31967Q5024

++++

( 1 ) BY VIRTUE OF ARTICLE 9 OF THE TREATY OF 8 APRIL 1965 ESTABLISHING A SINGLE COUNCIL AND A SINGLE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES , WHICH ENTERED INTO FORCE ON 1 JULY 1967 , THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES EXERCISES THE POWERS AND JURISDICTION CONFERRED UPON THE HIGH AUTHORITY OF THE EUROPEAN COAL AND STEEL COMMUNITY , THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY AND THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN ATOMIC ENERGY COMMUNITY IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TREATIES ESTABLISHING RESPECTIVELY THE EUROPEAN COAL AND STEEL COMMUNITY , THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY AND THE EUROPEAN ATOMIC ENERGY COMMUNITY AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE ABOVEMENTIONED TREATY OF 8 APRIL 1965 ESTABLISHING A SINGLE COUNCIL AND A SINGLE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES .

PROVISIONAL RULES OF PROCEDURE OF THE COMMISSION

( 67/24/EURATOM )

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ( 1 ) ,

HAVING REGARD TO ARTICLE 16 OF THE TREATY ESTABLISHING A SINGLE COUNCIL AND A SINGLE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS :

ARTICLE 1

WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO SUBSEQUENT DECISIONS CONCERNING ITS RULES OF PROCEDURE , THE COMMISSION SHALL PROVISIONALLY ORGANIZE ITS WORK IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RULES GIVEN IN ARTICLES 1 TO 5 , 8 TO 12 AND 24 TO 28 OF THE RULES OF PROCEDURE OF THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY , PUBLISHED IN THE OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES OF 31 JANUARY 1963 , PAGE 181/63 .

ARTICLE 2

1 . EIGHT MEMBERS PRESENT SHALL CONSTITUTE A QUORUM .

2 . FOR THEIR ADOPTION , ACTS OF THE COMMISSION SHALL REQUIRE AT LEAST EIGHT VOTES IN FAVOUR , IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FIRST PARAGRAPH OF ARTICLE 17 , IN CONJUNCTION WITH ARTICLE 32 ( 1 ) , OF THE TREATY OF 8 APRIL 1965 ESTABLISHING A SINGLE COUNCIL AND A SINGLE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES .

ARTICLE 3

THESE PROVISIONAL RULES OF PROCEDURE SHALL ENTER INTO FORCE FORTHWITH .

DONE AT BRUSSELS , 6 JULY 1967 .

FOR THE COMMISSION

THE PRESIDENT

JEAN REY