FINAL ACT

The CONFERENCE OF THE REPRESENTATIVES OF THE GOVERNMENTS OF THE MEMBER STATES convened in Turin on the twenty-ninth day of March in the year nineteen hundred and ninety-six to adopt by common accord the amendments to be made to the Treaty on European Union, the Treaties establishing respectively the European Community, the European Coal and Steel Community and the European Atomic Energy Community and certain related Acts has adopted the following texts:

I.The Treaty of Amsterdam amending the Treaty on European Union, the Treaties establishing the European Communities and certain related Acts

II.Protocols

A.Protocol annexed to the Treaty on European Union:

1. protocol on Article J.7 of the Treat on European Union

2. Protocol integrating the Schengen acquis into the framework of the European Union
3. Protocol on the application of certain aspects of Article 7a of the Treaty establishing the European Community to the United Kingdom and to Ireland
4. Protocol on the position of the United Kingdom and Ireland
5. Protocol on the position of Denmark

6. Protocol on asylum for nationals of Member States of the European Union
7. Protocol on the application of the principles of subsidiarity and proportionality
8. Protocol on external relations of the Member States with regard to the crossing of external borders
9. Protocol on the system of public broadcasting in the Member States
10. Protocol on protection and welfare of animals