RULES FOR OPENTUTION

PREAMBLE

PART I

TITLE I - DEFINITION AND OBJECTIVES OF THE UNION

TITLE II - FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS AND CITIZENSHIP OF THE UNION

TITLE III - UNION COMPETENCES

TITLE IV - THE UNION'S INSTITUTIONS AND BODIES

CHAPTER I - THE INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK

CHAPTER II - THE OTHER UNION INSTITUTIONS AND ADVISORY BODIES

TITLE V - EXERCISE OF UNION COMPETENCE

CHAPTER I - COMMON PROVISIONS

CHAPTER II - SPECIFIC PROVISIONS

CHAPTER III - ENHANCED COOPERATION

TITLE VI - THE DEMOCRATIC LIFE OF THE UNION

TITLE VII - THE UNION'S FINANCES

TITLE VIII - THE UNION AND ITS NEIGHBOURS

TITLE IX - UNION MEMBERSHIP

PART II - THE CHARTER OF FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS OF THE UNION

TITLE I - DIGNITY

TITLE II - FREEDOMS

TITLE III - EQUALITY

TITLE IV - SOLIDARITY

TITLE V - CITIZENS' RIGHTS

TITLE VI - JUSTICE

TITLE VII - GENERAL PROVISIONS GOVERNING THE INTERPRETATION AND APPLICATION OF THE CHARTER

PART III - THE POLICIES AND FUNCTIONING OF THE UNION

TITLE I - PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION

TITLE II - NON-DISCRIMINATION AND CITIZENSHIP

TITLE III - INTERNAL POLICIES AND ACTION

CHAPTER I - INTERNAL MARKET

SECTION 1 - ESTABLISHMENT AND FUNCTIONING OF THE INTERNAL MARKET

SECTION 2 - FREE MOVEMENT OF PERSONS AND SERVICES

Subsection 1 - Workers

Subsection 2 - Freedom of establishment

Subsection 3 - Freedom to provide services

SECTION 3 - FREE MOVEMENT OF GOODS

Subsection 1 - Customs union

Subsection 2 - Customs cooperation

Subsection 3 - Prohibition of quantitative restrictions

SECTION 4 - CAPITAL AND PAYMENTS

SECTION 5 - RULES ON COMPETITION

Subsection 1 - Rules applying to undertakings

Subsection 2 - Aid granted by Member States

SECTION 6 - FISCAL PROVISIONS

SECTION 7 - COMMON PROVISIONS

CHAPTER II - ECONOMIC AND MONETARY POLICY

SECTION 1 - ECONOMIC POLICY

SECTION 2 - MONETARY POLICY

SECTION 3 - INSTITUTIONAL PROVISIONS

SECTION 4 - PROVISIONS SPECIFIC TO MEMBER STATES WHOSE CURRENCY IS THE EURO

SECTION 5 - TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS

CHAPTER III - POLICIES IN OTHER AREAS

SECTION 1 - EMPLOYMENT

SECTION 2 - SOCIAL POLICY

SECTION 3 - ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND TERRITORIAL COHESION

