen (1973), London (1981), the Solemn theprovisionsofTitleII. Declaration onEuropeanUnion (1983)andthepractices graduallyestablishedamongtheMember States.

2. TheinstitutionsandbodiesresponsibleforEuropean Article 2 Political Co-operation shall exercise theirpowers and jurisdictionundertheconditionsandforthepurposeslaid TheEuropeanCouncil shallbringtogethertheHeads of downinTitleIIIandinthedocumentsreferredtointhe State orofGovernment oftheMember States andthe thirdparagraphofArticle 1.

TITLEII

PROVISIONS AMENDING THE TREATIES ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES

CHAPTERI not be competent tohear and determine actions brought by Member States or by Community PROVISIONS AMENDING THE TREATY ESTABLISHING Institutionsor questions referredfora preliminary THEEUROPEANCOALANDSTEELCOMMUNITY rulingunderArticle41.

Article 4 2. TheCouncil,followingtheprocedurelaiddownin paragraph1,shalldeterminethecompositionofthat The ECSC Treaty is supplemented by thefollowing court and adopt the necessary adjustments and provisions: additionalprovisionstotheStatuteoftheCourt of Justice. Unless theCouncil decides otherwise, the provisions ofthisTreaty relatingtotheCourt of 'Article 32d Justice,inparticulartheprovisionsoftheProtocolon theStatuteoftheCourtofJustice,shallapplytothat 1. At therequestoftheCourt ofJusticeandafter court. consulting the Commission and the European Parliament, theCouncil may, acting unanimously, attachtotheCourtofJusticeacourtwithjurisdiction 3. Themembers ofthatcourtshallbechosenfrom tohearanddetermineatfirstinstance,subjecttoa personswhoseindependenceisbeyonddoubtandwho rightofappealtotheCourtofJusticeonpointsoflaw possesstheabilityrequiredforappointmenttojudicial onlyandinaccordancewith theconditionslaiddown office;theyshallbeappointedbycommonaccordof bytheStatute,certainclassesofactionorproceeding theGovernmentsoftheMember Statesforatermofsix broughtbynaturalorlegalpersons. Thatcourtshall years.Themembershipshallbepartiallyrenewedevery

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threeyears. Retiring members shallbe eligible for 'Aftertheendofthesecondstage,however,theCouncil reappointment. shall,actingbyaqualifiedmajorityonaproposalfrom theCommissionandinco-operationwiththeEuropean Parliament,issuedirectivesfortheco-ordinationof 4. Thatcourtshallestablishitsrulesofprocedurein suchprovisionsas,ineachMember State,areamatter agreementwith theCourtofJustice.Thoserulesshall forregulationoradministrativeaction.'. requiretheunanimousapprovaloftheCouncil.'.

6. InArticle57(1)oftheEECTreatytheterms'andafter consultingtheAssembly'shallbe replacedby 'andin Article 5 co-operationwiththeEuropeanParliament'. Article 45oftheECSC Treaty issupplementedbythe followingparagraph: 7. InArticle57(2)oftheEECTreaty,thethirdsentence shallbereplacedbythefollowing: TheCouncilmay,actingunanimouslyattherequestof the Court of Justice and after consulting the 'InothercasestheCouncil shallactby aqualified CommissionandtheEuropeanParliament,amendthe majority, in co-operation with the European provisionsofTitleIIIoftheStatute.'. Parliament.'.

CHAPTERII Article 7

PROVISIONS AMENDING THE TREATY ESTABLISHING Article 149oftheEEC Treatyshallbereplacedbythe THEEUROPEANECONOMICCOMMUNITY followingprovisions:

'Article 149 SectionI 1. Where,inpursuanceofthisTreaty,theCouncil InstitutionalProvisions actsonaproposalfromtheCommission,unanimity shallberequiredforanactconstitutinganamendment tothatproposal. Article 6

1. A co-operationprocedureshallbeintroducedwhich 2. Where, inpursuanceofthisTreaty,theCouncil shallapplytoactsbasedonArticles 7,49,54(2),56(2), actsinco-operationwiththeEuropeanParliament,the secondsentence, 57 with theexceptionofthesecond followingprocedureshallapply: sentenceofparagraph2thereof,100a,100b,118a,130e (a)TheCouncil,actingbyaqualifiedmajority under and130q(2)oftheEECTreaty. theconditionsofparagraph1,onaproposalfrom theCommissionandafterobtainingtheOpinionof 2. InArticle7,secondparagraphoftheEECTreatythe theEuropeanParliament,shalladoptacommon terms'afterconsultingtheAssembly'shallbereplacedby position. 'inco-operationwiththeEuropeanParliament'. (b)The Council's common position shall be communicatedtotheEuropean Parliament. The 3. InArticle49oftheEECTreatytheterms'theCouncil Council and theCommission shall informthe shall,actingonaproposalfromtheCommissionandafter EuropeanParliamentfullyofthereasonswhichled consultingtheEconomicandSocialCommittee',shallbe theCounciltoadoptitscommonpositionandalso replacedby 'theCouncil shall, acting by a qualified oftheCommission'sposition. majority on a proposal from the Commission, in co-operation with theEuropean Parliament and after If,withinthreemonthsofsuchcommunication,the consultingtheEconomicandSocialCommittee'. European Parliament approves this common positionorhasnottakenadecisionwithin that period,theCouncilshalldefinitivelyadopttheactin 4. InArticle 54(2) oftheEEC Treaty theterms'the questioninaccordancewiththecommonposition. Council shall,onaproposalfromtheCommission and afterconsultingtheEconomicandSocialCommitteeand (c)TheEuropeanParliamentmaywithintheperiodof theAssembly',shallbe replacedby 'theCouncil shall, threemonthsreferredtoinpoint(b),byanabsolute actingonaproposalfromtheCommission,incooperation majority of its component members, propose with theEuropean Parliament andafterconsultingthe EconomicandSocialCommittee'. amendmentstotheCouncil'scommonposition. TheEuropeanParliamentmay also,bythesame majority, rejecttheCouncil'scommonposition. 5. InArticle56(2)oftheEECTreatythesecondsentence Theresultoftheproceedingsshallbetransmittedto isreplacedbythefollowing: theCouncilandtheCommission.

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Article 10 If the European Parliament has rejected the Council'scommon position, unanimity shall be requiredfortheCouncil toact on a second Article145oftheEECTreatyshallbesupplementedbythe reading. followingprovision: '— conferontheCommission,intheactswhich the (d)The Commission shall, within a period ofone Counciladopts,powersfortheimplementationof month,re-examinetheproposalonthebasisof theruleswhich theCouncil laysdown. The whichtheCounciladopteditscommonposition,by Council may impose certain requirements in takingintoaccounttheamendmentsproposedby respectof theexercise of thesepowers. The theEuropeanParliament. Council may alsoreservetheright,inspecific cases, toexercisedirectlyimplementingpowers TheCommission shallforwardtotheCouncil,at itself.Theproceduresreferredtoabovemust be thesametimeas itsre-examinedproposal, the consonantwith principlesandrulestobelaid amendmentsoftheEuropeanParliamentwhich it down in advance by the Council, acting hasnotaccepted,andshallexpressitsopinionon unanimouslyonaproposalfromtheCommission them.TheCouncil may adopttheseamendments andafterobtainingtheOpinion oftheEuropean unanimously. Parliament.'. (e)TheCouncil,actingbyaqualifiedmajority,shall adopt the proposal as re-examined by the Commission. Article 11

Unanimity shallbe requiredfortheCouncil to TheEECTreatyshallbesupplementedbythefollowing amend the proposal as re-examined by the provisions: Commission.

