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    TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY
    PART ONE: PRINCIPLES
    ARTICLE 3

    /* CODIFIED VERSION OF THE TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY */

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    11992E003

    TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY - PART ONE: PRINCIPLES - ARTICLE 3 /* CODIFIED VERSION OF THE TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY */

    Official Journal C 224 , 31/08/1992 P. 0008


    Article 3

    For the purposes set out in Article 2, the activities of the Community shall include, as provided in this Treaty and in accordance with the timetable set out therein:

    (a) the elimination, as between Member States, of customs duties and quantitative restrictions on the import and export of goods, and of all other measures having equivalent effect;

    (b) a common commercial policy;

    (c) an internal market characterized by the abolition, as between Member States, of obstacles to the free movement of goods, persons, services and capital;

    (d) measures concerning the entry and movement of persons in the internal market as provided for in Article 100c;

    (e) a common policy in the sphere of agriculture and fisheries;

    (f) a common policy in the sphere of transport;

    (g) a system ensuring that competition in the internal market is not distorted;

    (h) the approximation of the laws of Member States to the extent required for the functioning of the common market;

    (i) a policy in the social sphere comprising a European Social Fund;

    (j) the strengthening of economic and social cohesion;

    (k) a policy in the sphere of the environment;

    (l) the strengthening of the competitiveness of Community industry;

    (m) the promotion of research and technological development;

    (n) encouragement for the establishment and development of trans-European networks;

    (o) a contribution to the attainment of a high level of health protection;

    (p) a contribution to education and training of quality and to the flowering of the cultures of the Member States;

    (q) a policy in the sphere of development cooperation;

    (r) the association of the overseas countries and territories in order to increase trade and promote jointly economic and social development;

    (s) a contribution to the strengthening of consumer protection;

    (t) measures in the spheres of energy, civil protection and tourism.

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