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1. Proposal from the Commission 1.A ESC opinion COR opinion 2. First reading by the EP – opinion 3. Amended proposal from the Commission 4. First reading by the Council 5. Council approves all the EP's amendments 6. Council can adopt the act as amended 7. EP has approved the proposal without amendments 8. Council can adopt the act 9. Common position of the Council 10. Communication from the Commission on common position 11. Second reading by the EP 12. EP approves common position or makes no comments 13. Act is deemed to be adopted 14. EP rejects common position 15. Act is deemed not to be adopted 16. EP proposes amendments to common position 17. Commission opinion on EP's amendments 18. Second reading by the Council 19. Council approves amended common position (i) by a qualified majority if the Commission has delivered a positive opinion (ii) unanimously if the Commission has delivered a negative opinion 20. Act adopted as amended 21. Council does not approve the amendments to the common position 22. Conciliation Committee is convened 23. Conciliation procedure 24. Conciliation Committee agrees on a joint text 25. Parliament and Council adopt the act concerned in accordance with the joint text 26. Act is adopted 27. Parliament and Council do not approve the joint text 28. Act is not adopted 29. Conciliation Committee does not agree on a joint text 30. Act is not adopted

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