'Article 168a (f) Inthecasesreferredtoinpoints(c),(d)and(e),the Councilshallberequiredtoactwithin aperiodof 1. At therequestoftheCourt ofJusticeandafter threemonths. Ifnodecisionistakenwithin this consulting the Commission and the European period,theCommissionproposalshallbedeemed Parliament, theCouncil may, acting unanimously, nottohavebeenadopted. attachtotheCourtofJusticeacourtwithjurisdiction tohearanddetermineatfirstinstance,subjecttoa (g)Theperiodsreferredtoinpoints(b)and(f)maybe rightofappealtotheCourtofJusticeonpointsoflaw extendedbyamaximum ofonemonth bycommon onlyandinaccordancewith theconditionslaiddown accord between theCouncil and theEuropean bytheStatute,certainclassesofactionorproceeding Parliament. broughtbynaturalorlegalpersons.Thatcourtshall not be competent tohear and determine actions brought by Member States or by Community As longastheCouncilhasnotacted,theCommission Institutionsor questions referredfora preliminary mayalteritsproposalatanytimeduringtheprocedures rulingunderArticle 177. mentioned inparagraphs1 and2.'.

2. TheCouncil,followingtheprocedurelaiddownin Article 8 paragraph1,shalldeterminethecompositionofthat court and adopt the necessary adjustments and additionalprovisionstotheStatuteoftheCourt of ThefirstparagraphofArticle237oftheEECTreatyshall Justice. Unless theCouncil decides otherwise, the bereplacedbythefollowingprovision: provisions ofthisTreaty relatingtotheCourt of 'AnyEuropeanStatemayapplytobecomeamemberof Justice,inparticulartheprovisionsoftheProtocolon theCommunity. Itshalladdressitsapplicationtothe theStatuteoftheCourtofJustice,shallapplytothat court. Council,which shallactunanimouslyafterconsulting theCommission andafterreceivingtheassentofthe European Parliamentwhich shallactbyanabsolute 3. Themembers ofthatcourtshallbechosenfrom majority ofitscomponentmembers.'. personswhoseindependenceisbeyonddoubtandwho possesstheabilityrequiredforappointmenttojudicial office;theyshallbeappointedbycommonaccordof Article 9 theGovernmentsoftheMember Statesforatermofsix years.Themembershipshallbepartiallyrenewedevery ThesecondparagraphofArticle 238oftheEECTreaty threeyears. Retiring members shallbe eligible for shallbereplacedbythefollowingprovision: reappointment. 'TheseagreementsshallbeconcludedbytheCouncil, actingunanimouslyandafterreceivingtheassentofthe 4. Thatcourtshallestablishitsrulesofprocedurein European Parliamentwhich shallactbyanabsolute agreementwiththeCourtofJustice.Thoserulesshall majority ofitscomponentmembers.'. requiretheunanimousapprovaloftheCouncil.'.

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Article 12 'Article 8c

Asecondparagraphwordedasfollowsshallbeinsertedin When drawing up itsproposals with a view to Article 188oftheEECTreaty: achievingtheobjectives setout inArticle 8a, the Commission shalltakeintoaccounttheextentofthe 'TheCouncilmay,actingunanimouslyattherequestof effortthatcertaineconomiesshowingdifferencesin the Court of Justice and after consulting the developmentwill havetosustainduringtheperiodof CommissionandtheEuropeanParliament,amendthe establishmentoftheinternalmarketanditmaypropose provisionsofTitleIIIoftheStatute.'. appropriateprovisions.

Iftheseprovisionstaketheformofderogations,they mustbeofatemporarynatureandmustcausetheleast SectionII possibledisturbancetothefunctioningofthecommon market.'. Provisionsrelatingtothefoundationsandthepolicyofthe Community Article 16

Sub-sectionI— Internalmarket 1. Article28oftheEECTreatyshallbereplacedbythe followingprovisions:

'Article 28 Article 13 Any autonomousalterationorsuspensionofdutiesin TheEECTreatyshallbesupplementedbythefollowing thecommoncustomstariffshallbedecidedbythe provisions: Council actingbyaqualifiedmajority onaproposal fromtheCommission.'. 'Article 8a 2. InArticle 57(2) of theEEC Treaty, thesecond TheCommunityshalladoptmeasures with theaimof sentenceshallbereplacedbythefollowing: progressivelyestablishingtheinternalmarket overa periodexpiringon31December 1992,inaccordance 'Unanimity shall be required for directives the with theprovisionsofthisArticle andofArticles 8b, implementationof which involvesinat leastone 8c,28,57(2),59,70(1),84,99,100aand100band Member Stateamendmentoftheexistingprincipleslaid without prejudice totheother provisions of this downbylawgoverningtheprofessionswithrespectto Treaty. trainingandconditionsofaccessfornaturalpersons.'.

The internalmarket shallcompriseanareawithout 3. InthesecondparagraphofArticle 59 oftheEEC internalfrontiersinwhichthefreemovementofgoods, Treaty,'unanimously'shallbereplacedby'byaqualified persons,servicesandcapitalisensuredinaccordance majority'. withtheprovisionsofthisTreaty.'. 4. InArticle 70(1) oftheEEC Treaty,thelasttwo sentencesshallbereplacedbythefollowing: Article 14 'For thispurposetheCouncil shallissuedirectives, actingbyaqualifiedmajority. Itshallendeavourto TheEECTreatyshallbesupplementedbythefollowing attain thehighest possible degree ofliberalization. provisions: Unanimity shall be required for measures which constituteastepbackasregardstheliberalizationof 'Article 8b capitalmovements.'.

The Commission shallreporttotheCouncil before 5. In Article 84(2) of theEEC Treaty, theterm 31December1988andagainbefore31December1990 'unanimously' shall be replaced by 'by a qualified ontheprogressmade towardsachievingtheinternal majority'. market withinthetimelimitfixedinArticle 8a. 6. Article84(2)oftheEECTreatyshallbesupplemented The Council, acting by a qualified majority on a bythefollowingparagraph: proposalfromtheCommission, shalldeterminethe guidelinesandconditionsnecessarytoensurebalanced 'The proceduralprovisionsofArticle 75(1) and(3) progressinallthesectorsconcerned.'. shallapply.'.

Article 15 Article 17

TheEECTreatyshallbesupplementedbythefollowing Article 99 oftheEEC Treaty shallbereplacedbythe provisions: followingprovisions:

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'Article 99 5. The harmonization measures referredtoabove shall,inappropriatecases,includeasafeguardclause TheCouncil shall,actingunanimouslyonaproposal authorizingtheMember Statestotake,foroneormore from the Commission and after consulting the ofthenon-economicreasonsreferredtoinArticle 36, European Parliament, adopt provisions for the provisionalmeasures subjecttoaCommunitycontrol harmonizationoflegislationconcerningturnovertaxes, procedure.'. excisedutiesandotherformsofindirecttaxationtothe extentthatsuchharmonizationisnecessarytoensure theestablishmentandthefunctioningoftheinternal Article 19 market withinthetimelimitlaiddowninArticle 8a.'. TheEECTreatyshallbesupplementedbythefollowing provisions: Article 18 'Article 100b TheEECTreatyshallbesupplementedbythefollowing provisions: 1. During 1992,theCommissionshall,togetherwith eachMember State,drawupaninventoryofnational 'Article 100a laws,regulationsandadministrativeprovisionswhich fallunder Article 100a andwhich have not been 1. By way ofderogationfromArticle 100andsave harmonizedpursuanttothatArticle. whereotherwiseprovidedinthisTreaty,thefollowing provisions shall apply fortheachievement of the objectivessetoutinArticle 8a. The Council shall, TheCouncil,actinginaccordancewiththeprovisions actingbyaqualifiedmajority onaproposalfromthe ofArticle100a,maydecidethattheprovisionsinforce Commission in co-operation with the European in a Member State must be recognizedas being Parliament and afterconsultingtheEconomic and equivalenttothoseappliedbyanotherMember State. Social Committee, adopt the measures for the approximationoftheprovisionslaiddownbylaw, regulationoradministrativeactioninMember States 2. TheprovisionsofArticle 100a(4)shallapplyby which have as theirobject theestablishment and analogy. functioningoftheinternalmarket.

