agraph 4 to explain further its position.
The European parliament shall thereafter either confirm, by an
absolute majority of its component members, its rejection of the
common position, in which event the proposed act shall be deemed
not to have been adopted, or propose amendments in accordance with
subparagraph (d) of this paragraph;
(d) proposes amendments to the common position by an absolute
majority of its component members, the amended text shall be
forwarded to the Council and to the Commission which shall deliver an
opinion on those amendments.
3. If, within three months of the matter being referred to it, the Council
action by a qualified majority, approves all the amendments of the
European parliament, it shall amend its common position accordingly
and adopt the act in question; however, the Council shall act
unanimously on the amendments on which the Commission has
delivered a negative opinion. If the Council does not approve the act in
question, the President of the Council, in agreement with the President
of the European Parliament, shall forthwith convene a meeting of the
Conciliation Committee.
4. The Conciliation Committee, which shall be composed of the
members of the Council or their representatives and an equal number
of representative of the European Parliament, shall have the task of
reaching agreement on a joint text, by a qualified majority of the
members of the Council or their representatives and by a majority of
the representatives of the European Parliament. The Commission
shall take part in the Conciliation Committee's proceedings and shall
take all the necessary initiatives with a view to reconciling the
positions of the European Parliament and the Council.
5. If within six weeks of its being convened, the Conciliation
Committee approves a joint text, the European Parliament, acting by
an absolute majority of the votes cast, and the Council, acting by a
qualified majority, shall have a period of six weeks from that approval
in which to adopt the act in question in accordance with the joint text. If
one of the two institutions fails to approve the proposed act, it shall be
deemed not to have been adopted.
6. Where the Conciliation Committee does not approve a joint text, the
proposed act shall be deemed not to have been adopted unless the
Council, acting by a qualified majority within six weeks of expiry of the
period granted to the Conciliation Committee, confirms the common
position to w