TITLE I
COMMON PROVISIONS
Article 1
(ex Article 1 TEU)
Article 2
The Union is founded on the values of respect for...
Article 3
(ex Article 2 TEU)
Article 4
(1) In accordance with Article 5, competences not conferred upon...
Article 5
(ex Article 5 TEC)
Article 6
(ex Article 6 TEU)
Article 7
(ex Article 7 TEU)
Article 8
(1) The Union shall develop a special relationship with neighbouring...
TITLE II
PROVISIONS ON DEMOCRATIC PRINCIPLES
Article 9
In all its activities, the Union shall observe the principle...
Article 10
(1) The functioning of the Union shall be founded on...
Article 11
(1) The institutions shall, by appropriate means, give citizens and...
Article 12
National Parliaments contribute actively to the good functioning of the...
TITLE III
PROVISIONS ON THE INSTITUTIONS
Article 13
(1) The Union shall have an institutional framework which shall...
Article 14
(1) The European Parliament shall, jointly with the Council, exercise...
Article 15
(1) The European Council shall provide the Union with the...
Article 16
(1) The Council shall, jointly with the European Parliament, exercise...
Article 17
(1) The Commission shall promote the general interest of the...
Article 18
(1) The European Council, acting by a qualified majority, with...
Article 19
(1) The Court of Justice of the European Union shall...
TITLE IV
PROVISIONS ON ENHANCED COOPERATION
Article 20
(ex Articles 27a to 27e, 40 to 40b and 43 to 45 TEU and ex Articles 11 and 11a TEC)
TITLE V
GENERAL PROVISIONS ON THE UNION'S EXTERNAL ACTION AND SPECIFIC PROVISIONS ON THE COMMON FOREIGN AND SECURITY POLICY
CHAPTER 1
GENERAL PROVISIONS ON THE UNION'S EXTERNAL ACTION
Article 21
(1) The Union's action on the international scene shall be...
Article 22
(1) On the basis of the principles and objectives set...
CHAPTER 2
SPECIFIC PROVISIONS ON THE COMMON FOREIGN AND SECURITY POLICY
SECTION 1
COMMON PROVISIONS
Article 23
The Union's action on the international scene, pursuant to this...
Article 24
(ex Article 11 TEU)
Article 25
(ex Article 12 TEU)
Article 26
(ex Article 13 TEU)
Article 27
(1) The High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs...
Article 28
(ex Article 14 TEU)
Article 29
(ex Article 15 TEU)
Article 30
(ex Article 22 TEU)
Article 31
(ex Article 23 TEU)
Article 32
(ex Article 16 TEU)
Article 33
(ex Article 18 TEU)
Article 34
(ex Article 19 TEU)
Article 35
(ex Article 20 TEU)
Article 36
(ex Article 21 TEU)
Article 37
(ex Article 24 TEU)
Article 38
(ex Article 25 TEU)
Article 39
In accordance with Article 16 of the Treaty on the...
Article 40
(ex Article 47 TEU)
Article 41
(ex Article 28 TEU)
SECTION 2
PROVISIONS ON THE COMMON SECURITY AND DEFENCE POLICY
Article 42
(ex Article 17 TEU)
Article 43
(1) The tasks referred to in Article 42(1), in the...
Article 44
(1) Within the framework of the decisions adopted in accordance...
Article 45
(1) The European Defence Agency referred to in Article 42(3),...
Article 46
(1) Those Member States which wish to participate in the...
TITLE VI
FINAL PROVISIONS
Article 47
The Union shall have legal personality.
Article 48
(ex Article 48 TEU)
Article 49
(ex Article 49 TEU)
Article 50
(1) Any Member State may decide to withdraw from the...
Article 51
The Protocols and Annexes to the Treaties shall form an...
Article 52
(1) The Treaties shall apply to the Kingdom of Belgium,...
