goods;
- agriculture, save for Article 40 (4);
- the liberalization of services
- the rules on competition;
- the protective measures provided for in Articles 109h, 109i and 226;
- the institutions,
shall apply as soon as this Treaty enters into force.
The conditions under which the other provisions of this Treaty are to
apply shall be determined, within two years of entry into force of this
Treaty, by decisions of the Council, acting unanimously on a proposal
from the Commission.
The institutions of the Community will, within the framework of the
procedures provided for in this Treaty, in particular Article 226, take
care that the economic and social developments of these areas is
made possible."
(b) in paragraph 5, subparagraph (a) shall be replaced by the following:
"(a) this Treaty shall not apply to the Faroe Islands."
80) Article 228 shall be replaced by the following:
"ARTICLE 228
1. Where this Treaty provides for the conclusion of agreements
between the Community and one or more States or international
organizations, the Commission shall make recommendations to the
Council, which shall authorize the Commission to open the necessary
negotiations. The Commission shall conduct these negotiations in
consultation with special committees appointed by the Council to
assist it in this task and within the framework of such directives as the
Council may issue to it.
In exercising the powers conferred upon it by this paragraph, the
Council shall act by a qualified majority, except in the cases provided
for in the second sentence of paragraph 2, for which it shall act
unanimously.
2. Subject to the powers vested in the Commission in this field, the
agreements shall be concluded by the Council, acting by a qualified
majority on a proposal from the Commission. The Council shall act
unanimously when the agreement covers a field for which unanimity is
required for the adoption of internal rules, and for the agreements
referred to in Article 238.
3. The Council shall conclude agreements after consulting the
European Parliament, except for the agreements referred to in Article
113(3), including cases where the agreement covers a field for which
the procedure referred to in Article 189b or that referred to in Article
189c is required for the adoption of internal rules. The European
Parliament shall deliver its opinion within a time limit which the
Council may lay down according to the urgency of the matter. In the
absence