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Document 12012E032

Consolidated version of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union
PART THREE - UNION POLICIES AND INTERNAL ACTIONS
TITLE II - FREE MOVEMENT OF GOODS
Chapter 1 - The customs union
Article 32
(ex Article 27 TEC)

OJ C 326, 26.10.2012, p. 60–60 (BG, ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SK, SL, FI, SV)

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ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/treaty/tfeu_2012/art_32/oj

26.10.2012   

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Official Journal of the European Union

C 326/1


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

PART THREE

UNION POLICIES AND INTERNAL ACTIONS

TITLE II

FREE MOVEMENT OF GOODS

CHAPTER 1

THE CUSTOMS UNION

Article 32

(ex Article 27 TEC)

In carrying out the tasks entrusted to it under this Chapter the Commission shall be guided by:

(a)

the need to promote trade between Member States and third countries;

(b)

developments in conditions of competition within the Union in so far as they lead to an improvement in the competitive capacity of undertakings;

(c)

the requirements of the Union as regards the supply of raw materials and semi-finished goods; in this connection the Commission shall take care to avoid distorting conditions of competition between Member States in respect of finished goods;

(d)

the need to avoid serious disturbances in the economies of Member States and to ensure rational development of production and an expansion of consumption within the Union.


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