3. The Commission shall draw up theinventory 2. Paragraph1 shallnotapplytofiscalprovisions,to referredtointhefirstsubparagraphofparagraph1and thoserelatingtothefreemovement ofpersonsnorto shallsubmitappropriateproposalsingoodtimeto allowtheCounciltoactbeforetheendof1992.'. thoserelatingtotherightsandinterestsofemployed persons.

3. The Commission, initsproposals envisagedin Sub-sectionII— Monetary capacity paragraph1 concerninghealth,safety,environmental protectionandconsumerprotection,willtakeasabase ahighlevelofprotection. Article 20

4. If,aftertheadoptionofaharmonizationmeasure 1. A newChapter 1 shallbe insertedinPart Three, by theCouncil acting by a qualified majority, a TitleIIoftheEECTreatyreadingasfollows: Member State deems itnecessarytoapplynational provisionsongroundsofmajor needsreferredtoin 'CHAPTER 1 Article36,orrelatingtoprotectionoftheenvironment or theworking environment, it shall notify the CO-OPERATION IN ECONOMIC AND MONETARY Commissionoftheseprovisions. POLICY(ECONOMICANDMONETARY UNION)

TheCommissionshallconfirmtheprovisionsinvolved Article 102a afterhavingverified thattheyarenot a means of arbitrarydiscriminationoradisguisedrestrictionon tradebetweenMember States. 1. Inordertoensuretheconvergenceofeconomicand monetary policieswhich isnecessaryforthefurther developmentoftheCommunity,Member Statesshall Bywayofderogationfromtheprocedurelaiddownin co-operate in accordance with the objectives of Articles 169andJ70,theCommissionoranyMember Article 104.Insodoing,theyshalltakeaccountofthe Statemay bringthematter directlybeforetheCourtof experience acquired in co-operation within the JusticeifitconsidersthatanotherMember State is frameworkoftheEuropeanMonetary System(EMS) makingimproperuseofthepowersprovidedforinthis andindevelopingtheECU,andshallrespectexisting Article. powersinthisfield.

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Sub-sectionIV— Economicandsocialcohesion 2. Insofarasfurtherdevelopmentinthefieldof economicandmonetarypolicynecessitatesinstitutional changes, theprovisions of Article 236 shall be applicable. The Monetary Committee and the Article 23 CommitteeofGovernorsoftheCentralBanksshallalso be consultedregardinginstitutionalchangesinthe ATitleVshallbeaddedtoPartThreeoftheEECTreaty monetary area.'. readingasfollows:

2. Chapters1,2and3shallbecomeChapters2,3and4 respectively.

'TITLEV Sub-sectionIII— Socialpolicy ECONOMICAND SOCIALCOHESION

Article 21 Article 130a TheEECTreatyshallbesupplementedbythefollowing provisions: In order to promote its overall harmonious development,theCommunityshalldevelopandpursue 'Article 118a itsactionsleadingtothestrengtheningofitseconomic andsocialcohesion. 1. Member States shallpay particularattentionto encouragingimprovements,especiallyintheworking environment, as regardsthehealth and safety of InparticulartheCommunity shallaimatreducing workers, and shall set as their objective the disparities between the various regions and the harmonization of condition in this area, while backwardnessoftheleast-favouredregions. maintaining theimprovementsmade.

2. Inordertohelpachievetheobjectivelaiddownin Article 130b thefirstparagraph,theCouncil,actingbyaqualified majority on a proposal fromtheCommission, in Member Statesshallconducttheireconomicpolicies, co-operationwith theEuropeanParliamentandafter and shall coordinatethem, insucha way as, in consultingtheEconomicandSocialCommittee,shall addition,toattaintheobjectivessetoutinArticle130a. adopt,bymeans ofdirectives,minimum requirements Theimplementationofthecommonpoliciesandofthe forgradual implementation, having regardtothe internalmarket shalltakeintoaccounttheobjectives conditionsandtechnicalrulesobtainingineachofthe setoutinArticle 130aandinArticle 130candshall Member States. contributetotheirachievement.TheCommunityshall supporttheachievementoftheseobjectives by the Such directives shallavoid imposingadministrative, actionittakesthroughthestructuralFunds(European financialandlegalconstraintsinaway which would Agricultural Guidance andGuarantee Fund,Guidance holdbackthecreationanddevelopmentofsmalland Section,European Social Fund,European Regional medium-sized untertakings. Development Fund),theEuropean InvestmentBank andtheotherexistingfinancialinstruments. 3. The provisionsadoptedpursuanttothisArticle shallnotpreventanyMember Statefrommaintaining or introducing more stringent measures for the Article 130c protectionofworking conditionscompatiblewith this Treaty.'. TheEuropeanRegionalDevelopmentFundisintended tohelpredresstheprincipalregionalimbalancesinthe Community throughparticipatinginthedevelopment Article 22 and structural adjustment of regions whose developmentislaggingbehindandintheconversionof TheEECTreatyshallbesupplementedbythefollowing decliningindustrialregions. provision:

'Article 118b Article 130a The Commission shall endeavour todevelop the dialoguebetweenmanagementandlabouratEuropean Once theSingle European Act entersintoforcethe levelwhichcould,ifthetwosidesconsideritdesirable, Commissionshallsubmitacomprehensiveproposalto leadtorelationsbasedonagreement.'. theCouncil,thepurposeofwhichwillbetomakesuch

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amendmentstothestructureandoperationalrulesof standardsandtheremovaloflegalandfiscalbarriersto theexistingstructuralFunds (European Agricultural thatco-operation. Guidance and Guarantee Fund, Guidance Section, European Social Fund, European Regional 3. Intheachievementoftheseaims,specialaccount Development Fund) as arenecessary toclarifyand shallbetakenoftheconnectionbetweenthecommon rationalizetheirtasksinordertocontributetothe researchand technologicaldevelopment effort, the achievementoftheobjectivessetoutinArticle 130a establishment of the internal market and the andArticle 130c, toincreasetheirefficiencyandto implementationofcommonpolicies,particularly as coordinatetheiractivitiesbetweenthemselvesandwith regardscompetitionandtrade. theoperationsoftheexistingfinancialinstruments. The Council shallactunanimouslyonthisproposal within a period of one year, after consultingthe Article 130g European Parliament andtheEconomic andSocial Committee. InpursuingtheseobjectivestheCommunityshallcarry out the following activities, complementing the activitiescarriedoutintheMember States: Article 130e (a)implementation of research, technological After adoption of the decision referred to in developmentanddemonstrationprogrammes,by Article 130d,implementingdecisionsrelatingtothe promotingco-operationwithundertakings,research EuropeanRegional Development Fundshallbetaken centresanduniversities; bytheCouncil,actingbyaqualifiedmajority ona (b)promotion of co-operation in the field of proposalfromtheCommissionandinco-operationwith Community research,technologicaldevelopment, theEuropeanParliament. and demonstration with third countries and internationalorganizations; With regardtotheEuropean Agricultural Guidance (c) disseminationandoptimizationoftheresultsof and Guarantee Fund, Guidance Section and the activities inCommunity research, technological EuropeanSocialFund,Articles43,126and127remain development,anddemonstration; applicablerespectively.'. (d)stimulation of the training and mobility of researchersintheCommunity. Sub-sectionV — Researchandtechnologicaldevelopment

