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Document 12016E212

    Consolidated version of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union
    PART FIVE - THE UNION'S EXTERNAL ACTION
    TITLE III - COOPERATION WITH THIRD COUNTRIES AND HUMANITARIAN AID
    CHAPTER 2 - ECONOMIC, FINANCIAL AND TECHNICAL COOPERATION WITH THIRD COUNTRIES
    Article 212 (ex Article 181a TEC)

    OJ C 202, 7.6.2016, p. 142–142 (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_212/oj

    Date of document:
    07/06/2016; Date of publication
    Date of effect:
    01/01/1958
    Date of signature:
    25/03/1957; Rome
    Date of end of validity:
    No end date
    Form:
    Treaty
    Authentic language:
    Bulgarian, Spanish, Czech, Danish, German, Estonian, Greek, English, French, Irish, Croatian, Italian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Hungarian, Maltese, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Slovak, Slovenian, Finnish, Swedish

    7.6.2016   

    EN

    Official Journal of the European Union

    C 202/142

    Article 212

    (ex Article 181a TEC)

    1.   Without prejudice to the other provisions of the Treaties, and in particular Articles 208 to 211, the Union shall carry out economic, financial and technical cooperation measures, including assistance, in particular financial assistance, with third countries other than developing countries. Such measures shall be consistent with the development policy of the Union and shall be carried out within the framework of the principles and objectives of its external action. The Union's operations and those of the Member States shall complement and reinforce each other.

    2.   The European Parliament and the Council, acting in accordance with the ordinary legislative procedure, shall adopt the measures necessary for the implementation of paragraph 1.

    3.   Within their respective spheres of competence, the Union and the Member States shall cooperate with third countries and the competent international organisations. The arrangements for Union cooperation may be the subject of agreements between the Union and the third parties concerned.

    The first subparagraph shall be without prejudice to the Member States' competence to negotiate in international bodies and to conclude international agreements.

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