PART TWO ( * )

( * ) Part Two as inserted by Article G, point C, TEU.

CITIZENSHIP OF THE UNION

Article 8

1. Citizenship of the Union is hereby established.

Every person holding the nationality of a Member State shall be a citizen of the  Union.

2. Citizens of the Union shall enjoy the rights conferred by this Treaty and shall be  subject to the duties imposed thereby.

Article 8a

1. Every citizen of the Union shall have the right to move and reside freely within the  territory of the Member States, subject to the limitations and conditions laid down in  this Treaty and by the measures adopted to give it effect.

2. The Council may adopt provisions with a view to facilitating the exercise of the  rights referred to in paragraph 1; save as otherwise provided in this Treaty, the  Council shall act unanimously on a proposal from the Commission and after  obtaining the assent of the European Parliament.

Article 8b

1. Every citizen of the Union residing in a Member State of which he is not a national  shall have the right to vote and to stand as a candidate at municipal elections in the  Member State in which he resides, under the same conditions as nationals of that  State. This right shall be exercised subject to detailed arrangements to be adopted  before 31 December 1994 by the Council, acting unanimously on a proposal from the  Commission and after consulting the European Parliament; these arrangements may  provide for derogations where warranted by problems specific to a Member State.

2. Without prejudice to Article 138( 3 ) and to the provisions adopted for its  implementation, every citizen of the Union residing in a Member State of which he is  not a national shall have the right to vote and to stand as a candidate in elections to  the European Parliament in the Member State in which he resides, under the same  conditions as nationals of that State. This right shall be exercised subject to detailed  arrangements to be adopted before 31 December 1993 by the Council, acting  unanimously on a proposal from the Commission and after consulting the European  Parliament; these arrangements may provide for derogations where warranted by  problems specific to a Member State.

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