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Document 11997M013

    Treaty on European Union (consolidated version)
    Title V: Provisions on a common foreign and security policy
    Article 13
    Article J.3 - EU Treaty (Maastricht 1992)

    Legal status of the document In force

    ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/treaty/teu_1997/art_13/oj

    11997M013

    Treaty on European Union (consolidated version) - Title V: Provisions on a common foreign and security policy - Article 13 - Article J.3 - EU Treaty (Maastricht 1992)

    Official Journal C 340 , 10/11/1997 P. 0156 - Consolidated version
    Official Journal C 191 , 29/07/1992 P. 0058


    Treaty on European Union (consolidated version)

    Article 13

    1. The European Council shall define the principles of and general guidelines for the common foreign and security policy, including for matters with defence implications.

    2. The European Council shall decide on common strategies to be implemented by the Union in areas where the Member States have important interests in common.

    Common strategies shall set out their objectives, duration and the means to be made available by the Union and the Member States.

    3. The Council shall take the decisions necessary for defining and implementing the common foreign and security policy on the basis of the general guidelines defined by the European Council.

    The Council shall recommend common strategies to the European Council and shall implement them, in particular by adopting joint actions and common positions.

    The Council shall ensure the unity, consistency and effectiveness of action by the Union.

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