Eighteenth Amendment of The Constitution of Ireland - Changes To The Text

Changes To The Text

  • Insertion of new Article 29.4.5:
The State may ratify the Treaty of Amsterdam amending the Treaty on European Union, the Treaties establishing the European Communities and certain related Acts signed at Amsterdam on the 2nd day of October, 1997.
  • Insertion of new Article 29.4.6:
The State may exercise the options or discretions provided by or under Articles 1.11, 2.5 and 2.15 of the Treaty referred to in subsection 5° of this section and the second and fourth Protocols set out in the said Treaty but any such exercise shall be subject to the prior approval of both Houses of the Oireachtas.
  • (Existing subsections 5 and 6 of Article 29.4 are retained but renumbered as subsections 7 and 8 respectively)

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