TEC and TEU
Treaty on European Community. The abbreviation TEC is often added after an Article to distinguish its articles from TEU-articles of the Treaty on European Union, referring to the second and third pillar.
The Lisbon Treaty will amend the Treaty on European Union (TEU) and the Treaty Establishing the European Community (TEC). The TEU will keep its present title, but the TEC will be renamed the “Treaty on the Functioning of the Union” (TFEU).
The word “Community” will be replaced by the word “Union” throughout the treaties, the former and the latter both having a single legal personality, Whereas the term “Community” will disappear entirely with the new Treaty, its supranational “communitarian” concept will apply to both the TEU and the TFEU.
Links
European Treaties: http://europa.eu/abc/treaties/index_en.htm
