Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union

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European Union treaty founding treaty international treaty

The Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union is one of the EU’s primary founding treaties, setting out its institutional framework, policy competences, and detailed rules governing the functioning of the Union’s internal market and other key areas.

Aliases (11)

Statements (62)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	European Union treaty → founding treaty → international treaty →
adoptedBy	Member States of the European Union →
alsoKnownAs	Treaty establishing the European Community (before Lisbon) →
appliesTo	Member States of the European Union →
cameIntoForceOn	2009-12-01 →
citedAs	OJ C 326, 26.10.2012, p. 47–390 (consolidated version) →
contains	provisions on citizenship of the Union → provisions on cohesion policy → provisions on culture → provisions on development cooperation → provisions on education and vocational training → provisions on external action of the Union → provisions on humanitarian aid → provisions on non-discrimination → provisions on public health → provisions on research and technological development → provisions on trans-European networks →
defines	competences of the European Union → exclusive competences of the European Union → shared competences between the EU and Member States → supporting competences of the European Union →
enteredIntoForceBy	Treaty of Lisbon →
hasPart	Part Five – The Union’s external action → Part Four – Association of the overseas countries and territories → Part One – Principles → Part Seven – General and final provisions → Part Six – Institutional and financial provisions → Part Three – Union policies and internal actions → Part Two – Non-discrimination and citizenship of the Union →
languageOfOfficialText	all official languages of the European Union →
legalBasisFor	European Union agriculture policy → European Union area of freedom, security and justice → European Union common commercial policy → European Union competition policy → European Union competition rules → European Union consumer protection policy → European Union customs union → European Union economic and monetary policy → European Union energy policy → European Union environment policy → European Union fisheries policy → European Union internal market → European Union social policy → European Union state aid rules → European Union transport policy →
partOf	EU Treaties → primary law of the European Union →
replaced	Treaty establishing the European Community →
requires	ratification by all EU Member States →
setsOut	rules on approximation of laws of Member States → rules on competition within the internal market → rules on free movement of capital → rules on free movement of goods → rules on free movement of persons → rules on free movement of services → rules on public undertakings and services of general economic interest → rules on taxation coordination →
shortName	TFEU →
subjectTo	interpretation by the Court of Justice of the European Union →
togetherWith	Treaty on European Union →

Referenced by (72)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Annual Report of the European Central Bank → Board of Governors of the European Investment Bank → CJUE → Committee of the Regions → Common Agricultural Policy → Common Agricultural Policy implementation (pre-Brexit) → Common Fisheries Policy → Council of Ministers of the European Union → Council of the European Union → Court of Justice of the European Union → Directorate-General for Competition → Directorate-General for Regional and Urban Policy → Europe 2020 strategy ("Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU)") → European Central Bank → European Commission → European Commissioner → European Court of Auditors → European Data Protection Supervisor → European Economic and Social Committee → European Ombudsman (office in Strasbourg) → European Parliament → European Regional Development Fund → European Research Area → European System of Central Banks → European Union → European Union area of freedom, security and justice → European Union area of freedom, security and justice ("Title V of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union") → European Union economic and monetary union → European Union internal market → European Union outermost regions ("Article 349 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union") → European Union outermost regions ("Article 355 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union") → European political parties → Eurosystem → Executive Board of the European Central Bank → Foreign Affairs Council → Framework Programmes for Research and Innovation → General Affairs Council → General Court → Governing Council of the European Central Bank → High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy → Management Committee of the European Investment Bank → Overseas Countries and Territories Association of the European Union (pre-Brexit via UK) ("Part Four of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union") → President of the European Commission → Regulation (EU) No 1292/2013 → Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 1141/2014 → Transport, Telecommunications and Energy Council → the Council →	legalBasis
European Employment Strategy → European Union competition policy → European Union legal order → European institutions → Statute of the European Ombudsman → Statute of the European System of Central Banks and of the European Central Bank →	basedOn
Committee of Permanent Representatives → Eurozone → General Secretariat of the Council →	governedBy
Directorate-General for Health and Food Safety → Member States of the European Union →	follows
European Union state aid rules ("Article 107 TFEU") → European Union state aid rules ("Article 108 TFEU") →	keyProvision
Common Fisheries Policy ("Article 38 TFEU") → Common Fisheries Policy ("Article 43 TFEU") →	legalBasisArticle
Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union ("Treaty establishing the European Community (before Lisbon)") →	alsoKnownAs
European Union financial regulators →	baseOn
EU Treaties →	composedOf
Treaty of Lisbon →	created
European Union customs union →	hasLegalBasisIn
European Union state aid rules →	legalBasisInPrimaryLaw
Treaty of Lisbon →	newName
Treaty of Rome →	predecessorOf
Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union ("TFEU") →	shortName
Agriculture and Fisheries Council →	subjectTo