Article 130h

Article 24 Member Statesshall,inliaisonwith theCommission, co-ordinate among themselves the policies and ATitleVIshallbeaddedtoPartThreeoftheEECTreaty programmes carriedout atnational level. Inclose readingasfollows: contactwiththeMember States,theCommissionmay take any useful initiative to promote such co-ordination. TITLEVI

RESEARCHAND TECHNOLOGICAL Article 130i DEVELOPMENT 1. The Community shall adopt a multiannual frameworkprogrammesettingoutallitsactivities.The Article 13Of frameworkprogrammeshalllaydownthescientificand technicalobjectives,definetheirrespectivepriorities, 1. The Community'saimshallbetostrengthenthe setoutthemainlinesoftheactivitiesenvisagedandfix theamountdeemednecessary,thedetailedrulesfor scientificandtechnologicalbasisofEuropeanindustry andtoencourageittobecomemore competitiveat financial participation by theCommunity in the internationallevel. programme asawhole andthebreakdownofthis amountbetweenthevariousactivitiesenvisaged.

2. In order to achieve this, it shall encourage 2. The frameworkprogrammemay be adaptedor undertakings including small and medium-sized supplemented,asthesituationchanges. undertakings,researchcentresanduniversitiesintheir researchandtechnologicaldevelopmentactivities; it shall supporttheirefforts toco-operate with one another,aiming,notably,atenablingundertakingsto Article 130k exploittheCommunity'sinternalmarket potentialto thefull, inparticular throughtheopening up of The frameworkprogramme shall be implemented nationalpubliccontracts, thedefinitionofcommon throughspecificprogrammesdevelopedwithin each

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activity. Each specificprogramme shall define the 2. The amount of the Community's annual detailedrulesforimplementingit,fixitsdurationand contributionshallbelaiddownunderthebudgetary provideforthemeans deemednecessary. procedure,withoutprejudicetootherpossiblemethods ofCommunity financing. The estimatedcostofthe specificprogrammesmust notinaggregateexceedthe TheCouncilshalldefinethedetailedarrangementsfor financialprovisionintheframeworkprogramme. thedissemination ofknowledge resultingfromthe specificprogrammes.

Article I30q Article 1301 1. The Council shall, acting unanimously on a proposalfromtheCommissionandafterconsultingthe In implementing the multiannual framework European Parliament andtheEconomic andSocial programme, supplementary programmes may be Committee, adopt the provisions referred to in decided on involvingtheparticipation of certain Articles 130iand130o. Member Statesonly,which shallfinancethemsubject topossibleCommunityparticipation. 2. TheCouncilshall,actingbyaqualifiedmajorityon The Council shall adopt therules applicable to aproposalfromtheCommission,afterconsultingthe supplementaryprogrammes,particularlyasregardsthe EconomicandSocialCommittee,andinco-operation disseminationofknowledgeandtheaccessofother with theEuropean Parliament,adopttheprovisions Member States. referredtoinArticles 130k, 1301,130m,130nand 13Op (1). The adoption of these supplementary programmesshallalsorequiretheagreementofthe Member Statesconcerned.'. Article 130m

In implementing the multiannual framework programme,theCommunitymay makeprovision,with Sub-sectionVI — Environment theagreementoftheMember States concerned, for participationinresearchanddevelopmentprogrammes undertaken by several Member States, including Article 25 participationinthestructurescreatedfortheexecution ofthoseprogrammes. ATitleVIIshallbeaddedtoPartThreeoftheEECTreaty readingasfollows:

Article 130n 'TITLEVII In implementing the multiannual framework programme,theCommunity may make provisionfor ENVIRONMENT co-operation in Community research, technological developmentanddemonstrationwiththirdcountriesor internationalorganizations. Article 130r Thedetailedarrangementsforsuchco-operationmaybe 1. Action by the Community relating to the thesubjectofinternationalagreementsbetween the environmentshallhavethefollowingobjectives: Communityandthethirdpartiesconcernedwhichshall be negotiated and concluded in accordance with — topreserve,protectandimprovethequalityofthe Article 228. environment, — tocontributetowardsprotectinghumanhealth, Article 130o — toensure a prudent andrationalutilization of naturalresources. TheCommunitymay setupjointundertakingsorany otherstructurenecessaryfortheefficientexecutionof 2. Action by the Community relating to the programmes of Community research, technological environment shall be based on theprinciples that developmentanddemonstration. preventiveactionshouldbetaken,thatenvironmental damageshouldasapriorityberectifiedatsource,and thatthepollutershouldpay.Environmentalprotection Article 130p requirementsshallbeacomponentoftheCommunity's otherpolicies. 1. The detailed arrangements for financing each programme, includinganyCommunity contribution, shallbeestablishedatthetimeoftheadoptionofthe 3. Inpreparingitsactionrelatingtotheenvironment, programme. theCommunityshalltakeaccountof:

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'Article 140a — availablescientificandtechnicaldata, — environmentalconditionsinthevariousregionsof 1. At therequestoftheCourt ofJusticeandafter theCommunity, consulting the Commission and the European Parliament, theCouncil may, acting unanimously, — thepotentialbenefitsandcostsofactionoroflack attachtotheCourtofJusticeacourtwithjurisdiction ofaction, tohearanddetermineatfirstinstance,subjecttoa — the economic and social development of the rightofappealtotheCourtofJusticeonpointsoflaw Community as a whole and the balanced onlyandinaccordancewith theconditionslaiddown developmentofitsregions. bytheStatute,certainclassesofactionorproceeding broughtbynaturalorlegalpersons.Thatcourtshall 4. TheCommunity shalltakeactionrelatingtothe not be competent tohear and determine actions environmenttotheextenttowhich theobjectives brought by Member States or by Community referredtoinparagraph1 canbeattainedbetterat Institutionsor questions referredfora preliminary Community levelthanattheleveloftheindividual rulingunderArticle 150. Member States.Without prejudicetocertainmeasures of a Community nature, theMember States shall financeandimplementtheothermeasures. 2. TheCouncil,followingtheprocedurelaiddownin paragraph1,shalldeterminethecompositionofthat 5. Within theirrespectivespheresofcompetence,the court and adopt the necessary adjustments and Community andtheMember States shallco-operate additionalprovisionstotheStatuteoftheCourt of withthirdcountriesandwiththerelevantinternational Justice. Unless theCouncil decides otherwise, the organizations. The arrangements for Community provisions ofthisTreaty relatingtotheCourt of co-operationmaybethesubjectofagreementsbetween Justice,inparticulartheprovisionsoftheProtocolon theCommunityandthethirdpartiesconcerned,which theStatuteoftheCourtofJustice,shallapplytothat court. shallbenegotiatedandconcludedinaccordancewith Article 228.

