| dc.description.abstract | This publication contains the consolidated versions of the Treaty on European Union and of the Treaty on the
Functioning of the European Union, together with the annexes and protocols thereto, as they will result from the
amendments introduced by the Treaty of Lisbon, signed on 13 December 2007 in Lisbon. It also contains the
declarations annexed to the Final Act of the Intergovernmental Conference which adopted the Treaty of Lisbon.
The Treaty of Lisbon is still in the process of being ratified by the Member States, in accordance with their respective
constitutional requirements. As provided for in Article 6 thereof, the Treaty will enter into force on 1 January 2009,
provided that all the instruments of ratification have been deposited, or, failing that, on the first day of the month
following the deposit of the last instrument of ratification.
This publication is provisional in nature. Until the entry into force of the Treaty of Lisbon, a number of rectifications
may be made to one or other language version of the text, in order to correct possible errors which may come to light
in the Treaty of Lisbon or in the prior Treaties.
This text has been produced for documentary purposes and does not involve the responsibility of the institutions of the European Union |
