Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union

E8661

European Union treaty founding treaty international treaty

The Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union is one of the EU’s primary founding treaties, setting out its institutional framework, policy competences, and detailed rules governing the functioning of the Union’s internal market and other key areas.

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All labels observed (14)

Label	Occurrences
Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union canonical	215
Article 107 TFEU	1
Article 108 TFEU	1
Article 168 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union	1
Article 349 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union	1
Article 355 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union	1
Article 38 TFEU	1
Article 43 TFEU	1
Part Four of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union	1
Part Three of the TFEU	1
TFEU	1
Title V of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union	1
Treaty establishing the European Community (before Lisbon)	1
Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU)	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T95339 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union
Context triple: [European Research Area, legalBasis, Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union]

A. Council of Europe
The Council of Europe is a pan-European intergovernmental organization focused on promoting human rights, democracy, and the rule of law across its member states.
B. Constitution of the Fifth Republic
The Constitution of the Fifth Republic is the foundational legal charter of modern France, establishing its semi-presidential system of government and defining the powers and relationships of its main political institutions.
C. European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages
The European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages is a Council of Europe treaty aimed at protecting and promoting historical regional and minority languages across member states.
D. United Nations Economic Commission for Europe
The United Nations Economic Commission for Europe is a UN regional body that promotes economic integration, sustainable development, and cooperation among countries in Europe and neighboring regions.
E. Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany
The Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany is the country’s foundational legal charter, establishing its democratic, federal, and constitutional order after World War II.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union
Target entity description: The Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union is one of the EU’s primary founding treaties, setting out its institutional framework, policy competences, and detailed rules governing the functioning of the Union’s internal market and other key areas.

A. Council of Europe
The Council of Europe is a pan-European intergovernmental organization focused on promoting human rights, democracy, and the rule of law across its member states.
B. Constitution of the Fifth Republic
The Constitution of the Fifth Republic is the foundational legal charter of modern France, establishing its semi-presidential system of government and defining the powers and relationships of its main political institutions.
C. European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages
The European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages is a Council of Europe treaty aimed at protecting and promoting historical regional and minority languages across member states.
D. United Nations Economic Commission for Europe
The United Nations Economic Commission for Europe is a UN regional body that promotes economic integration, sustainable development, and cooperation among countries in Europe and neighboring regions.
E. Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany
The Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany is the country’s foundational legal charter, establishing its democratic, federal, and constitutional order after World War II.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (62)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	European Union treaty ⓘ founding treaty ⓘ international treaty ⓘ
adoptedBy	Member States of the European Union ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union ⓘ surface form: Treaty establishing the European Community (before Lisbon)
appliesTo	Member States of the European Union ⓘ
cameIntoForceOn	2009-12-01 ⓘ
citedAs	OJ C 326, 26.10.2012, p. 47–390 (consolidated version) ⓘ
contains	provisions on citizenship of the Union ⓘ provisions on cohesion policy ⓘ provisions on culture ⓘ provisions on development cooperation ⓘ provisions on education and vocational training ⓘ provisions on external action of the Union ⓘ provisions on humanitarian aid ⓘ provisions on non-discrimination ⓘ provisions on public health ⓘ provisions on research and technological development ⓘ provisions on trans-European networks ⓘ
defines	competences of the European Union ⓘ exclusive competences of the European Union ⓘ shared competences between the EU and Member States ⓘ supporting competences of the European Union ⓘ
enteredIntoForceBy	Treaty of Lisbon ⓘ
hasPart	Part Five – The Union’s external action ⓘ Part Four – Association of the overseas countries and territories ⓘ Part One – Principles ⓘ Part Seven – General and final provisions ⓘ Part Six – Institutional and financial provisions ⓘ Part Three – Union policies and internal actions ⓘ Part Two – Non-discrimination and citizenship of the Union ⓘ
languageOfOfficialText	all official languages of the European Union ⓘ
legalBasisFor	European Union agriculture policy ⓘ European Union area of freedom, security and justice ⓘ European Union common commercial policy ⓘ European Union competition policy ⓘ European Union competition rules ⓘ European Union consumer protection policy ⓘ European Union customs union ⓘ European Union economic and monetary policy ⓘ European Union energy policy ⓘ European Union environment policy ⓘ European Union fisheries policy ⓘ European Union internal market ⓘ European Union social policy ⓘ European Union state aid rules ⓘ European Union transport policy ⓘ
partOf	EU Treaties ⓘ primary law of the European Union ⓘ
replaced	Treaty of Rome ⓘ surface form: Treaty establishing the European Community
requires	ratification by all EU Member States ⓘ
setsOut	rules on approximation of laws of Member States ⓘ rules on competition within the internal market ⓘ rules on free movement of capital ⓘ rules on free movement of goods ⓘ rules on free movement of persons ⓘ rules on free movement of services ⓘ rules on public undertakings and services of general economic interest ⓘ rules on taxation coordination ⓘ
shortName	Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: TFEU
subjectTo	interpretation by the Court of Justice of the European Union ⓘ
togetherWith	Treaty on European Union ⓘ

