TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY, PART FIVE - INSTITUTIONS OF THE COMMUNITY, TITLE I - PROVISIONS GOVERNING THE INSTITUTIONS, CHAPTER 1: THE INSTITUTIONS, SECTION 1: THE ASSEMBLY, ARTICLE 140
++++ Article 140 The Assembly shall elect its President and its officers from among its members . Members of the Commission may attend all meetings and shall , at their request , be heard on behalf of the Commission . The Commission shall reply orally or in writing to questions put to it by the Assembly or by its members . The Council shall be heard by the Assembly in accordance with the conditions laid down by the Council in its rules of procedure .