3. Themembers ofthatcourtshallbechosenfrom Thepreviousparagraphshallbewithout prejudiceto personswhoseindependenceisbeyonddoubtandwho Member States' competence to negotiate in internationalbodies and toconclude international possesstheabilityrequiredforappointmenttojudicial agreements. office;theyshallbeappointedbycommonaccordof theGovernmentsoftheMember Statesforatermofsix years.Themembershipshallbepartiallyrenewedevery Article 130s threeyears. Retiring members shallbe eligiblefor reappointment. TheCouncil,actingunanimouslyonaproposalfrom theCommission andafterconsultingtheEuropean 4. Thatcourtshallestablishitsrulesofprocedurein ParliamentandtheEconomicandSocialCommittee, agreementwith theCourtofJustice.Thoserulesshall shall decide what action is tobe takenby the requiretheunanimousapprovaloftheCouncil.'. Community.

TheCouncil shall,undertheconditionslaiddownin theprecedingsubparagraph,definethosematters on Article 27 which decisions are tobe takenby a qualified majority. AsecondparagraphshallbeinsertedinArticle160ofthe EAECTreatywordedasfollows: Article 130t 'TheCouncilmay,actingunanimouslyattherequestof the Court of Justice and after consulting the Theprotectivemeasures adoptedincommonpursuant CommissionandtheEuropeanParliament,amendthe toArticle 130sshallnotpreventanyMember State provisionsofTitleIIIoftheStatute.'. from maintaining or introducing more stringent protectivemeasures compatiblewiththisTreaty.'.

CHAPTERIV CHAPTERIII GENERALPROVISIONS PROVISIONS AMENDING THE TREATY ESTABLISHING THEEUROPEANATOMIC ENERGYCOMMUNITY Article 28

Article 26 TheprovisionsofthisActshallbewithoutprejudicetothe provisionsoftheInstrumentsofAccessionoftheKingdom TheEAECTreatyshallbesupplementedbythefollowing ofSpain andthePortugueseRepublic totheEuropean provisions: Communities.

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Article 29 levelandscaleoffundingofwhichshallbefixedpursuant toadecisionoftheCouncilactingbyaqualifiedmajority In Article 4 (2) of Council Decision 85/257/EEC, after obtaining theagreement of theMember States concerned'. Euratomof7May 1985ontheCommunities'systemof ownresources,thewords'thelevelandscaleoffundingof which will befixedpursuanttoadecisionoftheCouncil This amendmentshallnotaffectthelegalnatureofthe aforementionedDecision. actingunanimously'shallbereplacedbythewords 'the

TITLEIII

TREATYPROVISIONSON EUROPEANCO-OPERATIONINTHESPHEREOF FOREIGN POLICY

Article 30 3. (a)TheMinisters forForeignAffairsandamemberof theCommission shallmeet atleastfourtimesa EuropeanCo-operationinthesphereofforeignpolicyshall yearwithin theframeworkofEuropeanPolitical begovernedbythefollowingprovisions: Co-operation.Theymayalsodiscussforeignpolicy matters within the framework of Political Co-operation ontheoccasionofmeetings ofthe 1. TheHigh ContractingParties,beingmembers ofthe CounciloftheEuropeanCommunities. European Communities, shallendeavourjointlyto formulateandimplementaEuropeanforeignpolicy. (b)TheCommissionshallbefullyassociatedwiththe proceedingsofPoliticalCo-operation.

2. (a)TheHighContractingPartiesundertaketoinform (c)Inordertoensuretheswiftadoptionofcommon andconsulteach other on any foreignpolicy positionsandtheimplementationofjointaction, mattersofgeneralinterestsoastoensurethattheir theHigh Contracting Parties shall, as faras combinedinfluenceisexercisedaseffectivelyas possible,refrainfromimpedingtheformationofa possiblethroughco-ordination,theconvergenceof consensusandthejointactionwhich thiscould theirpositionsandtheimplementationofjoint action. produce.

(b)Consultations shalltakeplace beforetheHigh 4. The High Contracting Parties shallensurethatthe ContractingPartiesdecideontheirfinalposition. European Parliament is closely associated with European Political Co-operation. To thatendthe Presidency shall regularly inform the European (c)In adopting itspositions and initsnational Parliamentoftheforeignpolicyissueswhicharebeing measures eachHigh ContractingPartyshalltake examined within the framework of Political fullaccountofthepositionsoftheotherpartners Co-operation andshallensurethattheviewsofthe andshallgivedueconsiderationtothedesirability European Parliament are duly taken into ofadoptingandimplementingcommonEuropean consideration. positions.

Inordertoincreasetheircapacityforjointaction 5. TheexternalpoliciesoftheEuropeanCommunityand intheforeignpolicyfield,theHigh Contracting thepoliciesagreedinEuropeanPoliticalCo-operation must beconsistent. Partiesshallensurethatcommonprinciplesand objectivesaregraduallydevelopedanddefined. ThePresidencyandtheCommission,eachwithin its own sphere of competence, shall have special The determination of common positions shall responsibilityforensuringthatsuchconsistencyis constituteapointofreferenceforthepoliciesof soughtandmaintained. theHighContractingParties.

(d)TheHigh ContractingPartiesshallendeavourto 6. (a)TheHigh ContractingPartiesconsiderthatcloser avoidanyactionorpositionwhich impairstheir co-operationonquestionsofEuropean security effectivenessasacohesiveforceininternational would contribute inan essential way tothe relationsorwithininternationalorganizations. developmentofaEuropean identityinexternal

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policymatters.Theyarereadytoco-ordinatetheir (b)ThePresidencyshallberesponsibleforinitiating positions more closely on the political and action and coordinating and representingthe economicaspectsofsecurity. positionsoftheMember Statesinrelationswith thirdcountriesinrespectofEuropean Political Co-operationactivities.Itshallalsoberesponsible (b)TheHigh Contracting Partiesaredeterminedto forthemanagement ofPoliticalCo-operationand maintain the technological and industrial inparticular fordrawing up thetimetableof conditionsnecessaryfortheirsecurity.Theyshall meetings and for convening and organizing worktothatendbothatnationalleveland,where meetings. appropriate, within the framework of the competentinstitutionsandbodies. (c) ThePoliticalDirectors shallmeet regularlyinthe PoliticalCommitteeinordertogivethenecessary (c) Nothing in this Title shall impede closer impetus, maintain thecontinuity of European co-operationinthefieldofsecuritybetweencertain Political Co-operation and prepare Ministers' of the High Contracting Parties within the discussions. frameworkoftheWestern EuropeanUnionorthe AtlanticAlliance. (d)The Political Committee or, if necessary, a ministerial meeting shallconvenewithin48hours . attherequestofatleastthreeMember States. 7. (a)Ininternationalinstitutionsandatinternational conferences which they attend, the High Contracting Parties shall endeavour toadopt (e) The European Correspondents'Group shallbe commonpositionsonthesubjectscoveredbythis Title. responsible,underthedirectionofthePolitical Committee,formonitoringtheimplementationof EuropeanPoliticalCo-operationandforstudying (b)Ininternationalinstitutionsandatinternational generalorganizationalproblems. conferencesinwhichnotalltheHighContracting Partiesparticipate,thosewhodoparticipateshall (f) Working groups shallmeet asdirected by the takefullaccountofpositionsagreedinEuropean PoliticalCommittee. PoliticalCo-operation.

