Article 50 TEU

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Article 50 TEU is the provision of European Union primary law that sets out the legal process by which a member state may withdraw from the EU.

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Article 50 TEU canonical 3

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf provision of European Union law ⓘ
treaty article ⓘ
allows revocation of withdrawal notification before withdrawal takes effect ⓘ
appliesTo any EU Member State ⓘ
appliesWhen Member State notifies intention to withdraw to the European Council ⓘ
basisInLawFor Brexit withdrawal process ⓘ
category European Union primary law ⓘ
ceasesToApplyToState on date of entry into force of withdrawal agreement or expiry of two-year period ⓘ
citedAs Article 50 of the Treaty on European Union ⓘ
codifies unilateral right of withdrawal from the EU ⓘ
consequenceOfExpiry EU Treaties cease to apply to the withdrawing State ⓘ
decisionToWithdraw must be taken in accordance with the Member State’s own constitutional requirements ⓘ
definesProcedureFor Member State withdrawal from the European Union ⓘ
doesNotRegulate internal constitutional process leading to decision to withdraw ⓘ
effectiveFrom 1 December 2009 ⓘ
firstInvocationDate 29 March 2017 ⓘ
firstInvokedBy United Kingdom ⓘ
governs formal exit process from the European Union ⓘ
influencedDebateOn Brexit legal process ⓘ
interpretedInCase C-621/18 Wightman and Others v Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union ⓘ
introducedBy Treaty of Lisbon ⓘ
language all official languages of the European Union ⓘ
legalArea European Union law ⓘ
legalNature treaty-based procedural provision ⓘ
locatedInDocument Treaty on European Union ⓘ
negotiationMandateGivenTo European Commission ⓘ
partOf Treaty on European Union ⓘ
providesFor framework for future relationship with the Union ⓘ
negotiation of a withdrawal agreement ⓘ
setting out arrangements for withdrawal ⓘ
regulates withdrawal of a Member State from the European Union ⓘ
relatedConcept European Union membership ⓘ
European integration ⓘ
sovereignty of Member States ⓘ
relatedTo Treaty of Lisbon ⓘ
Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union ⓘ
requires notification of the European Council by the withdrawing Member State ⓘ
revocationConditions must be unequivocal and unconditional ⓘ
must follow Member State’s constitutional requirements ⓘ
revocationEffect Member State remains in the EU under unchanged terms ⓘ
setsOut right of a Member State to withdraw from the European Union ⓘ
setsTimeLimit two-year period after notification ⓘ
subjectToInterpretationBy Court of Justice of the European Union ⓘ
timeLimitExtension possible extension by unanimous decision of the European Council ⓘ
typeOfRight unilateral right of withdrawal ⓘ
votingRuleForAgreement qualified majority in the Council ⓘ
withdrawalAgreementConcludedBy Council of the European Union ⓘ
withdrawalAgreementRequires consent of the European Parliament ⓘ

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