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Document 12012P017

    Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union
    TITLE II - FREEDOMS
    Article 17 - Right to property

    OJ C 326, 26.10.2012, p. 399–399 (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/char_2012/art_17/oj

    Date of document:
    26/10/2012; Date of publication
    Date of effect:
    12/01/2012; Entry into force
    Date of signature:
    12/12/2007; Strasbourg
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    The Member States
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    Treaty
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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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    Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union , Treaty on European Union
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    26.10.2012   

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    Official Journal of the European Union

    C 326/391

    CHARTER OF FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS OF THE EUROPEAN UNION

    TITLE II

    FREEDOMS

    Article 17

    Right to property

    1.   Everyone has the right to own, use, dispose of and bequeath his or her lawfully acquired possessions. No one may be deprived of his or her possessions, except in the public interest and in the cases and under the conditions provided for by law, subject to fair compensation being paid in good time for their loss. The use of property may be regulated by law in so far as is necessary for the general interest.

    2.   Intellectual property shall be protected.

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