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.

All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Article 95 of the EC Treaty canonical 3
Article 95(3) EC 1
Article 95(4) EC 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (50)

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 ⓘ
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 ⓘ
Article 94 of the EC Treaty ⓘ
empowered Council of the European Union ⓘ
European Community legislature ⓘ
European Parliament ⓘ
hasNumberingHistory introduced as Article 100a EEC by the Single European Act ⓘ
linked to: Article 100a EEC
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 ⓘ
Article 95(4) EC ⓘ
Article 95(5) EC ⓘ
Article 95(6) EC ⓘ
Article 95(7) EC ⓘ
Article 95(8) EC ⓘ
Article 95(9) EC ⓘ
hasSuccessor Article 114 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union ⓘ
inForceBefore entry into force of the Treaty of Lisbon ⓘ
interpretedBy Court of Justice of the European Communities ⓘ
Court of Justice of the European Union ⓘ
legalBasisFor harmonization measures for the internal market ⓘ
locatedIn Part Three of the EC Treaty ⓘ
linked to: Part Three TFEU

Title relating to the internal market of the EC Treaty ⓘ
partOf EC Treaty ⓘ
linked to: Treaty of Rome

Treaty establishing the European Community ⓘ
linked to: Treaty of Rome
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 ⓘ
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 ⓘ
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 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Directive 2003/98/EC → basedOn → Article 95 of the EC Treaty ⓘ
Regulation (EC) No 141/2000 → legalBasis → Article 95 of the EC Treaty ⓘ
Advertising and Sponsorship Directive 2003/33/EC → legalBasis → EC Treaty Article 95 ⓘ
linked to: Article 95 of the EC Treaty
PSI Directive → basedOn → Article 95 of the EC Treaty ⓘ
Article 95 of the EC Treaty → hasSection → Article 95(3) EC ⓘ
linked to: Article 95 of the EC Treaty
Article 95 of the EC Treaty → hasSection → Article 95(4) EC ⓘ
linked to: Article 95 of the EC Treaty
Article 95 of the EC Treaty → hasSection → Article 95(7) EC ⓘ
linked to: Article 95 of the EC Treaty