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Document 12006E061

    Treaty establishing the European Community (consolidated version)
    Part Three - Community policies
    TITLE IV - Visas, asylum, immigration and other policies related to free movement of persons
    Article 61

    JO C 321E, 29.12.2006, p. 65–66 (ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, GA, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, SK, SL, FI, SV)

    Legal status of the document In force

    ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/treaty/tec_2006/art_61/oj

    Date of document:
    02/10/1997
    Date of effect:
    01/05/1999; intrare în vigoare a se vedea 197D014 şi JO L 114/99 p. 56
    Date of signature:
    02/10/1997; Amsterdam
    Date of end of validity:
    No end date
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    State membre
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    Tratat
    Authentic language:
    spaniolă, cehă, daneză, germană, estonă, greacă, engleză, franceză, irlandeză, italiană, letonă, lituaniană, maghiară, malteză, neerlandeză, polonă, portugheză, slovacă, slovenă, finlandeză, suedeză
    Treaty:
    Tratatul de instituire a Comunităţii Europene
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    Relation Act Comment Subdivision concerned From To
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    12006E061

    Treaty establishing the European Community (consolidated version) - Part Three - Community policies - TITLE IV - Visas, asylum, immigration and other policies related to free movement of persons - Article 61

    Official Journal C 321 E , 29/12/2006 P. 0065 - 0066
    Official Journal C 325 , 24/12/2002 P. 0057 - Consolidated version
    Official Journal C 340 , 10/11/1997 P. 0200 - Consolidated version


    Article 61

    In order to establish progressively an area of freedom, security and justice, the Council shall adopt:

    (a) within a period of five years after the entry into force of the Treaty of Amsterdam, measures aimed at ensuring the free movement of persons in accordance with Article 14, in conjunction with directly related flanking measures with respect to external border controls, asylum and immigration, in accordance with the provisions of Article 62(2) and (3) and Article 63(1)(a) and (2)(a), and measures to prevent and combat crime in accordance with the provisions of Article 31(e) of the Treaty on European Union;

    (b) other measures in the fields of asylum, immigration and safeguarding the rights of nationals of third countries, in accordance with the provisions of Article 63;

    (c) measures in the field of judicial cooperation in civil matters as provided for in Article 65;

    (d) appropriate measures to encourage and strengthen administrative cooperation, as provided for in Article 66;

    (e) measures in the field of police and judicial cooperation in criminal matters aimed at a high level of security by preventing and combating crime within the Union in accordance with the provisions of the Treaty on European Union.

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