Treaty Establishing a Constitution for Europe,Including the Protocols and Annexes,And Final Act with Declarations,Rome,29 October 2004: Cm. 6429This Command Paper contains the final text of the EU Constitutional Treaty, as agreed in Rome in October 2004. The Treaty was drawn up as a result of the discussions of the Convention on the Future of Europe, established as a forum for consideration of wide-ranging reforms, particularly taking into account the consequences of EU enlargement, and the need to improve the clarity, transparency, accountability and efficiency of its decision-making processes. |
Contents
PREAMBLE | 7 |
PART I | 13 |
THE UNIONS INSTITUTIONS AND BODIES | 21 |
THE OTHER UNION INSTITUTIONS | 29 |
SPECIFIC PROVISIONS | 35 |
TITLE VII THE UNIONS FINANCES | 43 |
TITLE I DIGNITY | 49 |
SOLIDARITY | 56 |
Civil protection | 151 |
COMMON FOREIGN AND SECURITY POLICY | 157 |
The common security and defence policy | 163 |
COOPERATION WITH THIRD COUNTRIES | 169 |
THE UNIONS RELATIONS WITH INTERNATIONAL | 176 |
The Unions advisory bodies | 199 |
FINANCIAL PROVISIONS | 206 |
Common provisions | 212 |
TITLE VII GENERAL PROVISIONS GOVERNING | 62 |
Free movement of persons and services | 69 |
Free movement of goods | 75 |
Fiscal provisions | 85 |
Monetary policy | 95 |
Section 5 Transitional provisions | 102 |
Social policy | 109 |
Economic social and territorial cohesion | 116 |
Section 6Consumer protection | 124 |
Energy | 133 |
Judicial cooperation in criminal matters | 139 |
CHAPTER VAREAS WHERE THE UNION MAY TAKE | 145 |
GENERAL AND FINAL PROVISIONS | 221 |
Protocol on the role of national Parliaments in the European Union | 231 |
Protocol on the Statute of the Court of Justice of the European Union | 238 |
Protocol on the Statute of the European System of Central Banks and | 257 |
Protocol on the Statute of the European Investment Bank | 283 |
Protocol on the location of the seats of the institutions and of certain | 297 |
Protocol on the Treaties and Acts of Accession of the Kingdom | 305 |
Protocol on the Treaty and the Act of Accession of the Czech Republic | 340 |
Protocol on the excessive deficit procedure | 385 |
Protocol on the Euro Group | 441 |
Common terms and phrases
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