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modify it and pass it back to the Council. The Commission gives its opinion once more.
Where the Commission has rejected amendments in its opinion, the Council must act
unanimously rather than by majority.
If, within three months of receiving Parliament's new text the Council approves it, then it is
adopted. If it does not then the Council President, with the agreement of the Parliament
President, convenes the Conciliation Committee composed of the Council and an equal
number of MEPs (with the attendance as moderator of the Commission). The committee
draws up a joint text on the basis of the two positions. If within six weeks it fails to agree a
common text, then the act has failed. If it succeeds and the committee approves the text, then
the Council and Parliament (acting by majority) must then approve said text (third reading). If
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