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Document 12012E340

    Consolidated version of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union
    PART SEVEN - GENERAL AND FINAL PROVISIONS
    Article 340
    (ex Article 288 TEC)

    SL C 326, 26.10.2012, p. 193–193 (BG, ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SK, SL, FI, SV)

    Legal status of the document In force

    ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/treaty/tfeu_2012/art_340/oj

    26.10.2012   

    EN

    Official Journal of the European Union

    C 326/1

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

    PART SEVEN

    GENERAL AND FINAL PROVISIONS

    Article 340

    (ex Article 288 TEC)

    The contractual liability of the Union shall be governed by the law applicable to the contract in question.

    In the case of non-contractual liability, the Union shall, in accordance with the general principles common to the laws of the Member States, make good any damage caused by its institutions or by its servants in the performance of their duties.

    Notwithstanding the second paragraph, the European Central Bank shall, in accordance with the general principles common to the laws of the Member States, make good any damage caused by it or by its servants in the performance of their duties.

    The personal liability of its servants towards the Union shall be governed by the provisions laid down in their Staff Regulations or in the Conditions of Employment applicable to them.

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