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Document 11957E155

TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY, PART FIVE - INSTITUTIONS OF THE COMMUNITY, TITLE I - PROVISIONS GOVERNING THE INSTITUTIONS, CHAPTER 1: THE INSTITUTIONS, SECTION 3: THE COMMISSION, ARTICLE 155

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11957E155

TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY, PART FIVE - INSTITUTIONS OF THE COMMUNITY, TITLE I - PROVISIONS GOVERNING THE INSTITUTIONS, CHAPTER 1: THE INSTITUTIONS, SECTION 3: THE COMMISSION, ARTICLE 155


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Article 155

In order to ensure the proper functioning and development of the common market , the Commission shall :

- ensure that the provisions of this Treaty and the measures taken by the institutions pursuant thereto are applied ;

- formulate recommendations or deliver opinions on matters dealt with in this Treaty , if it expressly so provides or if the Commission considers it necessary ;

- have its own power of decision and participate in the shaping of measures taken by the Council and by the Assembly in the manner provided for in this Treaty ;

- exercise the powers conferred on it by the Council for the implementation of the rules laid down by the latter .

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