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 209 (ex Article 179 TEC)

7.6.2016 EN Official Journal of the European Union C 202/141 Article 209 (ex Article 179 TEC) 1. The European Parliament and the Council, acting in accordance with the ordinary legislative procedure, shall adopt the measures necessary for the implementation of development cooperation policy, which may relate to multiannual cooperation programmes with developing countries or programmes with a