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Document 11997M048

Treaty on European Union (consolidated version)
Title VIII: Final provisions
Article 48
Article N - EU Treaty (Maastricht 1992)

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ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/treaty/teu_1997/art_48/oj

11997M048

Treaty on European Union (consolidated version) - Title VIII: Final provisions - Article 48 - Article N - EU Treaty (Maastricht 1992)

Official Journal C 340 , 10/11/1997 P. 0171 - Consolidated version
Official Journal C 191 , 29/07/1992 P. 0063


Treaty on European Union (consolidated version)

Article 48

The government of any Member State or the Commission may submit to the Council proposals for the amendment of the Treaties on which the Union is founded.

If the Council, after consulting the European Parliament and, where appropriate, the Commission, delivers an opinion in favour of calling a conference of representatives of the governments of the Member States, the conference shall be convened by the President of the Council for the purpose of determining by common accord the amendments to be made to those Treaties. The European Central Bank shall also be consulted in the case of institutional changes in the monetary area.

The amendments shall enter into force after being ratified by all the Member States in accordance with their respective constitutional requirements.

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