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Protocol on the Internal Market and Competition PDF Print E-mail
PROTOCOL
ON THE INTERNAL MARKET AND COMPETITION
THE HIGH CONTRACTING PARTIES

CONSIDERING that the internal market as set out in Article 3 of the Treaty on European Union includes a system ensuring that competition is not distorted,

HAVE AGREED that:

to this end, the Union shall, if necessary, take action under the provisions of the Treaties, including under Article 352 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union.

This protocol shall be annexed to the Treaty on European Union and to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union.