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Document 12012E053

    Consolidated version of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union
    PART THREE - UNION POLICIES AND INTERNAL ACTIONS
    TITLE IV - FREE MOVEMENT OF PERSONS, SERVICES AND CAPITAL
    Chapter 2 - Right of establishment
    Article 53
    (ex Article 47 TEC)

    OJ C 326, 26.10.2012, p. 69–69 (BG, ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, 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_2012/art_53/oj

    Date of document:
    26/10/2012; Date of publication
    Date of effect:
    01/01/1958; Entry into force See 11957E247
    Date of signature:
    25/03/1957; Rome
    Date of end of validity:
    Not known; See 11957E240
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    The Member States
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    Treaty
    Depositary:
    Italy - Government
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    Bulgarian, Spanish, Czech, Danish, German, Estonian, Greek, English, French, Irish, Italian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Hungarian, Maltese, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Slovak, Slovenian, Finnish, Swedish
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    26.10.2012   

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    Official Journal of the European Union

    C 326/1

    CONSOLIDATED VERSION OF THE TREATY ON THE FUNCTIONING OF THE EUROPEAN UNION

    PART THREE

    UNION POLICIES AND INTERNAL ACTIONS

    TITLE IV

    FREE MOVEMENT OF PERSONS, SERVICES AND CAPITAL

    CHAPTER 2

    RIGHT OF ESTABLISHMENT

    Article 53

    (ex Article 47 TEC)

    1.   In order to make it easier for persons to take up and pursue activities as self-employed persons, the European Parliament and the Council shall, acting in accordance with the ordinary legislative procedure, issue directives for the mutual recognition of diplomas, certificates and other evidence of formal qualifications and for the coordination of the provisions laid down by law, regulation or administrative action in Member States concerning the taking-up and pursuit of activities as self-employed persons.

    2.   In the case of the medical and allied and pharmaceutical professions, the progressive abolition of restrictions shall be dependent upon coordination of the conditions for their exercise in the various Member States.

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