Produced by Neil McLachlan The Treaty of the European Union The Maastricht Treaty, 7th February, 1992. Contributed by Neil McLachlan, nmclachlan@delphi.com Note: In the Contents section, the short upper case heading of each chapter can be searched for, to jump to that chapter. CONTENTS HEADS Introduction of signatories TITLE1 Common Provisions TITLE2 Provisions Amending the Treaty Establishing the European Ecomonic Community with a View to Establishing the European Community TITLE3 Provisions Amending the Treaty Establishing the European Coal and Steel Community TITLE4 Provisions Amending the Treaty Establishing the European Atomic Energy Community TITLE5 Provisions on a Common Foreign & Security Policy TITLE6 Provisions on Cooperation in the Fields of Justice & Home Affairs TITLE7 Final Provisions PROTOCO Protocols FINAL FINAL ACT MAY1_92 Declaration on Protocol No. 17, made on the 1st May 1992 HEADS TREATY ON EUROPEAN UNION HIS MAJESTY THE KING OF THE BELGIANS, HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN OF DENMARK, THE PRESIDENT OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY, THE PRESIDENT OF THE HELLENIC REPUBLIC, HIS MAJESTY THE KING OF SPAIN, THE PRESIDENT OF THE FRENCH REPUBLIC, THE PRESIDENT OF IRELAND, THE PRESIDENT OF THE ITALIAN REPUBLIC, HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS THE GRAND DUKE OF LUXEMBOURG, HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN OF THE NETHERLANDS, THE PRESIDENT OF THE PORTUGUESE REPUBLIC, HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND RESOLVED to mark a new stage in the process of European integration undertaken with the establishment of the European Communities, RECALLING the historic importance of the ending of the division of the European continent and the need to create firm bases for the construction of the future Europe, CONFIRMING their attachment to the principles of liberty, democracy and respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms and of the rule of law, DESIRING to deepen the solidarity between their peoples while respecting their history, their culture and their traditions, DESIRING to enhance further the democratic and efficient functioning of the institutions so as to enable them better to carry out, within a single institutional framework, the tasks entrusted to them, RESOLVED to achieve the strengthening and the convergence of their economies and to establish an economic and monetary union including, in accordance with the provisions of this Treaty, a single and stable currency, DETERMINED to promote economic and social progress for their peoples, within the context of the accomplishment of the internal market and of reinforced cohesion and environmental protection, and to implement policies ensuring that advances in economic integration are accompanied by parallel progress in other fields,