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Document 12016E019

Consolidated version of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union
PART TWO - NON-DISCRIMINATION AND CITIZENSHIP OF THE UNION
Article 19 (ex Article 13 TEC)

OJ C 202, 7.6.2016, p. 56–56 (BG, ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, GA, HR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SK, SL, FI, SV)

Legal status of the document In force

ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/treaty/tfeu_2016/art_19/oj

7.6.2016   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 202/56


Article 19

(ex Article 13 TEC)

1.   Without prejudice to the other provisions of the Treaties and within the limits of the powers conferred by them upon the Union, the Council, acting unanimously in accordance with a special legislative procedure and after obtaining the consent of the European Parliament, may take appropriate action to combat discrimination based on sex, racial or ethnic origin, religion or belief, disability, age or sexual orientation.

2.   By way of derogation from paragraph 1, the European Parliament and the Council, acting in accordance with the ordinary legislative procedure, may adopt the basic principles of Union incentive measures, excluding any harmonisation of the laws and regulations of the Member States, to support action taken by the Member States in order to contribute to the achievement of the objectives referred to in paragraph 1.


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