Article 95 of the EC Treaty

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Article 95 of the EC Treaty was a key internal market provision empowering the European Community to adopt harmonizing legislation to remove obstacles to trade and distortions of competition within the EU.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf internal market legal basis
provision of primary EU law
aimedAt prevention of distortions of competition within the European Community
removal of obstacles to trade within the European Community
appliedIn European Union internal market NERFINISHED
concerns approximation of provisions laid down by law, regulation or administrative action in Member States
constrainedBy Article 95(3) EC on high level of health, safety, environmental and consumer protection
distinguishedFrom Article 308 of the EC Treaty NERFINISHED
Article 94 of the EC Treaty NERFINISHED
empowered Council of the European Union NERFINISHED
European Community legislature NERFINISHED
European Parliament NERFINISHED
hasNumberingHistory introduced as Article 100a EEC by the Single European Act NERFINISHED
hasPurpose eliminating barriers to the free movement of establishment and capital when linked to internal market harmonization
eliminating barriers to the free movement of goods
eliminating barriers to the free movement of services
ensuring the establishment and functioning of the internal market
hasSection Article 95(1) EC
Article 95(2) EC
Article 95(3) EC NERFINISHED
Article 95(4) EC NERFINISHED
Article 95(5) EC
Article 95(6) EC
Article 95(7) EC NERFINISHED
Article 95(8) EC
Article 95(9) EC
hasSuccessor Article 114 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union NERFINISHED
inForceBefore entry into force of the Treaty of Lisbon
interpretedBy Court of Justice of the European Communities NERFINISHED
Court of Justice of the European Union NERFINISHED
legalBasisFor harmonization measures for the internal market
locatedIn Part Three of the EC Treaty NERFINISHED
Title relating to the internal market of the EC Treaty
partOf EC Treaty NERFINISHED
Treaty establishing the European Community NERFINISHED
providedFor adoption of measures for the establishment and functioning of the internal market
approximation of laws of the Member States
renumberedFrom Article 100a of the EEC Treaty
replacedBy Article 114 TFEU NERFINISHED
requires measures to have as their object the establishment and functioning of the internal market
ordinary legislative procedure involving Council and Parliament
subjectTo proportionality principle
subsidiarity principle
usedAsLegalBasisIn EU consumer protection measures with internal market focus
EU electronic communications and information society directives NERFINISHED
EU environmental measures with internal market focus
EU financial services harmonization measures
EU product harmonization legislation
usedFor adoption of directives harmonizing national legislation
adoption of regulations harmonizing national legislation

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Directive 2003/98/EC on the re-use of public sector information basedOn Article 95 of the EC Treaty
subject surface form: Directive 2003/98/EC