74

Part Two

(a)

in the first paragraph, the words `concluded before its entry into force by a Member State' shall be replaced by `concluded before 1 January 1958 or, for acceding States, before the date of their accession, by a Member State'. At the end of that paragraph the words `the entry into force of this Treaty' shall be replaced by `the aforesaid dates';

(b)

in the second paragraph, the words `concluded between the signature and the entry into force of this Treaty' shall be replaced by `concluded between 25 March 1957 and 1 January 1958 or, for acceding States, between the signature of the instrument of accession and the date of their accession

(a)

in the place of paragraphs 1 and 2, which lapsed in accordance with Article 14 of the Act concerning the election of the representatives of the European Parliament, there shall be inserted the text of Articles 1 and 2 of the said Act as paragraphs 1 and 2; the new paragraphs 1 and 2 shall read as follows:

`1. The representatives in the European Parliament of the peoples of the States brought together in the Community shall be elected by direct universal suffrage.

2. The number of representatives elected in each Member State shall be as follows:

Belgium

25

Denmark

16

Germany

99

Greece

25

Spain

64

France

87

Ireland

15

Italy

87

Luxembourg

6

Netherlands

31

Austria

21

Portugal

25

Finland

16

Sweden

22

United Kingdom

87.