en: The Council may address directives to the negotiator and designate a special committee in consultation with which the negotiations must be conducted.5.  
mt: Il-Kunsill jista' jindirizza direttivi lin-negozjatur u jaħtar kumitat speċjali li f'konsultazzjoni miegħu għandhom isiru n-negozjati.5.

en: The Council, on a proposal by the negotiator, shall adopt a European decision authorising the signing of the agreement and, if necessary, its provisional application before entry into force.  
mt: Il-Kunsill, fuq proposta min-negozjatur, għandu jadotta deċiżjoni Ewropea li tawtorizza l-iffirmar tal-ftehim u, jekk meħtieġ, l-applikazzjoni proviżorja tiegħu qabel il-bidu fis-seħħ.

en: 6.  
mt: 6.

en: The Council, on a proposal by the negotiator, shall adopt a European decision concluding the agreement.  
mt: Il-Kunsill, fuq proposta min-negozjatur, għandu jadotta deċiżjoni Ewropea li tikkonkludi l-ftehim.

en: Except where agreements relate exclusively to the common foreign and security policy, the Council shall adopt the European decision concluding the agreement:  
mt: Ħlief meta ftehim għandu x'jaqsam esklussivament mal-politika estera u ta' sigurtà komuni, l-Kunsill għandu jadotta deċiżjoni Ewropea li tikkonkludi l-ftehim:

en: (a)  
mt: a)

en: (i)  
mt: i)

en: association agreements;  
mt: ftehim ta' assoċjazzjoni;

en: (ii)  
mt: ii)

en: Union accession to the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms;  
mt: adeżjoni ta' l-Unjoni għall-Konvenzjoni Ewropea għall-Protezzjoni tad-Drittijiet tal-Bniedem u l-Libertajiet Fundamentali;

en: (iii)  
mt: iii)

en: agreements establishing a specific institutional framework by organising cooperation procedures;  
mt: ftehim li jistabbilixxi qafas istituzzjonali speċifiku permezz ta' l-organizzazzjoni ta' proċeduri ta' koperazzjoni;

en: (iv)  
mt: iv)

en: agreements with important budgetary implications for the Union;  
mt: għall-Unjoni;

en: (v)  
mt: v)

en: agreements covering fields to which either the ordinary legislative procedure applies, or the special legislative procedure where consent by the European Parliament is required.  
mt: ftehim li jkopri l-oqsma li għalihom tapplika jew il-proċedura leġislattiva ordinarja, jew il-proċedura leġislattiva speċjali meta jkun meħtieġ il-kunsens tal-Parlament Ewropew.

en: The European Parliament and the Council may, in an urgent situation, agree upon a time-limit for consent.  
mt: Il-Parlament Ewropew u l-Kunsill jistgħu, f'sitwazzjoni urġenti, jiftehmu fuq limitu ta' żmien għal kunsens.

en: (b)  
mt: b)

en: after consulting the European Parliament in other cases.  
mt: wara l-konsultazzjoni tal-Parlament Ewropew f'każijiet oħra.

en: The European Parliament shall deliver its opinion within a time-limit which the Council may set depending on the urgency of the matter.  
mt: Il-Parlament Ewropew għandu jagħti l-opinjoni tiegħu f'terminu li l-Kunsill jista' jistabbilixxi skond l-urġenza tal-kwistjoni.

en: In the absence of an opinion within that time-limit, the Council may act.  
mt: Fl-assenza ta' opinjoni f'dak it-terminu, l-Kunsill jista' jaġixxi.

en: 7.  
mt: 7.

en: When concluding an agreement, the Council may, by way of derogation from paragraphs 5, 6 and 9, authorise the negotiator to approve on the Union's behalf modifications to the agreement where it provides for them to be adopted by a simplified procedure or by a body set up by the agreement.  
mt: Meta jikkonkludi ftehim, il-Kunsill jista', b'deroga mill-paragrafi 5, 6 u 9, jawtorizza lin-negozjatur biex japprova għan-nom ta' l-Unjoni modifiki għall-ftehim meta dawn jipprovdu li dawn il-modifiki għandhom jiġu adottati skond proċedura simplifikata jew minn grupp stabbilit mill-ftehim.