(g)A Secretariat based inBrussels shallassistthe 8. TheHighContractingPartiesshallorganizeapolitical Presidency inpreparing and implementingthe dialoguewith thirdcountriesandregionalgroupings activitiesofEuropeanPoliticalCo-operationandin whenevertheydeemitnecessary. administrativematters.Itshallcarryoutitsduties undertheauthorityofthePresidency.

9. TheHigh Contracting PartiesandtheCommission, throughmutual assistance and information, shall 11. Asregardsprivilegesandimmunities,themembersof intensifyco-operationbetweentheirrepresentations theEuropeanPoliticalCooperation Secretariatshall accredited tothirdcountries and tointernational be treatedinthesameway as members ofthe organizations. diplomaticmissions oftheHigh Contracting Parties basedinthesameplaceastheSecretariat.

10. (a)ThePresidencyofEuropeanPoliticalCo-operation shallbeheldbytheHighContractingPartywhich 12. FiveyearsaftertheentryintoforceofthisAct the holds the Presidency of theCouncil of the High ContractingPartiesshallexaminewhether any EuropeanCommunities. revisionofTitleIIIisrequired.

TITLE V

GENERAL AND FINALPROVISIONS

Article 31 European Economic Community and the Treaty establishing theEuropean Atomic Energy Community The provisionsoftheTreaty establishingtheEuropean concerningthepowers oftheCourt ofJusticeofthe Coal andSteel Community, theTreaty establishingthe EuropeanCommunities andtheexerciseofthosepowers

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shallapplyonly totheprovisions ofTitle IIandto requirements. The instrumentsof ratificationwill be Article 32;theyshallapplytothoseprovisionsunderthe depositedwiththeGovernmentoftheItalianRepublic. sameconditionsasfortheprovisionsofthesaidTreaties. 2. ThisAct will enterintoforceonthefirstdayofthe month following that in which the instrument of ratificationisdepositedofthelastSignatoryStatetofulfil Article 32 thatformality. Subject toArticle 3 (1),toTitle IIandtoArticle 31, nothinginthisActshallaffecttheTreatiesestablishingthe Article 34 European Communities oranysubsequentTreaties and Actsmodifying orsupplementingthem. This Act,drawnupinasingleoriginalintheDanish, Dutch, English, French, German,Greek,Irish,Italian, Portuguese andSpanish languages,thetextsineachof Article 33 theselanguagesbeingequallyauthentic,will bedeposited inthearchivesoftheGovernmentoftheItalianRepublic, 1. This Act will be ratifiedby theHigh Contracting which will remit a certified copy toeach of the Partiesinaccordancewith theirrespectiveconstitutional GovernmentsoftheotherSignatoryStates.

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Til bekræftelseherafharundertegnedebefuldmægtigedeunderskrevetdenneeuropæiskefælles akt.

Zu Urkund dessenhabendieunterzeichnetenBevollmächtigten ihreUnterschriften unterdiese EinheitlicheEuropäischeAktegesetzt.

Σεπίστωσητωνανωτέρω,οιυπογεγραμμένοιπληρεξούσιοιυπέγραψαντηνπαρούσαΕνιαία ΕυρωπαϊκήΠράξη.

InwitnesswhereoftheundersignedPlenipotentiarieshavesignedthisSingleEuropeanAct.

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Tenblijkewaarvan deondergetekendegevolmachtigdenhunhandtekeningonderdezeEuropese Aktehebbengesteld.

Emfédoqueosplenipotenciáriosabaixoassinadosapuseramassuasassinaturasnofinaldo presenteActoÚnicoEuropeu.

Udfærdiget iLuxembourg densyttendefebruarnittenhundredeogseksogfirsogiHaag den otteogtyvendefebruarnittenhundredeogseksogfirs.

Geschehen zuLuxemburgamsiebzehntenFebruarneunzehnhundertsechsundachtzigundinDen HaagamachtundzwanzigstenFebruarneunzehnhundertsechsundachtzig.

ΈγινεστοΛουξεμβούργο,στιςδέκαεπτάΦεβρουαρίουχίλιαεννιακόσιαογδόνταέξικαιστη Χάγη στιςείκοσιοκτώΦεβρουαρίου χίλιαεννιακόσιαογδόνταέξι.

DoneatLuxembourgontheseventeenthdayofFebruaryintheyearonethousandninehundred andeighty-sixandattheHague onthetwenty-eighthdayofFebruaryintheyearonethousand ninehundredandeighty-six.

HechoenLuxemburgo,eldiecisietedefebrerodemil novecientosochentayseisyenLaHayael ventiochodefebrerodemil novecientosochentayseis.

FaitàLuxembourgledix-septfévriermilneufcentquatre-vingt-sixetàLaHayelevingt-huitfévrier mil neufcentquatre-vingt-six.

ArnadhéanamhiLucsamburganseachtúládéagdemhíFeabhrasabhliainmilenaoigcéadochtó aséagussaHáig ant-ochtúláisfichedemhí Feabhramile naoigcéadochtóasé.

FattoaLussemburgo,addìdiciassettefebbraiomillenovecentottantasei,eall'Aia,addìventotto febbraiomillenovecentottantasei.

Gedaan teLuxemburg,zeventienfebruarinegentienhonderdzesentachtigente's-Gravenhage achtentwintigfebruarinegentienhonderdzesentachtig.

FeitonoLuxemburgo,aosdezassetedeFevereirodemil novecentoseoitentaeseiseemHaiaaos vinteeoitodeFevereirodemil novecentoseoitentaeseis.

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PourSaMajesté leRoidesBelges VoorZijneMajesteit deKoningderBelgen

ForHendesMajestaet DanmarksDronning

FürdenPräsidentenderBundesrepublikDeutschland

ΓιατονΠροεδροτηςΕλληνικήςΔημοκρατίας

PorSuMajestad elReydeEspaña

PourlePrésidentdelaRépubliquefrançaise

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TharceannUachtaran nahEireann

PerilPresidentedellaRepubblicaitaliana

PourSonAltesse RoyaleleGrand-DucdeLuxembourg

VoorHareMajesteit deKoningin derNederlanden

PeloPresidentedaRepublicaPortuguesa

ForHerMajesty theQueenoftheUnitedKingdomofGreatBritainandNorthernIreland

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Det bekræftes, atforanståendeteksteri overensstemmelse med originaleksemplaretafden europæiskefællesaktunderskreveti Luxembourg den syttendefebruarnittenhundredeog seksogfirsogiHaag denotteogtyvendefebruarnittenhundredeogseksogfirsogdeponereti arkiverneforregeringenforDen italienskeRepublik.

DervorstehendeTextstimmtmitderamsiebzehntenFebruarneunzehnhundertsechsundachtzigin LuxemburgundamachtundzwanzigstenFebruarneunzehnhundertsechsundachtziginDen Haag unterzeichnetenundimArchivderRegierungderItalienischenRepublikhinterlegtenUrschriftder EinheitlichenEuropäischenAkteüberein.

Το ανωτέρω κείμενο είναιακριβές αντίγραφο του μοναδικού πρωτοτύπου τηςΕνιαίας ΕυρωπαϊκήςΠράξης πουυπεγράφηστοΛουξεμβούργο,στιςδέκαεπτάΦεβρουαρίου χίλια εννιακόσιαογδόνταέξικαιστηΧάγηστιςείκοσιοκτώΦεβρουαρίουχίλιαεννιακόσιαογδόντα έξικαικατετέθηστοαρχείοτηςκυβέρνησηςτηςΙταλικήςΔημοκρατίας.

