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Article 139

The Assembly shall hold an annual session . It shall meet , without requiring to be convened , on the second Tuesday in March . (**) (***)

The Assembly may meet in extraordinary session at the request of a majority of its members or at the request of the Council or of the Commission .

(**) First paragraph as amended by Article 27 ( 1 ) of the Merger Treaty .

(***) As regards the second sentence of this Article see also Article 10 ( 3 ) of the Act concerning the election of the representatives of the Assembly .