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Joint Declaration by the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission on the institution of a conciliation procedure, of 4 March 1975 (*)

(*) OJ C 89,22.4.1975.

THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT, THE COUNCIL AND THE COMMISSION,

Whereas from 1 January 1975, the budget of the Communities will be financed entirely from the Communities' own resources;

Whereas in order to implement this system the European Parliament will be given increased budgetary powers;

Whereas the increase in the budgetary powers of the European Parliament must be accompanied by effective participation by the latter in the procedure for preparing and adopting decisions which give rise to important expenditure or revenue to be charged or credited to the budget of the European Communities,

HAVE AGREED AS FOLLOWS:

1.	A conciliation procedure between the European Parliament and the Council with the active assistance of the Commission is hereby instituted.
2.	This procedure may be followed for Community acts of general application which have appreciable financial implications, and of which the adoption is not required by virtue of acts already in existence.
3.	When submitting its proposal the Commission shall indicate whether the act in question is, in its opinion, capable of being the subject of the conciliation procedure. The European Parliament, when giving its opinion, and the Council may request that this procedure be initiated.
4.	The procedure shall be initiated if the criteria laid down in paragraph 2 are met and if the Council intends to depart from the opinion adopted by the European Parliament.
5.	The conciliation shall take place in a Conciliation Committee' consisting of the Council and representatives of the European Parliament. The Commission shall participate in the work of the Conciliation Committee.
6.	The aim of the procedure shall be to seek an agreement between the European Parliament and the Council.

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