1. FOR THE PURPOSE OF ADJUSTING, IN THE LIGHT OF THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE ECONOMIC SITUATION, THE MINIMUM AMOUNT OF THE FORESEEABLE MARKET CAPITALIZATION LAID DOWN IN THE FIRST PARAGRAPH OF I (2) OF SCHEDULE A, THE COMMISSION SHALL SUBMIT TO THE COMMITTEE A DRAFT OF THE MEASURES TO BE TAKEN. THE COMMITTEE SHALL DELIVER ITS OPINION WITHIN THE PERIOD LAID DOWN BY ITS CHAIRMAN. ITS DECISIONS SHALL REQUIRE 41 VOTES IN FAVOUR, THE VOTES OF THE MEMBER STATES BEING WEIGHTED AS PROVIDED FOR IN ARTICLE 148 (2) OF THE TREATY.
2. WHEN THE COMMITTEE HAS DELIVERED AN OPINION IN FAVOUR OF THE DRAFT OF THE MEASURES ENVISAGED BY THE COMMISSION THE LATTER SHALL ADOPT THEM.
WHERE THE OPINION OF THE COMMITTEE IS NOT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE DRAFT OF THE MEASURES ENVISAGED BY THE COMMISSION OR WHERE THE COMMITTEE HAS NOT DELIVERED AN OPINION WITHIN THE REQUIRED PERIOD, THE COMMISSION SHALL WITHOUT DELAY LAY BEFORE THE COUNCIL, WHICH SHALL ACT BY QUALIFIED MAJORITY, A PROPOSAL CONCERNING THE MEASURES TO BE TAKEN.
WHERE THE COUNCIL FAILS TO ACT ON THE PROPOSAL WITHIN THREE MONTHS OF ITS RECEIPT, THE MEASURES PROPOSED SHALL BE ADOPTED BY THE COMMISSION.
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