The Treaty of the European Union, Maastricht Treaty, 7th February, 1992 — John Shaqi
The Treaty of the European Union, Maastricht Treaty, 7th February, 1992European Union
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The Treaty of the European Union, Maastricht Treaty, 7th February, 1992
European Union
Europe -- Economic integration; European Union; European federation
to be adopted for establishing and implementing the budget and for
presenting and auditing accounts;
(b) determine the methods and procedure whereby the budget revenue
provided under the arrangements relating to the Community's own
resources shall be made available to the Commission, and determine
the measures to be applied, if need be, to meet cash requirements;
(c) lay down rules concerning the responsibility of financial controllers,
authorizing officers and accounting officers, and concerning
appropriate arrangements for inspection."
77) The following article shall be inserted:
"ARTICLE 209a
Member States shall take the same measures to counter fraud
affecting the financial interests of the Community as they take to
counter fraud affecting their own financial interests.
Without prejudice to the other provisions of the Treaty, Member States
shall co-ordinate their action aimed at protecting the financial interests
of the Community against fraud. To this end they shall organize, with
the help of the Commission, close and regular co-operation between
the competent departments of their administrations."
78) Article 215 shall be replaced by the following:
"ARTICLE 215
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 law 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."
79) Article 227 shall be amended as follows:
(a) paragraph 2 shall be replaced by the following:
"2. With regard to the French overseas departments, the general and
particular provisions of this Treaty relating to:
- the free movement of goods;
- agriculture, save for Article 40 (4);
- the liberalization of services
- the rules on competition;
- the protective measures provided for in Articles 109h, 109i and 226;
- the institutions,
shall apply as soon as this Treaty enters into force.
The conditions under which the other provisions of this Treaty are to
apply shall be determined, within two years of entry into force of this
Treaty, by decisions of the Council, acting unanimously on a proposal
from the Commission.
The institutions of the Community will, within the framework of the
procedures provided for in this Treaty, in particular Article 226, take
care that the economic and social developments of these areas is
made possible."
(b) in paragraph 5, subparagraph (a) shall be replaced by the following:
"(a) this Treaty shall not apply to the Faroe Islands."
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