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Document 11997E045

    Treaty establishing the European Community (Amsterdam consolidated version)
    Part Three: Community policies
    Title III: Free movement of persons, services and capital
    Chapter 2: Right of establishment
    Article 45
    Article 55 - EC Treaty (Maastricht consolidated version)
    Article 55 - EEC Treaty

    Legal status of the document In force

    ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/treaty/tec_1997/art_45/oj

    11997E045

    Treaty establishing the European Community (Amsterdam consolidated version) - Part Three: Community policies - Title III: Free movement of persons, services and capital - Chapter 2: Right of establishment - Article 45 - Article 55 - EC Treaty (Maastricht consolidated version) - Article 55 - EEC Treaty

    Official Journal C 340 , 10/11/1997 P. 0196 - Consolidated version
    Official Journal C 224 , 31/08/1992 P. 0022 - Consolidated version
    (EEC Treaty - no official publication available)


    Treaty establishing the European Community (Amsterdam consolidated version)

    Article 45

    The provisions of this Chapter shall not apply, so far as any given Member State is concerned, to activities which in that State are connected, even occasionally, with the exercise of official authority.

    The Council may, acting by a qualified majority on a proposal from the Commission, rule that the provisions of this Chapter shall not apply to certain activities.

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