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DOCUMENTS CONCERNING THE ACCESSION OF THE KINGDOM OF SPAIN AND THE PORTUGUESE REPUBLIC TO THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, ACT CONCERNING THE CONDITIONS OF ACCESSION OF THE KINGDOM OF SPAIN AND THE PORTUGUESE REPUBLIC AND THE ADJUSTMENTS TO THE TREATIES, ARTICLE 250
Official Journal L 302 , 15/11/1985 P. 0099
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Article 250
1 . An ad hoc Committee shall be established consisting of representatives of the Member States and chaired by a representative of the Commission .
2 . Within the ad hoc Committee the votes of Member States shall be weighted in accordance with Article 148 ( 2 ) of the EEC Treaty . The chairman shall not vote .
3 . Where the procedure laid down in this Article is referred to , the chairman shall forthwith refer the matter to the Committee , either on his own initiative or at the request of a Member State .
4 . The representative of the Commission shall submit a draft of the measures to be adopted . The Committee shall deliver its opinion on those measures within a time limit set by the chairman according to the urgency of the issues submitted to him for examination . The Committee shall take a decision by a majority of 54 votes .
5 . The Commission shall adopt measures and shall apply them immediately where they are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee . If they are not in accordance with the opinion of the Committee , or in the absence of any opinion , the Commission shall forthwith submit to the Council a proposal relating to the measures to be taken . The Council shall adopt the measures on a qualified majority .
If , on the expiry of one month from the date on which the matter was referred to it , the Council has not adopted any measures , the Commission shall adopt the proposed measures and apply them immediately , save in the case where the Council has decided by a simple majority against the said measures .
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