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Document 11997E288

    Treaty establishing the European Community (Amsterdam consolidated version)
    Part Six: General and Final Provisions
    Article 288
    Article 215 - EC Treaty (Maastricht consolidated version)
    Article 215 - EEC Treaty

    Legal status of the document In force

    ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/treaty/tec_1997/art_288/oj

    11997E288

    Treaty establishing the European Community (Amsterdam consolidated version) - Part Six: General and Final Provisions - Article 288 - Article 215 - EC Treaty (Maastricht consolidated version) - Article 215 - EEC Treaty

    Official Journal C 340 , 10/11/1997 P. 0294 - Consolidated version
    Official Journal C 224 , 31/08/1992 P. 0075 - Consolidated version
    (EEC Treaty - no official publication available)


    Treaty establishing the European Community (Amsterdam consolidated version)

    Article 288

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

    In the case of non-contractual liability, the Community 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.

    The preceding paragraph shall apply under the same conditions to damage caused by the ECB or by its servants in the performance of their duties.

    The personal liability of its servants towards the Community 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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