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Document 12012E023

    Consolidated version of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union
    PART TWO - NON-DISCRIMINATION AND CITIZENSHIP OF THE UNION
    Article 23
    (ex Article 20 TEC)

    OJ C 326, 26.10.2012, p. 58–58 (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/tfeu_2012/art_23/oj

    26.10.2012   

    EN

    Official Journal of the European Union

    C 326/1

    CONSOLIDATED VERSION OF THE TREATY ON THE FUNCTIONING OF THE EUROPEAN UNION

    PART TWO

    NON-DISCRIMINATION AND CITIZENSHIP OF THE UNION

    Article 23

    (ex Article 20 TEC)

    Every citizen of the Union shall, in the territory of a third country in which the Member State of which he is a national is not represented, be entitled to protection by the diplomatic or consular authorities of any Member State, on the same conditions as the nationals of that State. Member States shall adopt the necessary provisions and start the international negotiations required to secure this protection.

    The Council, acting in accordance with a special legislative procedure and after consulting the European Parliament, may adopt directives establishing the coordination and cooperation measures necessary to facilitate such protection.

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