TheprecedingtextisacertifiedtruecopyofthesingleoriginaloftheSingleEuropeanActsignedat LuxembourgontheseventeenthdayofFebruaryintheyearonethousandninehundredand eighty-sixandattheHagueonthetwenty-eighthdayofFebruaryintheyearonethousandnine hundredandeighty-sixanddepositedinthearchivesoftheGovernmentoftheItalianRepublic.

EltextoqueprecedeescopiacertificadaconformedelejemplarúnicodelActa Única Europea, firmadoenLuxemburgo,eldiecisietedefebrerodemil novecientosochentayseisyenLaHayael ventiochodefebrerodemil novecientosochentayseisydepositadoenlosarchivosdelGobierno delaRepúblicaItaliana.

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DevoorgaandetekstisheteensluidendafschriftvanhetorigineleexemplaarvandeEuropeseAkte ondertekendteLuxemburg,zeventienfebruarinegentienhonderdzesentachtigente's-Gravenhage achtentwintigfebruarinegentienhonderdzesentachtigennedergelegd inde archievenvande ItaliaanseRepubliek.

OtextoqueprecedeéumacópiaautenticadadoexemplarúnicodoActoÚnicoEuropeuassinado noLuxemburgo,aosdezassetedeFevereirodemil novecentoseoitentaeseiseemHaiaaosvintee oitodeFevereirodemil novecentoseoitentaeseisedepositadonosarquivosdoGoverno da RepúblicaItaliana.

IlcapodelServiziodelcontenziosodiplomatico,deitrattatiedegliaffarilegislativi

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FINALACT

TheConference oftheRepresentatives oftheGovernments oftheMember Statesconvenedat Luxembourgon9September1985,whichcarriedonitsdiscussionsinLuxembourgandBrussels hasadoptedthefollowingtext:

I.

SINGLEEUROPEANACT

II.

At thetimeofsigningthistext,theConferenceadoptedtheDeclarations listedhereinafterand annexedtothisFinalAct:

1. DeclarationonthepowersofimplementationoftheCommission 2. DeclarationontheCourtofJustice

3. Declaration onArticle 8aoftheEECTreaty 4. DeclarationonArticle 100aoftheEECTreaty 5. DeclarationonArticle 100boftheEECTreaty 6. General DeclarationonArticles 13to19oftheSingleEuropeanAct 7. DeclarationonArticle 118a(2)oftheEECTreaty 8. DeclarationonArticle 130doftheEECTreaty 9. DeclarationonArticle 130roftheEECTreaty 10. DeclarationbytheHigh ContractingPartiesonTitleIIIoftheSingleEuropeanAct 11. DeclarationonArticle30(10)(g)oftheSingleEuropeanAct.

TheConferencealsonotestheDeclarationslistedhereinafterandannexedtothisFinalAct:

1. DeclarationbythePresidencyonthetimelimitwithinwhichtheCouncilwillgiveitsopinion followingafirstreading(Article 149(2)oftheEECTreaty) 2. Political Declaration bytheGovernments oftheMember Statesonthefreemovement of persons 3. DeclarationbytheGovernmentoftheHellenicRepubliconArticle 8aoftheEECTreaty 4. DeclarationbytheCommissiononArticle28oftheEECTreaty 5. DeclarationbytheGovernmentofIrelandonArticle57(2)oftheEECTreaty 6. DeclarationbytheGovernmentofthePortugueseRepubliconArticles59,secondparagraph, and84oftheEECTreaty 7. Declaration bytheGovernment oftheKingdom ofDenmark onArticle 100aoftheEEC Treaty 8. Declaration by thePresidency and theCommission on themonetary capacity of the Community 9. Declaration by theGovernment of theKingdom of Denmark on European Political Co-operation.

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Udfærdiget iLuxembourgdensyttendefebruarnittenhundredeogseksogfirsogiHaag den otteogtyvendefebruarnittenhundredeogseksogfirs.

Geschehen zuLuxemburgamsiebzehntenFebruarneunzehnhundertsechsundachtzigundinDen HaagamachtundzwanzigstenFebruarneunzehnhundertsechsundachtzig.

ΈγινεστοΛουξεμβούργο,στιςδέκαεπτάΦεβρουαρίουχίλιαεννιακόσιαογδόνταέξικαιστη Χάγη στιςείκοσιοκτώΦεβρουαρίουχίλιαεννιακόσιαογδόνταέξι.

DoneatLuxembourgontheseventeenthdayofFebruaryintheyearonethousandninehundred andeighty-sixandattheHague onthetwenty-eighthdayofFebruaryintheyearonethousand ninehundredandeighty-six.

HechoenLuxemburgo,eldiecisietedefebrerodemil novecientosochentayseisyenLaHayael ventiochodefebrerodemil novecientosochentayseis.

FaitàLuxembourgledix-septfévriermilneufcentquatre-vingt-sixetàlaHayelevingt-huitfévrier mil neufcentquatre-vingt-six.

ArnadhéanamhiLucsamburganseachtúládéagdemhíFeabhrasabhliainmile naoigcéadochtó aséagussaHáigant-ochtúláisfichedemhí Feabhramile naoigcéadochtóasé.

FattoaLussemburgo,addìdiciassettefebbraiomillenovecentottantasei,eall'Aia,addìventotto febbraiomillenovecentottantasei.

Gedaan teLuxemburg,zeventienfebruarinegentienhonderdzesentachtigente's-Gravenhage achtentwintigfebruarinegentienhonderdzesentachtig.

FeitonoLuxemburgo,aosdezassetedeFevereirodemil novecentoseoitentaeseiseemHaiaaos vinteeoitodeFevereirodemil novecentoseoitentaeseis.

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ΓιατονΠρόεδροτηςΕλληνικήςΔημοκρατίας

PorSuMajestad elRevdeEspana

PourlePrésidentdelaRépubliquefrançaise

TharceannUachtaran nahEireann

PerilPresidentedellaRepubblicaitaliana

PourSonAltesse RoyaleleGrand-DucdeLuxembourg

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VoorHareMajesteit deKoninginderNederlanden

PeloPresidentedaRepublicaPortuguesa

ForHerMajesty theQueenoftheUnitedKingdomofGreatBritainandNorthernIreland

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DeclarationonthepowersofimplementationoftheCommission

TheConferenceaskstheCommunityauthoritiestoadopt,beforetheAct entersintoforce,the principlesandrulesonthebasisofwhich theCommission'spowersofimplementationwill be definedineachcase.

InthisconnectiontheConferencerequeststheCounciltogivetheAdvisoryCommitteeprocedure inparticularapredominantplaceintheinterestsofspeedandefficiencyinthedecision-making process,fortheexerciseofthepowersofimplementationconferredontheCommissionwithinthe fieldofArticle 100aoftheEECTreaty.

DeclarationontheCourtofJustice

TheConferenceagreesthattheprovisionsofArticle32d(1)oftheECSCTreaty,Article168a(1) oftheEECTreatyandArticle 140a(1)oftheEAECTreatydonotprejudgeanyconferralof judicialcompetencelikelyto^beprovidedforinthecontextofagreementsconcludedbetweenthe Member States.

