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Document 12012M049

    Consolidated version of the Treaty on European Union
    TITLE VI - FINAL PROVISIONS
    Article 49
    (ex Article 49 TEU)

    OJ C 326, 26.10.2012, p. 43–43 (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/teu_2012/art_49/oj

    Date of document:
    26/10/2012; Date of publication
    Date of effect:
    01/11/1993; Entry into force See Art 54.2 And OJ L 293/1993 p.61
    Date of signature:
    07/02/1992; Maastricht
    Date of end of validity:
    No end date
    Author:
    The Member States
    Form:
    Treaty
    Depositary:
    Italy - Government
    Authentic language:
    Bulgarian, Spanish, Czech, Danish, German, Estonian, Greek, English, French, Irish, Italian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Hungarian, Maltese, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Slovak, Slovenian, Finnish, Swedish

    26.10.2012   

    EN

    Official Journal of the European Union

    C 326/1

    CONSOLIDATED VERSION OF THE TREATY ON EUROPEAN UNION

    TITLE VI

    FINAL PROVISIONS

    Article 49

    (ex Article 49 TEU)

    Any European State which respects the values referred to in Article 2 and is committed to promoting them may apply to become a member of the Union. The European Parliament and national Parliaments shall be notified of this application. The applicant State shall address its application to the Council, which shall act unanimously after consulting the Commission and after receiving the consent of the European Parliament, which shall act by a majority of its component members. The conditions of eligibility agreed upon by the European Council shall be taken into account.

    The conditions of admission and the adjustments to the Treaties on which the Union is founded, which such admission entails, shall be the subject of an agreement between the Member States and the applicant State. This agreement shall be submitted for ratification by all the contracting States in accordance with their respective constitutional requirements.

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