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Document 12012E197

    Consolidated version of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union
    PART THREE - UNION POLICIES AND INTERNAL ACTIONS
    TITLE XXIV - ADMINISTRATIVE COOPERATION
    Article 197

    SL C 326, 26.10.2012, p. 136–136 (BG, ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SK, SL, FI, SV)

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    ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/treaty/tfeu_2012/art_197/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 THREE

    UNION POLICIES AND INTERNAL ACTIONS

    TITLE XXIV

    ADMINISTRATIVE COOPERATION

    Article 197

    1.   Effective implementation of Union law by the Member States, which is essential for the proper functioning of the Union, shall be regarded as a matter of common interest.

    2.   The Union may support the efforts of Member States to improve their administrative capacity to implement Union law. Such action may include facilitating the exchange of information and of civil servants as well as supporting training schemes. No Member State shall be obliged to avail itself of such support. The European Parliament and the Council, acting by means of regulations in accordance with the ordinary legislative procedure, shall establish the necessary measures to this end, excluding any harmonisation of the laws and regulations of the Member States.

    3.   This Article shall be without prejudice to the obligations of the Member States to implement Union law or to the prerogatives and duties of the Commission. It shall also be without prejudice to other provisions of the Treaties providing for administrative cooperation among the Member States and between them and the Union.

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