The Member States 25 March 1957, Consolidated version of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union#PART FIVE - THE UNION'S EXTERNAL ACTION#TITLE III - COOPERATION WITH THIRD COUNTRIES AND HUMANITARIAN AID#CHAPTER 1 - DEVELOPMENT COOPERATION#Article 208 (ex Article 177 TEC)

7.6.2016 EN Official Journal of the European Union C 202/141 Article 208 (ex Article 177 TEC) 1. Union policy in the field of development cooperation shall be conducted within the framework of the principles and objectives of the Union's external action. The Union's development cooperation policy and that of the Member States complement and reinforce each other.