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Treaty of Amsterdam amending the Treaty on European Union, the Treaties establishing the European Communities and certain related acts

The Treaty of Amsterdam amending the Treaty of the European Union, the Treaties establishing the European Communities and certain related acts, commonly known as the Amsterdam Treaty, was signed on October 2, 1997, and entered into force on May 1, 1999; it made substantial changes to the Treaty on European Union, which had been signed at Maastricht in 1992. — Excerpted from Amsterdam Treaty on Wikipedia, the free online encyclopedia. Source: http://eur-lex.europa.eu/en/treaties/dat/11997D/htm/11997D.html

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• PREAMBLE
• PART ONE - SUBSTANTIVE AMENDMENTS
  • Article 1
  • Article 2
  • Article 3
  • Article 4
  • Article 5
• PART TWO - SIMPLIFICATION
  • Article 6
  • Article 7
  • Article 8
  • Article 9
  • Article 10
  • Article 11
• PART THREE - GENERAL AND FINAL PROVISIONS
  • Article 12
  • Article 13
  • Article 14
  • Article 15
• PROTOCOLS
  • A. PROTOCOL ANNEXED TO THE TREATY ON EUROPEAN UNION
    • Protocol on Article J.7 of the Treaty on European Union
  • B. PROTOCOLS ANNEXED TO THE TREATY ON EUROPEAN UNION AND TO THE TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY
    • Protocol integrating the Schengen acquis into the framework of the European Union
    • Protocol on the application of certain aspects of Article 7a of the Treaty establishing the European Community to the United Kingdom and to Ireland
    • Protocol on the position of the United Kingdom and Ireland
    • Protocol on the position of Denmark
  • C. PROTOCOLS ANNEXED TO THE TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY
    • Protocol on asylum for nationals of Member States of the European Union
    • Protocol on the application of the principles of subsidiarity and proportionality
    • Protocol on external relations of the Member States with regard to the crossing of external borders
    • Protocol on the system of public broadcasting in the Member States
    • Protocol on protection and welfare of animals
  • D. PROTOCOLS ANNEXED TO THE TREATY ON EUROPEAN UNION AND THE TREATIES ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY, THE EUROPEAN COAL AND STEEL COMMUNITY AND THE EUROPEAN ATOMIC ENERGY COMMUNITY
    • Protocol on the institutions with the prospect of enlargement of the European Union
    • Protocol on the location of the seats of the institutions and of certain bodies and departments of the European Communities and of Europol
    • Protocol on the role of national parliaments in the European Union
• FINAL ACT
• DECLARATIONS ADOPTED BY THE CONFERENCE
  • Declaration on the abolition of the death penalty
  • Declaration on enhanced cooperation between the European Union and the Western European Union
  • Declaration relating to Western European Union
  • Declaration on Article K.2 of the Treaty on European Union
  • Declaration on Article K.3(e) of the Treaty on European Union
  • Declaration on Article K.6(2) of the Treaty on European Union
  • Declaration on Article K.7 of the Treaty on European Union
  • Declaration on the status of churches and non-confessional organisations
  • Declaration on environmental impact assessments
  • Declaration on Article 7d of the Treaty establishing the European Community
  • Declaration on the repeal of Article 44 of the Treaty establishing the European Community
  • Declaration on the preservation of the level of protection and security provided by the Schengen acquis
  • Declaration on Article 73j(2)(b) of the Treaty establishing the European Community
  • Declaration on Article 73k of the Treaty establishing the European Community
  • Declaration on Article 73k(3)(a) of the Treaty establishing the European Community
  • Declaration on Article 73l(1) of the Treaty establishing the European Community
  • Declaration on Article 73m of the Treaty establishing the European Community
  • Declaration on Article 73o of the Treaty establishing the European Community
  • Declaration regarding persons with a disability
  • Declaration on incentive measures referred to in Article 109r of the Treaty establishing the European Community
  • Declaration on Article 109r of the Treaty establishing the European Community
  • Declaration on Article 118 of the Treaty establishing the European Community
  • Declaration on Article 118(2) of the Treaty establishing the European Community
  • Declaration on Article 118b(2) of the Treaty establishing the European Community
  • Declaration on Article 119(4) of the Treaty establishing the European Community
  • Declaration on sport
  • Declaration on island regions
  • Declaration relating to the Council Decision of 13 July 1987
  • Declaration on the organisation and functioning of the Commission
  • Declaration on Article 188c(3) of the Treaty establishing the European Community
  • Declaration on respect for time limits under the co-decision procedure
  • Declaration on Article 191a(1) of the Treaty establishing the European Community
  • Declaration on the Overseas Countries and Territories
  • Declaration on public credit institutions in Germany
  • Declaration on voluntary service activities
  • Declaration on the quality of the drafting of Community legislation
  • Declaration concerning the procedure for concluding international agreements by the European Coal and Steel Community
  • Declaration on the provisions relating to transparency, access to documents and the fight against fraud
  • Declaration on the consolidation of the Treaties
  • Declaration relating to the Protocol on the application of the principles of subsidiarity and proportionality
  • Declaration on Article 2 of the Protocol integrating the Schengen acquis into the framework of the European Union
  • Declaration on Article 4 of the Protocol integrating the Schengen acquis into the framework of the European Union
  • Declaration on Article 5 of the Protocol integrating the Schengen acquis into the framework of the European Union
  • Declaration on Article 6 of the Protocol integrating the Schengen acquis into the framework of the European Union
  • Declaration relating to the Protocol on asylum for nationals of Member States of the European Union
  • Declaration relating to subparagraph (d) of the Sole Article of the Protocol on asylum for nationals of Member States of the European Union
  • Declaration relating to the Protocol on the institutions with the prospect of enlargement of the European Union
  • Declaration on Article 10 of the Treaty of Amsterdam
• DECLARATIONS OF WHICH THE CONFERENCE TOOK NOTE
  • Declaration by Austria and Luxembourg on credit institutions
  • Declaration by Denmark on Article K.14 of the Treaty on European Union
  • Declaration by Germany, Austria and Belgium on subsidiarity
  • Declaration by Ireland on Article 3 of the Protocol on the position of the United Kingdom and Ireland
  • Declaration by Belgium on the Protocol on asylum for nationals of Member States of the European Union
  • Declaration by Belgium, France and Italy on the Protocol on the institutions with the prospect of enlargement of the European Union
  • Declaration by France concerning the situation of the overseas departments in the light of the Protocol integrating the Schengen acquis into the framework of the European Union
  • Declaration by Greece concerning the Declaration on the status of churches and non-confessional organisations

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