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 VII - COMMON RULES ON COMPETITION, TAXATION AND APPROXIMATION OF LAWS#CHAPTER 3 - APPROXIMATION OF LAWS#Article 118

7.6.2016 EN Official Journal of the European Union C 202/96 Article 118 In the context of the establishment and functioning of the internal market, the European Parliament and the Council, acting in accordance with the ordinary legislative procedure, shall establish measures for the creation of European intellectual property rights to provide uniform protection of intellectual property rights