SECTION 4 - AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES

SECTION 5 - ENVIRONMENT

SECTION 6 - CONSUMER PROTECTION

SECTION 7 - TRANSPORT

SECTION 8 - TRANS-EUROPEAN NETWORKS

SECTION 9 - RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT AND SPACE

SECTION 10 - ENERGY

CHAPTER IV - AREA OF FREEDOM, SECURITY AND JUSTICE

SECTION 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS

SECTION 2 - POLICIES ON BORDER CHECKS, ASYLUM AND IMMIGRATION

SECTION 3 - JUDICIAL COOPERATION IN CIVIL MATTERS

SECTION 4 - JUDICIAL COOPERATION IN CRIMINAL MATTERS

SECTION 5 - POLICE COOPERATION

CHAPTER V - AREAS WHERE THE UNION MAY TAKE COORDINATING, COMPLEMENTARY OR SUPPORTING ACTION

SECTION 1 - PUBLIC HEALTH

SECTION 2 - INDUSTRY

SECTION 3 - CULTURE

SECTION 4 - TOURISM

SECTION 5 - EDUCATION, YOUTH, SPORT AND VOCATIONAL TRAINING

SECTION 6 - CIVIL PROTECTION

SECTION 7 - ADMINISTRATIVE COOPERATION

TITLE IV - ASSOCIATION OF THE OVERSEAS COUNTRIES AND TERRITORIES

TITLE V - THE UNION'S EXTERNAL ACTION

CHAPTER I - PROVISIONS HAVING GENERAL APPLICATION

CHAPTER II - COMMON FOREIGN AND SECURITY POLICY

SECTION 1 - COMMON PROVISIONS

SECTION 2 - THE COMMON SECURITY AND DEFENCE POLICY

SECTION 3 - FINANCIAL PROVISIONS

CHAPTER III - COMMON COMMERCIAL POLICY

CHAPTER IV - COOPERATION WITH THIRD COUNTRIES AND HUMANITARIAN AID

SECTION 1 - DEVELOPMENT COOPERATION

SECTION 2 - ECONOMIC, FINANCIAL AND TECHNICAL COOPERATION WITH THIRD COUNTRIES

SECTION 3 - HUMANITARIAN AID

CHAPTER V - RESTRICTIVE MEASURES

CHAPTER VI - INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS

CHAPTER VII - THE UNION'S RELATIONS WITH INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATIONS AND THIRD COUNTRIES AND UNION DELEGATIONS

CHAPTER VIII - IMPLEMENTATION OF THE SOLIDARITY CLAUSE

TITLE VI - THE FUNCTIONING OF THE UNION

CHAPTER I - PROVISIONS GOVERNING THE INSTITUTIONS

SECTION 1 - THE INSTITUTIONS

Subsection 1 - The European Parliament

Subsection 2 - The European Council

Subsection 3 - The Council of Ministers

Subsection 4 - The European Commission

Subsection 5 - The Court of Justice of the European Union

Subsection 6 - The European Central Bank

Subsection 7 - The Court of Auditors

SECTION 2 - THE UNION'S ADVISORY BODIES

Subsection 1 - The Committee of the Regions

Subsection 2 - The Economic and Social Committee

SECTION 3 - THE EUROPEAN INVESTMENT BANK

SECTION 4 - PROVISIONS COMMON TO UNION INSTITUTIONS, BODIES, OFFICES AND AGENCIES

CHAPTER II - FINANCIAL PROVISIONS

SECTION 1 - THE MULTIANNUAL FINANCIAL FRAMEWORK

SECTION 2 - THE UNION'S ANNUAL BUDGET

SECTION 3 - IMPLEMENTATION OF THE BUDGET AND DISCHARGE

SECTION 4 - COMMON PROVISIONS

SECTION 5 - COMBATING FRAUD

CHAPTER III - ENHANCED COOPERATION

TITLE VII - COMMON PROVISIONS

PART IV - GENERAL AND FINAL PROVISIONS

PROTOCOLS AND ANNEXES

A. PROTOCOLS - ANNEXED TO THE TREATY ESTABLISHING A CONSTITUTION FOR EUROPE

1. PROTOCOL ON THE ROLE OF NATIONAL PARLIAMENTS IN THE EUROPEAN UNION

2. PROTOCOL ON THE APPLICATION OF THE PRINCIPLES OF SUBSIDIARITY AND PROPORTIONALITY

3. PROTOCOL ON THE STATUTE OF THE COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EUROPEAN UNION

4. PROTOCOL ON THE STATUTE OF THE EUROPEAN SYSTEM OF CENTRAL BANKS AND OF THE EUROPEAN CENTRAL BANK

5. PROTOCOL ON THE STATUTE OF THE EUROPEAN INVESTMENT BANK

6. PROTOCOL ON THE LOCATION OF THE SEATS OF THE INSTITUTIONS AND OF CERTAIN BODIES, OFFICES, AGENCIES AND DEPARTMENTS OF THE EUROPEAN UNION

7. PROTOCOL ON THE PRIVILEGES AND IMMUNITIES OF THE EUROPEAN UNION

8. PROTOCOL ON THE TREATIES AND ACTS OF ACCESSION OF THE KINGDOM OF DENMARK, IRELAND AND THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND, OF THE HELLENIC REPUBLIC, OF THE KINGDOM OF SPAIN AND THE PORTUGUESE REPUBLIC, AND OF THE REPUBLIC OF AUSTRIA, THE REPUBLIC OF FINLAND AND THE KINGDOM OF SWEDEN

