SINGLE EUROPEAN ACT, TITLE II: PROVISIONS AMENDING THE TREATIES ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, CHAPTER II: EEC, SECTION I: INSTITUTIONAL PROVISIONS, ARTICLE 8
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++++ ARTICLE 8 THE FIRST PARAGRAPH OF ARTICLE 237 OF THE EEC TREATY SHALL BE REPLACED BY THE FOLLOWING PROVISION : " ANY EUROPEAN STATE MAY APPLY TO BECOME A MEMBER OF THE COMMUNITY . IT SHALL ADDRESS ITS APPLICATION TO THE COUNCIL , WHICH SHALL ACT UNANIMOUSLY AFTER CONSULTING THE COMMISSION AND AFTER RECEIVING THE ASSENT OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT WHICH SHALL ACT BY AN ABSOLUTE MAJORITY OF ITS COMPONENT MEMBERS . " .