The Member States 25 March 1957, Consolidated version of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union#PART THREE - UNION POLICIES AND INTERNAL ACTIONS#TITLE XIV - PUBLIC HEALTH#Article 168(ex Article 152 TEC)

2. Action by the Union shall be aimed at encouraging cooperation between Member States and, if necessary, supporting and supplementing their action in the following areas: — improvement of the knowledge and dissemination of the culture and history of the European peoples, — conservation and safeguarding of cultural heritage of European significance, — non-commercial cultural exchanges, — artistic