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Document 12002E042

    Treaty establishing the European Community (Nice consolidated version)
    Part Three: Community policies
    Title III: Free movement of persons, services and capital
    Chapter 1: Workers
    Article 42
    Article 51 - EC Treaty (Maastricht consolidated version)
    Article 51 - EEC Treaty

    EÜT C 325, 24.12.2002, p. 52–52 (ES, DA, DE, EL, EN, FR, IT, NL, PT, FI, SV)

    Legal status of the document In force

    ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/treaty/tec_2002/art_42/oj

    12002E042

    Treaty establishing the European Community (Nice consolidated version) - Part Three: Community policies - Title III: Free movement of persons, services and capital - Chapter 1: Workers - Article 42 - Article 51 - EC Treaty (Maastricht consolidated version) - Article 51 - EEC Treaty

    Official Journal C 325 , 24/12/2002 P. 0052 - 0052
    Official Journal C 340 , 10/11/1997 P. 0194 - Consolidated version
    Official Journal C 224 , 31/08/1992 P. 0021 - Consolidated version
    (EEC Treaty - no official publication available)


    Treaty establishing the European Community (Nice consolidated version)

    Part Three: Community policies

    Title III: Free movement of persons, services and capital

    Chapter 1: Workers

    Article 42

    Article 51 - EC Treaty (Maastricht consolidated version)

    Article 51 - EEC Treaty

    Article 42

    The Council shall, acting in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 251, adopt such measures in the field of social security as are necessary to provide freedom of movement for workers; to this end, it shall make arrangements to secure for migrant workers and their dependants:

    (a) aggregation, for the purpose of acquiring and retaining the right to benefit and of calculating the amount of benefit, of all periods taken into account under the laws of the several countries;

    (b) payment of benefits to persons resident in the territories of Member States.

    The Council shall act unanimously throughout the procedure referred to in Article 251.

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