TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN ATOMIC ENERGY COMMUNITY ( E.A.E.C. - EURATOM ), TITLE TWO - PROVISIONS FOR THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF PROGRESS IN THE FIELD OF NUCLEAR ENERGY, CHAPTER X: EXTERNAL RELATIONS, ARTICLE 101
++++ ARTICLE 101 THE COMMUNITY MAY , WITHIN THE LIMITS OF ITS POWERS AND JURISDICTION , ENTER INTO OBLIGATIONS BY CONCLUDING AGREEMENTS OR CONTRACTS WITH A THIRD STATE , AN INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATION OR A NATIONAL OF A THIRD STATE . SUCH AGREEMENTS OR CONTRACTS SHALL BE NEGOTIATED BY THE COMMISSION IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE DIRECTIVES OF THE COUNCIL ; THEY SHALL BE CONCLUDED BY THE COMMISSION WITH THE APPROVAL OF THE COUNCIL , WHICH SHALL ACT BY A QUALIFIED MAJORITY . AGREEMENTS OR CONTRACTS WHOSE IMPLEMENTATION DOES NOT REQUIRE ACTION BY THE COUNCIL AND CAN BE EFFECTED WITHIN THE LIMITS OF THE RELEVANT BUDGET SHALL , HOWEVER , BE NEGOTIATED AND CONCLUDED SOLELY BY THE COMMISSION ; THE COMMISSION SHALL KEEP THE COUNCIL INFORMED .