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Consolidated version of the Treaty on European Union, Article 5

Official Journal of the European Union (C 202, 7 June 2016) · 2016

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EstablishedUnder Article 5(3) of the Treaty on European Union, in areas outside its exclusive competence the Union may act only if and in so far as the objectives cannot be sufficiently achieved by the member states but can, by reason of scale or effects, be better achieved at Union level.