PROTOCOLS
A. PROTOCOL ANNEXED TO THE TREATY
ON EUROPEAN UNION
Protocol on Article J.7 of the
Treaty on European Union
THE HIGH CONTRACTING PARTIES,
BEARING IN MIND the need to implement
fully the provisions of Article J.7(1), second subparagraph, and (3) of
the Treaty on European Union,
BEARING IN MIND that the policy of the
Union in accordance with Article J.7 shall not prejudice the specific character
of the security and defence policy of certain Member States and shall respect
the obligations of certain Member States, which see their common defence
realised in NATO, under the North Atlantic Treaty and be compatible with
the common security and defence policy established within that framework,
HAVE AGREED UPON the following provision,
which is annexed to the Treaty on European Union,
The European Union shall draw up, together
with the Western European Union, arrangements for enhanced cooperation
between them, within a year from the entry into force of the Treaty of
Amsterdam.
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