Preparatory documents

The following documents were drawn up as part of the preparatory process leading up to the intergovernmental conference that opened on 4 October 2003.  

• Opinion of the Commission, pursuant to Article 48 of the Treaty on European Union, on the Conference of representatives of the Member States' governments convened to revise the Treaties
• Opinion of the European Central Bank of 19 September 2003 at the request of the Council of the European Union on the draft Treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe
• European Parliament resolution on the draft Treaty establishing a Convention for Europe and the European Parliament's opinion on the convening of the IGC
• Letter by Mr Frattini - Working Party of Legal Experts
• Letter by Mr Piris - Working Party of Legal Experts