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Document 11957E159

TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY, PART FIVE - INSTITUTIONS OF THE COMMUNITY, TITLE I - PROVISIONS GOVERNING THE INSTITUTIONS, CHAPTER 1: THE INSTITUTIONS, SECTION 3: THE COMMISSION, ARTICLE 159

Legal status of the document No longer in force, Date of end of validity: 30/06/1967; Arna aisghairm le 165F019

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11957E159

TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY, PART FIVE - INSTITUTIONS OF THE COMMUNITY, TITLE I - PROVISIONS GOVERNING THE INSTITUTIONS, CHAPTER 1: THE INSTITUTIONS, SECTION 3: THE COMMISSION, ARTICLE 159


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Article 159

( Article repealed by Article 19 of the Merger Treaty )

( See Article 12 of the Merger Treaty , which reads as follows :

Apart from normal replacement , or death , the duties of a member of the Commission shall end when he resigns or is compulsorily retired .

The vacancy thus caused shall be filled for the remainder of the member's term of office . The Council may , acting unanimously , decide that such a vacancy need not be filled .

Save in the case of compulsory retirement under the provisions of Article 13 , (*) members of the Commission shall remain in office until they have been replaced . )

(*) Article 13 of the Merger Treaty . See Article 160 below .

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