9. PROTOCOL ON THE TREATY AND THE ACT OF ACCESSION OF THE CZECH REPUBLIC, THE REPUBLIC OF ESTONIA, THE REPUBLIC OF CYPRUS, THE REPUBLIC OF LATVIA, THE REPUBLIC OF LITHUANIA, THE REPUBLIC OF HUNGARY, THE REPUBLIC OF MALTA, THE REPUBLIC OF POLAND, THE REPUBLIC OF SLOVENIA AND THE SLOVAK REPUBLIC

10. PROTOCOL ON THE EXCESSIVE DEFICIT PROCEDURE

11. PROTOCOL ON THE CONVERGENCE CRITERIA

12. PROTOCOL ON THE EURO GROUP

13. PROTOCOL ON CERTAIN PROVISIONS RELATING TO THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND AS REGARDS ECONOMIC AND MONETARY UNION

14. PROTOCOL ON CERTAIN PROVISIONS RELATING TO DENMARK AS REGARDS ECONOMIC AND MONETARY UNION

15. PROTOCOL ON CERTAIN TASKS OF THE NATIONAL BANK OF DENMARK

16. PROTOCOL ON THE PACIFIC FINANCIAL COMMUNITY FRANC SYSTEM

17. PROTOCOL ON THE SCHENGEN ACQUIS INTEGRATED INTO THE FRAMEWORK OF THE EUROPEAN UNION

18. PROTOCOL ON THE APPLICATION OF CERTAIN ASPECTS OF ARTICLE III-130 OF THE CONSTITUTION TO THE UNITED KINGDOM AND TO IRELAND

19. PROTOCOL ON THE POSITION OF THE UNITED KINGDOM AND IRELAND ON POLICIES IN RESPECT OF BORDER CONTROLS, ASYLUM AND IMMIGRATION, JUDICIAL COOPERATION IN CIVIL MATTERS AND ON POLICE COOPERATION

20. PROTOCOL ON THE POSITION OF DENMARK

21. PROTOCOL ON EXTERNAL RELATIONS OF THE MEMBER STATES WITH REGARD TO THE CROSSING OF EXTERNAL BORDERS

22. PROTOCOL ON ASYLUM FOR NATIONALS OF MEMBER STATES

23. PROTOCOL ON PERMANENT STRUCTURED COOPERATION ESTABLISHED BY ARTICLE I-41(6) AND ARTICLE III-312 OF THE CONSTITUTION

24. PROTOCOL ON ARTICLE I-41(2) OF THE CONSTITUTION

25. PROTOCOL CONCERNING IMPORTS INTO THE EUROPEAN UNION OF PETROLEUM PRODUCTS REFINED IN THE NETHERLANDS ANTILLES

26. PROTOCOL ON THE ACQUISITION OF PROPERTY IN DENMARK

27. PROTOCOL ON THE SYSTEM OF PUBLIC BROADCASTING IN THE MEMBER STATES

28. PROTOCOL CONCERNING ARTICLE III-214 OF THE CONSTITUTION

29. PROTOCOL ON ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND TERRITORIAL COHESION

30. PROTOCOL ON SPECIAL ARRANGEMENTS FOR GREENLAND

31. PROTOCOL ON ARTICLE 40.3.3 OF THE CONSTITUTION OF IRELAND

32. PROTOCOL RELATING TO ARTICLE I-9(2) OF THE CONSTITUTION ON THE ACCESSION OF THE UNION TO THE EUROPEAN CONVENTION ON THE PROTECTION OF HUMAN RIGHTS AND FUNDAMENTAL FREEDOMS

33. PROTOCOL ON THE ACTS AND TREATIES WHICH HAVE SUPPLEMENTED OR AMENDED THE TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY AND THE TREATY ON EUROPEAN UNION

34. PROTOCOL ON THE TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO THE INSTITUTIONS AND BODIES OF THE UNION

35. PROTOCOL ON THE FINANCIAL CONSEQUENCES OF THE EXPIRY OF THE TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN COAL AND STEEL COMMUNITY AND ON THE RESEARCH FUND FOR COAL AND STEEL

36. PROTOCOL AMENDING THE TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN ATOMIC ENERGY COMMUNITY

B. ANNEXES - TO THE TREATY ESTABLISHING A CONSTITUTION FOR EUROPE

ANNEX I - LIST REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE III-226 OF THE CONSTITUTION