Article 53
(ex Article 51 TEU)
Article 54
(ex Article 52 TEU)
Article 55
(ex Article 53 TEU)
ATTACHMENTS
Protocols
PROTOCOL (No 1) ON THE ROLE OF NATIONAL PARLIAMENTS IN THE EUROPEAN UNION
PROTOCOL (No 2) ON THE APPLICATION OF THE PRINCIPLES OF SUBSIDIARITY AND PROPORTIONALITY
PROTOCOL (No 3) ON THE STATUTE OF THE COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
ANNEX I
PROTOCOL (No 4) ON THE STATUTE OF THE EUROPEAN SYSTEM OF CENTRAL BANKS AND OF THE EUROPEAN CENTRAL BANK
PROTOCOL (No 5) ON THE STATUTE OF THE EUROPEAN INVESTMENT BANK
PROTOCOL (No 6) ON THE LOCATION OF THE SEATS OF THE INSTITUTIONS AND OF CERTAIN BODIES, OFFICES, AGENCIES AND DEPARTMENTS OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
PROTOCOL (No 7) ON THE PRIVILEGES AND IMMUNITIES OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
PROTOCOL (No 8) RELATING TO ARTICLE 6(2) OF THE TREATY ON EUROPEAN UNION ON THE ACCESSION OF THE UNION TO THE EUROPEAN CONVENTION ON THE PROTECTION OF HUMAN RIGHTS AND FUNDAMENTAL FREEDOMS
PROTOCOL (No 9) ON THE DECISION OF THE COUNCIL RELATING TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF ARTICLE 16(4) OF THE TREATY ON EUROPEAN UNION AND ARTICLE 238(2) OF THE TREATY ON THE FUNCTIONING OF THE EUROPEAN UNION BETWEEN 1 NOVEMBER 2014 AND 31 MARCH 2017 ON THE ONE HAND, AND AS FROM 1 APRIL 2017 ON THE OTHER
PROTOCOL (No 10) ON PERMANENT STRUCTURED COOPERATION ESTABLISHED BY ARTICLE 42 OF THE TREATY ON EUROPEAN UNION
PROTOCOL (No 11) ON ARTICLE 42 OF THE TREATY ON EUROPEAN UNION
PROTOCOL (No 12) ON THE EXCESSIVE DEFICIT PROCEDURE
PROTOCOL (No 13) ON THE CONVERGENCE CRITERIA
PROTOCOL (No 14) ON THE EURO GROUP
PROTOCOL (No 15) ON CERTAIN PROVISIONS RELATING TO THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND
PROTOCOL (No 16) ON CERTAIN PROVISIONS RELATING TO DENMARK
PROTOCOL (No 17) ON DENMARK
PROTOCOL (No 18) ON FRANCE
PROTOCOL (No 19) ON THE SCHENGEN INTEGRATED INTO THE FRAMEWORK OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
PROTOCOL (No 20) ON THE APPLICATION OF CERTAIN ASPECTS OF ARTICLE 26 OF THE TREATY ON THE FUNCTIONING OF THE EUROPEAN UNION TO THE UNITED KINGDOM AND TO IRELAND
PROTOCOL (No 21) ON THE POSITION OF THE UNITED KINGDOM AND IRELAND IN RESPECT OF THE AREA OF FREEDOM, SECURITY AND JUSTICE
PROTOCOL (No 22) ON THE POSITION OF DENMARK
ANNEX
PROTOCOL (No 23) ON EXTERNAL RELATIONS OF THE MEMBER STATES WITH REGARD TO THE CROSSING OF EXTERNAL BORDERS
PROTOCOL (No 24) ON ASYLUM FOR NATIONALS OF MEMBER STATES OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
PROTOCOL (No 25) ON THE EXERCISE OF SHARED COMPETENCE
PROTOCOL (No 26) ON SERVICES OF GENERAL INTEREST
PROTOCOL (No 27) ON THE INTERNAL MARKET AND COMPETITION
PROTOCOL (No 28) ON ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND TERRITORIAL COHESION
PROTOCOL (No 29) ON THE SYSTEM OF PUBLIC BROADCASTING IN THE MEMBER STATES
PROTOCOL (No 30) ON THE APPLICATION OF THE CHARTER OF FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS OF THE EUROPEAN UNION TO POLAND AND TO THE UNITED KINGDOM
PROTOCOL (No 31) CONCERNING IMPORTS INTO THE EUROPEAN UNION OF PETROLEUM PRODUCTS REFINED IN THE NETHERLANDS ANTILLES
ANNEX TO THE PROTOCOL
PROTOCOL (No 32) ON THE ACQUISITION OF PROPERTY IN DENMARK
PROTOCOL (No 33) CONCERNING ARTICLE 157 OF THE TREATY ON THE FUNCTIONING OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
PROTOCOL (No 34) ON SPECIAL ARRANGEMENTS FOR GREENLAND
PROTOCOL (No 35) ON ARTICLE 40.3.3 OF THE CONSTITUTION OF IRELAND
PROTOCOL (No 36) ON TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS
PROTOCOL (No 37) ON THE FINANCIAL CONSEQUENCES OF THE EXPIRY OF THE ECSC TREATY AND ON THE RESEARCH FUND FOR COAL AND STEEL
PROTOCOL (No 38)
Declarations
annexed to the Final Act of the Intergovernmental Conference which adopted the Treaty of Lisbon, signed on 13 December 2007
Tables of equivalences
Consolidated version of the Treaty on European Union
PREAMBLE
