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Council Decision of the European Communities of 1 January… Article 8

Council Decision of the European Communities of 1 January… Article 8

Article 8

The following shall be substituted for Article 14 of the Act concerning the Conditions of Accession and the Adjustments to the Treaties : ' Article 14 The following shall be substituted for Article 148 ( 2 ) of the EEC Treaty and Article 118 ( 2 ) of the Euratom Treaty : " 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. " '

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