Provisions of Articles 2, 3 and 4 or interfere with the relationship between the powers of the Commission and those of the other institutions of the Community.

These amendments shall be proposed jointly by the Commission and the Council, acting by a twelve-fifteenths majority of its members, and shall be submitted to the Court for its opinion. In considering them, the Court shall have full power to assess all points of fact and of law. If as a result of such consideration it finds the proposals compatible with the provisions of the preceding paragraph, they shall be forwarded to the European Parliament and shall enter into force if approved by a majority of three quarters of the votes cast and two thirds of the Members of the European Parliament. ( * )

( * ) Fourth paragraph as amended by Article 14 AA A/FIN/SWE in the version resulting from Article 7 AD AA A/FIN/SWE.

Article 96

( Repealed )

Article 97

This Treaty is concluded for a period of 50 years from its entry into force.

Article 98

( Repealed )

Article 99

This Treaty shall be ratified by all the Member States in accordance with their respective constitutional requirements; the instruments of ratification shall be deposited with the Government of the French Republic.

This Treaty shall enter into force on the date of deposit of the instrument of ratification by the last signatory State to take this step.

If all the instruments of ratification have not been deposited within six months of the signature of this Treaty, the governments of the States, which have deposited their instruments, shall consult each other on the measures to be taken.

Article 100

This Treaty, drawn up in a single original, shall be deposited in the archives of the Government of the French Republic, which shall transmit a certified copy thereof to each of the governments of the other signatory States.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned Plenipotentiaries have signed this Treaty and affixed thereto their seals.

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