84) Article 328 shall be replaced by the following:
"ARTICLE 238
The Community may conclude with one or more states or international
organizations agreements establishing an association involving
reciprocal rights and obligations, common action and special
procedures."
F. In Annex III:
85) The title shall be replaced by the following:
"List of invisible transactions referred to in Article 73h of this Treaty".
G. In the Protocol on the Statue of the European Investment Bank:
86) The reference to Articles 129 and 130 shall be replaced by a
reference to Articles 198b and 198e.
TITLE3
PROVISIONS AMENDING THE TREATY ESTABLISHING THE
EUROPEAN COAL AND STEEL COMMUNITY
ARTICLE H
The Treaty establishing the European Coal and Steel Community shall
be amended in accordance with the provisions of this Article.
1) Article 7 shall be replaced by the following:
"ARTICLE 7
The institutions of the Community shall be:
- a HIGH AUTHORITY (hereinafter referred to as "the Commission");
- a COMMON ASSEMBLY (hereinafter referred to as "the European
Parliament");
- a SPECIAL COUNCIL OF MINISTERS (hereinafter referred to as "the
Council");
- a COURT OF JUSTICE;
- a COURT OF AUDITORS.
The Commission shall be assisted by a Consultative Committee."
2) The following Articles shall be inserted:
"ARTICLE 9
1. The Commission shall consist of seventeen members, who shall be
chosen on the grounds of their general competence and whose
independence is beyond doubt.
The number of members of the Commission may be altered by the
Council, acting unanimously.
Only nationals of the Member States may be members of the
Commission.
The commission must include at least one national of each of the
Member States, but may not include more than two members having
the nationality of the same State.
2. The members of the Commission shall, in the general interest of the
Community, be completely independent in the performance of their
duties.
In the performance of these duties, they shall neither seek nor take
instructions from any government or from any other body. They shall
refrain from any action incompatible with their duties. Each Member
State undertakes to respect this principle and not to seek to influence
the members of the Commission in the performance of their tasks.
The members of the Commission may not, during their term of office,
engage in any other occupation whether gainful or not. When entering
upon their duties they shall give a sol
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