HIS MAJESTY THE KING OF THE BELGIANS, HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN OF DENMARK, THE PRESIDENT OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY, THE PRESIDENT OF IRELAND, THE PRESIDENT OF THE HELLENIC REPUBLIC, HIS MAJESTY THE KING OF SPAIN, THE PRESIDENT OF THE FRENCH REPUBLIC, THE PRESIDENT OF THE ITALIAN REPUBLIC, HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS THE GRAND DUKE OF LUXEMBOURG, HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN OF THE NETHERLANDS, THE PRESIDENT OF THE PORTUGUESE REPUBLIC, HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND,
RESOLVED to mark a new stage in the process of European integration undertaken with the establishment of the European Communities,
DRAWING INSPIRATION from the cultural, religious and humanist inheritance of Europe, from which have developed the universal values of the inviolable and inalienable rights of the human person, freedom, democracy, equality and the rule of law,
RECALLING the historic importance of the ending of the division of the European continent and the need to create firm bases for the construction of the future Europe,
CONFIRMING their attachment to the principles of liberty, democracy and respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms and of the rule of law,
CONFIRMING their attachment to fundamental social rights as defined in the European Social Charter signed at Turin on 18 October 1961 and in the 1989 Community Charter of the Fundamental Social Rights of Workers,
DESIRING to deepen the solidarity between their peoples while respecting their history, their culture and their traditions,
DESIRING to enhance further the democratic and efficient functioning of the institutions so as to enable them better to carry out, within a single institutional framework, the tasks entrusted to them,
RESOLVED to achieve the strengthening and the convergence of their economies and to establish an economic and monetary union including, in accordance with the provisions of this Treaty and of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, a single and stable currency,
DETERMINED to promote economic and social progress for their peoples, taking into account the principle of sustainable development and within the context of the accomplishment of the internal market and of reinforced cohesion and environmental protection, and to implement policies ensuring that advances in economic integration are accompanied by parallel progress in other fields,
RESOLVED to establish a citizenship common to nationals of their countries,
RESOLVED to implement a common foreign and security policy including the progressive framing of a common defence policy, which might lead to a common defence in accordance with the provisions of Article 42, thereby reinforcing the European identity and its independence in order to promote peace, security and progress in Europe and in the world,
RESOLVED to facilitate the free movement of persons, while ensuring the safety and security of their peoples, by establishing an area of freedom, security and justice, in accordance with the provisions of this Treaty and of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
RESOLVED to continue 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 in accordance with the principle of subsidiarity,
IN VIEW of further steps to be taken in order to advance European integration,
HAVE DECIDED to establish a European Union and to this end have designated as their Plenipotentiaries:
(List of plenipotentiaries not reproduced)
WHO, having exchanged their full powers, found in good and due form, have agreed as follows:
The Republic of Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, the Republic of Estonia, the Republic of Croatia, the Republic of Cyprus, the Republic of Latvia, the Republic of Lithuania, the Republic of Hungary, the Republic of Malta, the Republic of Austria, the Republic of Poland, Romania, the Republic of Slovenia, the Slovak Republic, the Republic of Finland and the Kingdom of Sweden have since become members of the European Union.