ANNEX II - OVERSEAS COUNTRIES AND TERRITORIES TO WHICH TITLE IV OF PART III OF THE CONSTITUTION APPLIES

FINAL ACT

A. DECLARATIONS CONCERNING PROVISIONS OF THE CONSTITUTION

1. Declaration on Article I-6

2. Declaration on Article I-9(2)

3. Declaration on Articles I-22, I-27 and I-28

4. Declaration on Article I-24(7) concerning the European Council decision on the exercise of the Presidency of the Council

5. Declaration on Article I-25

6. Declaration on Article I-26

7. Declaration on Article I-27

8. Declaration on Article I-36

9. Declaration on Articles I-43 and III-329

10. Declaration on Article I-51

11. Declaration on Article I-57

12. Declaration concerning the explanations relating to the Charter of Fundamental Rights

13. Declaration on Article III-116

14. Declaration on Articles III-136 and III-267

15. Declaration on Articles III-160 and III-322

16. Declaration on Article III-167(2)(c)

17. Declaration on Article III-184

18. Declaration on Article III-213

19. Declaration on Article III-220

20. Declaration on Article III-243

21. Declaration on Article III-248

22. Declaration on Article III-256

23. Declaration on Article III-273(1), second subparagraph

24. Declaration on Article III-296

25. Declaration on Article III-325 concerning the negotiation and conclusion of international agreements by Member States relating to the area of freedom, security and justice

26. Declaration on Article III-402(4)

27. Declaration on Article III-419

28. Declaration on Article IV-440(7)

29. Declaration on Article IV-448(2)

30. Declaration on the ratification of the Treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe

B. DECLARATIONS CONCERNING PROTOCOLS ANNEXED TO THE CONSTITUTION

DECLARATIONS CONCERNING THE PROTOCOL ON THE TREATIES AND ACTS OF ACCESSION OF THE KINGDOM OF DENMARK, IRELAND AND THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND, OF THE HELLENIC REPUBLIC, OF THE KINGDOM OF SPAIN AND THE PORTUGUESE REPUBLIC, AND OF THE REPUBLIC OF AUSTRIA, THE REPUBLIC OF FINLAND AND THE KINGDOM OF SWEDEN

31. Declaration on the Åland islands

32. Declaration on the Sami people

DECLARATIONS CONCERNING THE PROTOCOL ON THE TREATY AND THE ACT OF ACCESSION OF THE CZECH REPUBLIC, THE REPUBLIC OF ESTONIA, THE REPUBLIC OF CYPRUS, THE REPUBLIC OF LATVIA, THE REPUBLIC OF LITHUANIA, THE REPUBLIC OF HUNGARY, THE REPUBLIC OF MALTA, THE REPUBLIC OF POLAND, THE REPUBLIC OF SLOVENIA AND THE SLOVAK REPUBLIC

33. Declaration on the Sovereign Base Areas of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland in Cyprus

34. Declaration by the Commission on the Sovereign Base Areas of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland in Cyprus

35. Declaration on the Ignalina nuclear power plant in Lithuania

36. Declaration on the transit of persons by land between the region of Kaliningrad and other parts of the Russian Federation

37. Declaration on Unit 1 and Unit 2 of the Bohunice V1 nuclear power plant in Slovakia

38. Declaration on Cyprus

39. Declaration concerning the Protocol on the position of Denmark

40. Declaration concerning the Protocol on the transitional provisions relating to the institutions and bodies of the Union

41. Declaration concerning Italy

DECLARATIONS BY MEMBER STATES

42. Declaration by the Kingdom of the Netherlands on Article I-55

43. Declaration by the Kingdom of the Netherlands on Article IV-440

44. Declaration by the Federal Republic of Germany, Ireland, the Republic of Hungary, the Republic of Austria and the Kingdom of Sweden

45. Declaration by the Kingdom of Spain and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

46. Declaration by the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland on the definition of the term "nationals"

47. Declaration by the Kingdom of Spain on the definition of the term "nationals"

48. Declaration by the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland on the franchise for elections to the European Parliament

49. Declaration by the Kingdom of Belgium on national parliaments

50. Declaration by the Republic of Latvia and the Republic of Hungary on the spelling of the name of the single currency in the Treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe

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