DeclarationonArticle8aoftheEECTreaty

TheConferencewishesbymeansoftheprovisionsinArticle8atoexpressitsfirmpoliticalwillto takebefore1January1993thedecisionsnecessarytocompletetheinternalmarketdefinedinthose provisions, and more particularly thedecisions necessary toimplementtheCommission's programmedescribedintheWhite PaperontheInternalMarket.

Settingthedateof31December 1992doesnotcreateanautomaticlegaleffect.

DeclarationonArticle 100aoftheEECTreaty

InitsproposalspursuanttoArticle100a(1)theCommissionshallgiveprecedencetotheuseofthe instrumentofadirectiveifharmonizationinvolvestheamendmentoflegislativeprovisionsinone ormore Member States.

DeclarationonArticle 100boftheEECTreaty

TheConferenceconsidersthat,sinceArticle8coftheEECTreatyisofgeneralapplication,italso appliestotheproposalswhich theCommissionisrequiredtomake underArticle 100bofthat Treaty.

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GeneralDeclarationonArticles 13to19oftheSingleEuropeanAct

NothingintheseprovisionsshallaffecttherightofMember Statestotakesuchmeasures asthey considernecessaryforthepurposeofcontrollingimmigrationfromthirdcountries,andtocombat terrorism,crime,thetrafficindrugsandillicittradinginworksofartandantiques.

DeclarationonArticle 118a(2)oftheEECTreaty

TheConferencenotesthatinthediscussionsonArticle 118a(2)oftheEECTreatyitwasagreed thattheCommunitydoesnotintend,inlayingdownminimum requirementsfortheprotectionof thesafetyandhealthofemployees,todiscriminateinamanner unjustifiedbythecircumstances againstemployeesinsmallandmedium-sized untertakings.

DeclarationonArticle 130doftheEECTreaty

InthiscontexttheConferencereferstotheconclusionsoftheEuropeanCouncil inBrussels in March 1984,which readasfollows: 'ThefinancialresourcesallocatedtoaidfromtheFunds,havingregardtotheIMPs,will be significantlyincreasedinrealtermswithinthelimitsoffinancingpossibilities.'.

DeclarationonArticle 130roftheEECTreaty

Reparagraph1,thirdindent TheConferenceconfirmsthattheCommunity'sactivitiesinthesphereoftheenvironmentmaynot interferewithnationalpoliciesregardingtheexploitationofenergyresources.

Reparagraph5,secondsubparagraph TheConference considersthattheprovisionsofArticle 130r(5),secondsubparagraphdonot affecttheprinciplesresultingfromthejudgmenthandeddownbytheCourtofJusticeintheAETR case.

DeclarationbytheHighContractingPartiesonTitleIIIoftheSingleEuropeanAct

The High Contracting PartiestoTitle IIIonEuropean Political Co-operation reaffirmtheir opennesstootherEuropeannationswhich sharethesameidealsandobjectives.Theyagreein particulartostrengthentheirlinkswiththemember countriesoftheCouncilofEuropeandwith other democratic European countries with which theyhave friendlyrelationsand close co-operation.

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DeclarationonArticle 30(10)(g)oftheSingleEuropeanAct

TheConferenceconsidersthattheprovisionsofArticle30(10)(g)donotaffecttheprovisionsof theDecisionoftheRepresentativesoftheGovernmentsoftheMember Statesof8April 1965on theprovisionallocationofcertainInstitutionsanddepartmentsoftheCommunities.

Declaration bythePresidencyonthetimelimitwithin which theCouncilwill giveitsopinion followingafirstreading (Article 149(2)oftheEECTreaty)

As regardsthedeclarationbytheEuropeanCouncilinMilan,totheeffectthattheCouncilmust seekways ofimprovingitsdecision-makingprocedures,thePresidencystatesitsintentionof completingtheworkinquestionassoonaspossible.

PoliticaldeclarationbytheGovernmentsoftheMember Statesonthefreemovementofpersons

Inordertopromotethefreemovement ofpersons,theMember Statesshallco-operate,without prejudicetothepowersoftheCommunity,inparticularasregardstheentry,movement and residenceofnationalsofthirdcountries.Theyshallalsoco-operateinthecombatingofterrorism, crime,thetrafficindrugsandillicittradinginworksofartandantiques.

DeclarationbytheGovernmentoftheHellenicRepubliconArticle8aoftheEECTreaty

Greece considersthatthedevelopmentofCommunitypoliciesandactions,andtheadoptionof measuresonthebasisofArticles70(1)and84,mustbothtakeplaceinsuchawayasnottoharm sensitivesectorsofMember States'economies.

DeclarationbytheCommissiononArticle28oftheEECTreaty

With regardtoitsowninternalprocedures,theCommissionwillensurethatthechangesresulting fromtheamendmentofArticle 28oftheEECTreatywill notleadtodelaysinrespondingto urgentrequestsforthealterationorsuspensionofCommonCustomsTariffduties.

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DeclarationbytheGovernmentofIrelandonArticle57(2)oftheEECTreaty

Ireland,inconfirmingitsagreementtoqualifiedmajority votingunderArticle 57(2),wishes to recallthattheinsuranceindustryinIrelandisaparticularlysensitiveoneandthatspecial arrangementshavehadtobemade bytheGovernmentofIrelandfortheprotectionofinsurance policyholdersandthirdparties. Inrelationtoharmonizationoflegislationoninsurance,the Government ofIrelandwould expecttobeabletorelyonasympatheticattitudefromthe CommissionandfromtheotherMember StatesoftheCommunityshouldIrelandlaterfinditselfin asituationwheretheGovernmentofIrelandconsidersitnecessarytohavespecialprovisionmade forthepositionoftheindustryinIreland.

DeclarationbytheGovernmentofthePortugueseRepubliconArticles59,secondparagraph,and 84oftheEECTreaty

Portugalconsidersthatasthechangefromunanimoustoqualifiedmajority votinginArticles59, secondparagraph,and84wasnotcontemplatedinthenegotiationsfortheaccessionofPortugalto theCommunityandsubstantiallyalterstheCommunityacquis,itmust notdamagesensitiveand vital sectorsofthePortuguese economy, and, wherever necessary, appropriateandspecific transitionalmeasures shouldbeintroducedtoforestalltheadverseconsequencesthatcouldensue forthesesectors.

DeclarationbytheGovernmentoftheKingdomofDenmarkonArticle 100aoftheEECTreaty

TheDanishGovernmentnotesthatincaseswhereaMember Stateisoftheopinionthatmeasures adoptedunderArticle 100a do not safeguardhigher requirementsconcerningtheworking environment,theprotectionoftheenvironmentortheneedsreferredtoinArticle 36,the provisionsofArticle 100a(4) guaranteethattheMember Stateinquestioncanapplynational provisions.Suchnationalprovisionsaretobetakentofulfiltheabovementionedaimandmaynot entailhiddenprotectionism.

DeclarationbythePresidencyandtheCommissiononthemonetary capacityoftheCommunity

ThePresidencyandtheCommissionconsiderthattheprovisionsinsertedintheEECTreatywith referencetotheCommunity'smonetarycapacityarewithoutprejudicetothepossibilityoffurther developmentwithintheframeworkoftheexistingpowers.

Declaration by the Government of the Kindgom of Denmark on European Political Co-operation

TheDanishGovernmentstatesthattheconclusionofTitleIIIonEuropeanPoliticalCo-operation inthesphereofforeignpolicydoesnotaffectDenmark'sparticipationinNordicco-operationin thesphereofforeignpolicy.

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