Book Description

This publication contains the consolidated versions of the Treaty on European Union ("TEU") and of the Treaty on the Functioning of the EuropeanUnion ("TFEU"), together with the annexes and protocols thereto, as they result from the amendments introduced by the Treaty of Lisbon, which was signed on 13 December 2007 in Lisbon and which entered into force on 1 December 2009. It also contains the declarations annexed to the Final Act of the Intergovernmental Conference which adopted the Treaty of Lisbon. In addition, this publication contains all the amendments subsequent to the signature of the Treaty of Lisbon: theProtocol amending the Protocol on Transitional Provisions, those effected by Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 741/2012 and Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2015/2422 of theEuropean Parliament and of the Council amending the Protocol on the Statute of the Court of Justice of the European Union and Annex I thereto, the amendment of the status with regard to the European Union of the island of Saint-Barthélemy and of Mayotte, the addition of paragraph 3 to Article 136 TFEU, the amendment with regard to a stability mechanism for Member States whose currency is the euro, and the amendments brought about by the Act of Accession of the Republic of Croatia. This publication also contains the corrigenda that were approved up to March 2016. This publication also contains the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union which was proclaimed at Strasbourg on 12 December 2007 by the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission (OJ C 303, 14.12.2007, p. 1). This text repeats and adapts the Charter proclaimed on 7 December 2000, and replaces it with effect from 1 December 2009, the date of entry into force of the Treaty of Lisbon. By virtue of the first subparagraph of Article 6(1) of the Treaty on European Union, the Charter proclaimed in 2007 has the same legal value as the Treaties.