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Referenced by (228)

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

European Research Area → legalBasis → Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union ⓘ

Eurozone → governedBy → Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union ⓘ

European Union → legalBasis → Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union ⓘ

Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union → shortName → Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: TFEU

Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union → alsoKnownAs → Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union ⓘ

this entity surface form: Treaty establishing the European Community (before Lisbon)

European Commission → legalBasis → Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union ⓘ

Council of the European Union → legalBasis → Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union ⓘ

Court of Justice of the European Union → legalBasis → Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union ⓘ

Framework Programmes for Research and Innovation → legalBasis → Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union ⓘ

European institutions → basedOn → Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union ⓘ

Statute of the European System of Central Banks and of the European Central Bank → basedOn → Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union ⓘ

European Ombudsman (office in Strasbourg) → legalBasis → Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union ⓘ

European Central Bank → legalBasis → Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union ⓘ

European Union financial regulators → baseOn → Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union ⓘ

European Court of Auditors → legalBasis → Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union ⓘ

Common Agricultural Policy implementation (pre-Brexit) → legalBasis → Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union ⓘ

European Union economic and monetary union → legalBasis → Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union ⓘ

European Parliament → legalBasis → Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union ⓘ

European Economic and Social Committee → legalBasis → Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union ⓘ

Committee of the Regions → legalBasis → Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union ⓘ

Treaty of Rome → predecessorOf → Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union ⓘ

Common Agricultural Policy → legalBasis → Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union ⓘ

EU Treaties → composedOf → Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union ⓘ

European Union internal market → legalBasis → Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union ⓘ

European Union competition policy → basedOn → Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union ⓘ

European Union fisheries policy → legalBasis → Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union ⓘ

subject surface form: Common Fisheries Policy

European Union fisheries policy → legalBasisArticle → Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union ⓘ

subject surface form: Common Fisheries Policy

this entity surface form: Article 38 TFEU

European Union fisheries policy → legalBasisArticle → Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union ⓘ

subject surface form: Common Fisheries Policy

this entity surface form: Article 43 TFEU

European Union state aid rules → legalBasisInPrimaryLaw → Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union ⓘ

European Union state aid rules → keyProvision → Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union ⓘ

this entity surface form: Article 107 TFEU

European Union state aid rules → keyProvision → Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union ⓘ

this entity surface form: Article 108 TFEU

European Union area of freedom, security and justice → legalBasis → Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union ⓘ

this entity surface form: Title V of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union

European Employment Strategy → basedOn → Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union ⓘ

Europe 2020 strategy → legalBasis → Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union ⓘ

this entity surface form: Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU)

European Union customs union → hasLegalBasisIn → Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union ⓘ

Treaty of Lisbon → newName → Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union ⓘ

Treaty of Lisbon → created → Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union ⓘ

European Commissioner → legalBasis → Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union ⓘ

Member States of the European Union → follows → Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union ⓘ

Directorate-General for Competition → legalBasis → Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union ⓘ

Directorate-General for Regional and Urban Policy → legalBasis → Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union ⓘ

Directorate-General for Health and Food Safety → follows → Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union ⓘ

President of the European Commission → legalBasis → Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union ⓘ

Committee of Permanent Representatives → governedBy → Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union ⓘ

Foreign Affairs Council → legalBasis → Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union ⓘ

Council of Ministers → legalBasis → Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union ⓘ

subject surface form: Council of Ministers of the European Union

General Affairs Council → legalBasis → Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union ⓘ

General Secretariat of the Council → governedBy → Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union ⓘ

General Court → legalBasis → Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union ⓘ

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