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Treaty of Lisbon

Treaties and International Agreements

Signed at the Hieronymites Monastery in Lisbon on 13 December 2007 and in force from 1 December 2009 after ratification by all then twenty-seven member states, the Treaty of Lisbon amended the EU's two founding treaties (the Maastricht Treaty, restyled the Treaty on European Union, and the Treaty of Rome, restyled the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union). It gave the European Council formal EU institution status for the first time, gave the Court of Justice of the European Union its current name and two-court structure, confirmed the European Central Bank as a formal EU institution, made the Charter of Fundamental Rights legally binding, and introduced the Article 50 withdrawal procedure later used for Brexit.

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Treaty 1
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Bulgarian 1
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Czech 1
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Danish 1
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Dutch 1
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English 1
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Estonian 1
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Finnish 1
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French 1
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German 1
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Greek 1
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Hungarian 1
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Irish 1
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Italian 1
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Latvian 1
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Lithuanian 1
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Maltese 1
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Polish 1
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Portuguese 1
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Romanian 1
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Slovak 1
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Slovene 1
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Spanish 1
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Swedish 1
Year
2007 1
Key Provision
Signed on 13 December 2007 and entering into force in 2009, it amended rather than replaced the Treaty on European Union and the Treaty establishing the European Community (renamed the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union), abolishing the three-pillar structure Maastricht had created, establishing a permanent President of the European Council and a High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, giving the Charter of Fundamental Rights binding legal force, extending qualified majority voting and the European Parliament's co-decision powers, and, in Article 50, setting out for the first time a formal procedure by which a member state may withdraw from the Union. 1
Dates
Signed
2007-12-13 1
Entered into force 1 December 2009.
Connections

Associated With

European Council, Institutions

Created the permanent President of the European Council.

Source Treaty of Lisbon (Wikipedia)
Maastricht Treaty (Treaty on European Union), Documents

Amended the Treaty on European Union that Maastricht established, among other changes abolishing its three-pillar structure.

Source Treaty of Lisbon (Wikipedia)

Influenced

Court of Justice of the European Union, Institutions

Gave the Court of Justice of the ECSC/European Communities its current name and two-court structure.

European Central Bank, Institutions

Confirmed the European Central Bank as a formal EU institution.

European Council, Institutions

Gave the European Council formal EU institution status, 1 December 2009.

Sources
1. Treaty of Lisbon (Wikipedia)
Wikipedia
  • Document type, description
    Signed at the Hieronymites Monastery in Lisbon on 13 December 2007 and in force from 1 December 2009 after ratification by all then twenty-seven member states, the Treaty of Lisbon amended the EU's two founding treaties (the Maastricht Treaty, restyled the Treaty on European Union, and the Treaty of Rome, restyled the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union).
  • Associated With: Maastricht Treaty (Treaty on European Union)
  • Associated With: European Council
  • In Group: Treaties and Agreements Since 1990, Lead paragraph
    The Treaty of Lisbon, which was signed by all EU member states on 13 December 2007, entered into force on 1 December 2009.
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