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Document 11994N014
ACT concerning the conditions of accession of the Kingdom of Norway, the Republic of Austria, the Republic of Finland and the Kingdom of Sweden and the adjustments to the Treaties on which the European Union is founded - PART TWO : ADJUSTMENTS TO THE TREATIES - TITLE 1 : INSTITUTIONAL PROVISIONS - CHAPTER 2 : The Council - Article 14
ACT concerning the conditions of accession of the Kingdom of Norway, the Republic of Austria, the Republic of Finland and the Kingdom of Sweden and the adjustments to the Treaties on which the European Union is founded - PART TWO : ADJUSTMENTS TO THE TREATIES - TITLE 1 : INSTITUTIONAL PROVISIONS - CHAPTER 2 : The Council - Article 14
ACT concerning the conditions of accession of the Kingdom of Norway, the Republic of Austria, the Republic of Finland and the Kingdom of Sweden and the adjustments to the Treaties on which the European Union is founded - PART TWO : ADJUSTMENTS TO THE TREATIES - TITLE 1 : INSTITUTIONAL PROVISIONS - CHAPTER 2 : The Council - Article 14
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ACT concerning the conditions of accession of the Kingdom of Norway, the Republic of Austria, the Republic of Finland and the Kingdom of Sweden and the adjustments to the Treaties on which the European Union is founded - PART TWO : ADJUSTMENTS TO THE TREATIES - TITLE 1 : INSTITUTIONAL PROVISIONS - CHAPTER 2 : The Council - Article 14
Official Journal C 241 , 29/08/1994 P. 0023
Article 14 The following is substituted for the fourth paragraph of Article 95 of the ECSC Treaty: 'These amendments shall be proposed jointly by the Commission and the Council, acting by a thirteen sixteenths majority of its members, and shall be submitted to the Court for its opinion. In considering them, the Court shall have full power to assess all points of fact and of law. If, as a result of such consideration, it finds the proposals compatible with the provisions of the preceding paragraph, they shall be forwarded to the European Parliament and shall enter into force if approved by a majority of threequarters of the votes cast and two-thirds of the members of the European Parliament.`