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Document 11957E148

TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY, PART FIVE - INSTITUTIONS OF THE COMMUNITY, TITLE I - PROVISIONS GOVERNING THE INSTITUTIONS, CHAPTER 1: THE INSTITUTIONS, SECTION 2: THE COUNCIL, ARTICLE 148

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11957E148

TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY, PART FIVE - INSTITUTIONS OF THE COMMUNITY, TITLE I - PROVISIONS GOVERNING THE INSTITUTIONS, CHAPTER 1: THE INSTITUTIONS, SECTION 2: THE COUNCIL, ARTICLE 148


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Article 148

1 . Save as otherwise provided in this Treaty , the Council shall act by a majority of its members .

2 . (*) Where the Council is required to act by a qualified majority , the votes of its members shall be weighted as follows :

Belgium : 5

Denmark : 3

Germany : 10

France : 10

Ireland : 3

Italy : 10

Luxembourg : 2

Netherlands : 5

United Kingdom : 10 .

For their adoption , acts of the Council shall require at least :

- forty-one votes in favour where this Treaty requires them to be adopted on a proposal from the Commission ,

- forty-one votes in favour , cast by at least six members , in other cases .

3 . Abstentions by members present in person or represented shall not prevent the adoption by the Council of acts which require unanimity .

(*) Paragraph ( 2 ) as amended by Article 14 of the Act of Accession , modified by Article 8 of the Adaptation Decision .

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