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Document 11957A101

TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN ATOMIC ENERGY COMMUNITY ( E.A.E.C. - EURATOM ), TITLE TWO - PROVISIONS FOR THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF PROGRESS IN THE FIELD OF NUCLEAR ENERGY, CHAPTER X: EXTERNAL RELATIONS, ARTICLE 101

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11957A101

TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN ATOMIC ENERGY COMMUNITY ( E.A.E.C. - EURATOM ), TITLE TWO - PROVISIONS FOR THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF PROGRESS IN THE FIELD OF NUCLEAR ENERGY, CHAPTER X: EXTERNAL RELATIONS, ARTICLE 101


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ARTICLE 101

THE COMMUNITY MAY , WITHIN THE LIMITS OF ITS POWERS AND JURISDICTION , ENTER INTO OBLIGATIONS BY CONCLUDING AGREEMENTS OR CONTRACTS WITH A THIRD STATE , AN INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATION OR A NATIONAL OF A THIRD STATE .

SUCH AGREEMENTS OR CONTRACTS SHALL BE NEGOTIATED BY THE COMMISSION IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE DIRECTIVES OF THE COUNCIL ; THEY SHALL BE CONCLUDED BY THE COMMISSION WITH THE APPROVAL OF THE COUNCIL , WHICH SHALL ACT BY A QUALIFIED MAJORITY .

AGREEMENTS OR CONTRACTS WHOSE IMPLEMENTATION DOES NOT REQUIRE ACTION BY THE COUNCIL AND CAN BE EFFECTED WITHIN THE LIMITS OF THE RELEVANT BUDGET SHALL , HOWEVER , BE NEGOTIATED AND CONCLUDED SOLELY BY THE COMMISSION ; THE COMMISSION SHALL KEEP THE COUNCIL INFORMED .

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