en: The Council may attach specific conditions to such authorisation.  
mt: Il-Kunsill jista' jehmeż kondizzjonijiet speċifiċi ma' awtorizzazzjoni bħal din.

en: 8.  
mt: 8.

en: The Council shall act by a qualified majority throughout the procedure.  
mt: Il-Kunsill għandu jaġixxi b'maġgoranza kwalifikata tul il-proċedura.

en: However, it shall act unanimously when the agreement covers a field for which unanimity is required for the adoption of a Union act as well as for association agreements and the agreements referred to in Article III-319 with the States which are candidates for accession.  
mt: Mandankollu, għandu jaġixxi b'mod unanimu meta l-ftehim ikopri qasam li għalih hija meħtieġa l-unamità għall-adozzjoni ta' att ta' l-Unjoni kif ukoll għal ftehim ta' assoċjazzjoni u l-ftehim previsti fl-Artikolu III-319 ma' l-Istati li huma kandidati għall-adeżjoni.

en: 9.  
mt: 9.

en: The Council, on a proposal from the Commission or the Union Minister for Foreign Affairs, shall adopt a European decision suspending application of an agreement and establishing the positions to be adopted on the Union's behalf in a body set up by an agreement, when that body is called upon to adopt acts having legal effects, with the exception of acts supplementing or amending the institutional framework of the agreement.10.  
mt: Il-Kunsill, fuq proposta mill-Kummissjoni jew mill-Ministru għall-Affarijiet Barranin ta' l-Unjoni għandu jadotta deċiżjoni Ewropea li tissospendi l-applikazzjoni ta' ftehim u li tistabbilixxi l-posizzjonijiet li għandhom jiġu adottati għan-nom ta' l-Unjoni minn grupp stabbilit bi ftehim, meta dak il-grupp jissejjaħ biex jadotta atti li jkollhom effetti legali, ħlief atti li jissupplimentaw jew jemendaw il-qafas istituzzjonali tal-ftehim.10.

en: The European Parliament shall be immediately and fully informed at all stages of the procedure.11.  
mt: Il-Parlament Ewropew għandu jkun infurmat immedjatament u għal kollox fl-istadji kollha tal-proċedura.11.

en: A Member State, the European Parliament, the Council or the Commission may obtain the opinion of the Court of Justice as to whether an agreement envisaged is compatible with the Constitution.  
mt: Stat Membru, l-Parlament Ewropew, il-Kunsill jew il-Kummissjoni, jistgħu jiksbu l-opinjoni tal-Qorti tal-Ġustizzja dwar jekk il-ftehim maħsub huwiex kompatibbli mal-Kostituzzjoni.

en: Where the opinion of the Court of Justice is adverse, the agreement envisaged may not enter into force unless it is amended or the Constitution is revised.  
mt: Meta l-opinjoni tal-Qorti tal-Ġustizzja hija kuntrarja, l-ftehim maħsub ma jistax jidħol fis-seħħ sakemm ma jiġix emendat jew il-Kostituzzjoni ma tiġix riveduta.

en: Article III-326  
mt: Artikolu III-326

en: 1.  
mt: 1.

en: By way of derogation from Article III-325, the Council, either on a recommendation from the European Central Bank or on a recommendation from the Commission and after consulting the European Central Bank, in an endeavour to reach a consensus consistent with the objective of price stability, may conclude formal agreements on an exchange-rate system for the euro in relation to the currencies of third States.  
mt: B'deroga mill-Artikolu III-325, il-Kunsill jista', jew fuq rakkomandazzjoni mill-Bank Ċentrali Ewropew jew fuq rakkomandazzjoni mill-Kummissjoni u wara konsultazzjoni mal-Bank Ċentrali Ewropew bl-iskop li jintlaħaq qbil bejn kulħadd li huwa koerenti mal-mira ta' stabbilità tal-prezzijiet, jikkonkludi ftehim formali dwar is-sistema tar-rata tal-kambju għall-euro fir-rigward tal-muniti ta' Stati terzi.

en: The Council shall act unanimously after consulting the European Parliament and in accordance with the procedure provided for in paragraph 3.  
mt: Il Kunsill għandu jaġixxi b'mod unanimu wara li jikkonsulta l-Parlament Ewropew u skond il-proċedura stipulata fil-paragrafu 3.