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COMMISSION OFTHEEUE.OPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(74)785final
Brussels,5June1974
AMENDMENT
oftheproposalforaCouncilregulationestablishing
aprocedureofconsolidation
(Presented "bytheCommissionto-theCouncilpursuantto
ofArticle149of"theSECTreaty)
C0M(74)785final

ΞΉ^ΝΑΤΟΑΤ !"ΤΠ' /ΏΙΓ!
Intheinterests ofanimprovement intheclarity ofCommunity law ,
theCommission addressed totheCouncil on2Cth GeptemLer ,1973 ,a
proposal foraregulation establishing aprocedure ofconsolidation
(COM(j\J1521 final ,OJ1973 ,Ko.C99/7).
During itssession of23th April ,1974 ?theEuropean Parliament delivered
itsopinion onthis proposal foraregulation (Doc .46/74).TheCommission
hascarefully examined this opinion andhasdecided ,inaccordance with
Article 149second paragraph E^CTreaty ,toincorporate the
alterations suggested "bytheParliament ,initsproposal foraregu­
lation .These concern .
-Article 1
-Article 3 .
-Article 4-
-Article 5
Thesuggested alteration toArticle 1provides ,inaddition tothe
participation oftheCouncil ,forthat oftheEuropean Parliament .
Accordingly ,theParliament istoparticipate inthedesignation ofthe
lugal instruments which aretoheconsolidated.' Ohtheother hand ,
according +0Article 3theCommission alone istodetermine thetexts ,
which will only have adeclaratory effect ,to "beconsolidated without
either theCouncil ortheParliament 'being ■further involved .Thoalte­
ration ofthe .wording ofArticle 4merely serves asa.clarification .

AME30IviEîTT
oftheproposal foraCouncil regulation establishing aprocedure of
consolidation forwarded totheCouncil bytheCommission 120th
Geptember ,1973
Thaproposal foraRegulation forwarded 01120th September ,1973 is
amended by:
-arewording' ofArticle 1
-areworùing ofArticle 3
-arewording ofarticle 4
-arewording ofArticle 5
Article 1
Tliotext ofthis Article isreplaced bythefollowing :
"TheCouncil ,acting onaproposal from theCommission andafter
conrulting the .■ftTop oanParliament ,shall detcrmire which legal
instrument orcategories oflegal instruments among those adopted
byitaretobeconsolidated ."
Article 3
Thetext ofthis Article isreplaced bythefollowing :
""Tieconsolidated text shall beadopted bythe Commission ."
Article 4-
Thetext ofthis Article isreplaced bythefollowing :
"Consolidation shall not involve therepeal ofthe instruments
affected .Should itbenecessary ,insubsequent Community instru­
ments ,torefer toprovisions which have been the subject ofcon­
solidation ,these references shall relate totheconsoli Jatoc .
tc-xt ."
Article 5
Thetext ofthis Article isreplaced bythefollowing :
"This regulation shall enter into force on1stJuly ,197'i «"