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مقاتل من الصحراء

         



Treaty of Amsterdam

51

 

The governments of the Member States shall, by common accord with the nominee for    President, nominate the other persons whom they intend to appoint as Members of the.'

2.

In Article 13, the following paragraph shall be inserted as the first paragraph:

`The Commission shall Work under the political guidance of its President.'

3.

In Article 20, the following paragraph shall be added:

`The number of Members of the European Parliament shall not exceed seven hundred.'

4.

Article 21 shall be amended as follows:

(a)

in paragraph 3, the first subparagraph shall be replaced by the following:

`3. The European Parliament shall draw up a proposal for elections by direct universal suffrage in accordance with a uniform procedure in all Member States or in accordance with principles common to all Member States.';

(b)

the following paragraph shall be added:

`4. The European Parliament shall, after seeking an opinion from the Commission and with the approval of the Council acting unanimously, lay down the regulations and general conditions governing the performance of the duties of its Members.'

5.

Article 30 shall be replaced by the following:

`Article 30

1. A committee consisting of the Permanent Representatives of the Member States shall be responsible for preparing the work of the Council and for carrying out the tasks assigned to it by the Council. The Committee may adopt procedural decisions in cases provided for in the Council's Rules of Procedure.

2. The Council shall be assisted by a General Secretariat, under the responsibility of a Secretary-General, High Representative for the common foreign and security policy, who shall be assisted by a Deputy Secretary-General responsible for the running of the General Secretariat.

The Secretary-General and the Deputy Secretary-General shall be appointed by the Council acting unanimously.

The Council shall decide on the organisation of the General Secretariat.

3. The Council shall adopt its Rules of Procedure.'

6.

In Article 33, the fourth paragraph shall be replaced by the following:

`The Court of Justice shall have jurisdiction under the same conditions in actions brought by the European Parliament and by the Court of Auditors for the purpose of protecting their prerogatives.'


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