cising
their powers of control over the implementation of the budget."
60) Article 189 shall be replace by the following:
"ARTICLE 189
In order to carry out their task and in accordance with the provisions of
the Treaty, the European Parliament acting jointly with the Council, the
Council and the Commission shall make regulations and issue
directives, take decision, make recommendations or deliver opinions.
A regulation shall have general application. It shall be binding in its
entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
A directive shall be binding, as to the result to be achieved, upon each
Member State to which it is addressed, but shall leave to the national
authorities the choice of form and methods.
A decision shall be binding in its entirety upon those to whom it is
addressed.
Recommendations and opinions shall have no binding force."
61) The following Articles shall be inserted:
"ARTICLE 189a
1. Where, in pursuance of the Treaty, the Council acts on a proposal
from the Commission, unanimity shall be required for an act
constituting an amendment to that proposal, subject to Article 189b(4)
and (5).
2. As long as the Council has not acted, the Commission may alter its
proposal at any time during the procedures leading to the adoption of
a Community act.
ARTICLE 189b
1. Where reference is made in the Treaty to this Article for the adoption
of an act, the following procedures shall apply.
2. The Commission shall submit a proposal to the European
Parliament and the Council.
The Council, acting by a qualified majority after obtaining the opinion
of the European Parliament, shall adopt a common position. The
common position shall be communicated to the European Parliament.
The Council shall inform the European Parliament fully of the reasons
which led it to adopt its common position. The Commission shall
inform the European Parliament fully of its position.
If, within three months of such communication, the European
Parliament:
(a) approves the common position, the Council shall definitively adopt
the act in question in accordance with that common position;
(b) has not taken a decision, the Council shall adopt the act in question
in accordance with its common position;
(c) indicates, by an absolute majority of its component members, that
it intends to reject the common position, it shall immediately inform
the Council. The Council may convene a meeting of the Conciliation
Committee referred to in par