adopted its common
position, by taking into account the amendments proposed by the
European Parliament.
The Commission shall forward to the Council, at the same time as its
re-examined proposal, the amendments of the European Parliament
which it has not accepted, and shall express its opinion on them. The
Council may adopt these amendments unanimously.
(e) The Council, acting by a qualified majority, shall adopt the proposal
as re-examined by the Commission.
Unanimity shall be required for the Council to amend the proposal as
re-examined by the Commission.
(f) In the cases referred to in points (c),(d) and (e), the Council shall be
required to act within a period of three months. If no decision is taken
within this period, the commission proposal shall be deemed not to
have been adopted.
(g) The periods referred to in points (b) and (f) may be extended by a
maximum of one month by common accord between the Council and
the European Parliament."
62) Article 190 shall be replaced by the following:
"ARTICLE 190
Regulations, directives and decisions adopted jointly by the European
Parliament and the Council, and such acts adopted by the Council or
the Commission, shall state the reasons on which they are based and
shall refer to any proposals or opinions which were required to be
obtained pursuant to this Treaty."
63) Article 191 shall be replaced by the following:
"ARTICLE 191
1. Regulations, directives and decisions adopted in accordance with
the procedures referred to in Article 189b shall be signed by the
President of the European Parliament and by the President of the
Council and published in the Official Journal of the Community. They
shall enter into force on the date specified in them or, in the absence
thereof, on the twentieth day following that of their publication.
2. Regulations of the Council and of the Commission, as well as
directives of those institutions which are address to all Member
States, shall be published in the Official Journal of the Community.
They shall enter into force on the date specified in them or, in the
absence thereof, on the twentieth day following that of their
publication.
3. Other directives, and decisions, shall be notified to those whom
they are address and shall take effect upon such notification."
64) Article 194 shall be replaced by the following:
"ARTICLE 194
The number of members of the Economic and Social Committee shall
be as follows:
Belgium 12
Denmark 9
Germany 24