Official Journal
of the European Union

ISSN 1725-2423

C 310
Volume 47
16 December 2004
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2004/C 310/01

Treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe

1

PREAMBLE

3

PART I

11

PART II — THE CHARTER OF FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS OF THE UNION

41

PART III — THE POLICIES AND FUNCTIONING OF THE UNION

55

PART IV — GENERAL AND FINAL PROVISIONS

186

PROTOCOLS AND ANNEXES

203

A. Protocols annexed to the Treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe

203

1. Protocol on the role of national Parliaments in the European Union

204

2. Protocol on the application of the principles of subsidiarity and proportionality

207

3. Protocol on the Statute of the Court of Justice of the European Union

210

4. Protocol on the Statute of the European System of Central Banks and of the European Central Bank

225

5. Protocol on the Statute of the European Investment Bank

247

6. Protocol on the location of the seats of the institutions and of certain bodies, offices, agencies and departments of the European Union

260

7. Protocol on the privileges and immunities of the European Union

261

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

267

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

297

10. Protocol on the excessive deficit procedure

337

11. Protocol on the convergence criteria

339

12. Protocol on the Euro Group

341

13. Protocol on certain provisions relating to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland as regards economic and monetary union

342

14. Protocol on certain provisions relating to Denmark as regards economic and monetary union

345

15. Protocol on certain tasks of the National Bank of Denmark

346

16. Protocol on the Pacific Financial Community franc system

347

17. Protocol on the Schengen acquis integrated into the framework of the European Union

348

18. Protocol on the application of certain aspects of Article III-130 of the Constitution to the United Kingdom and to Ireland

351

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

353

20. Protocol on the position of Denmark

356

21. Protocol on external relations of the Member States with regard to the crossing of external borders

361

22. Protocol on asylum for nationals of Member States

362

23. Protocol on permanent structured cooperation established by Article I-41(6) and Article III-312 of the Constitution

364

24. Protocol on Article I-41(2) of the Constitution

367

25. Protocol concerning imports into the European Union of petroleum products refined in the Netherlands Antilles

368

26. Protocol on the acquisition of property in Denmark

371

27. Protocol on the system of public broadcasting in the Member States

372

28. Protocol concerning Article III-214 of the Constitution

373

29. Protocol on economic, social and territorial cohesion

374

30. Protocol on special arrangements for Greenland

376

31. Protocol on Article 40.3.3 of the Constitution of Ireland

377

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

378

33. Protocol on the Acts and Treaties which have supplemented or amended the Treaty establishing the European Community and the Treaty on European Union

379

34. Protocol on the transitional provisions relating to the institutions and bodies of the Union

382

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

389

36. Protocol amending the Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community

391

B. Annexes to the Treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe

395

Annex I — List referred to in Article III–226 of the Constitution

396

Annex II — Overseas countries and territories to which Title IV of Part III of the Constitution applies

400

FINAL ACT

401

A. Declarations concerning provisions of the Constitution

420

B. Declarations concerning Protocols annexed to the Constitution

465




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