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Darbas:

konkretus
Legislation3 – įstatymų leidimas, įstatymai
Treaty4 – sutartis susitarimas
Determine5 - (nu)lemti, sąlygoti, lemti; determinuoti
Amendment6 - (pa)taisymas; gerinimas
Unanimously7- vieningai, vienbalsiškai
Assent1
The assent procedure means that the Council has to obtain the European Parliament's assent before certain very important decisions are taken.

The procedure is the same as in the case of consultation, except that Parliament cannot amend a proposal: it must either accept or reject it. Acceptance (‘assent’) requires an absolute majority of the vote cast.

Codecision

This is the procedure now used for most EU law-making. In the codecision procedure, Parliament does not merely2 give its opinion: it shares legislative3 power equally with the Council. If Council and Parliament cannot agree on a piece of proposed legislation, it is put before a conciliation4 committee, composed of equal numbers of Council and Parliament representatives.

Once this committee has reached an agreement, the text is sent once again to Parliament and the Council so that they can finally adopt it as law.

Modernising the system
The EU’s decision-making system has evolved5 over half a century. But it was originally designed for a community of just six nations. The EU now has 25 member states, and its membership will increase further in the years ahead. Its decision-making system therefore needs simplifying and streamlining6. To avoid paralysis, most decisions will have to be taken by ‘qualified majority voting’ rather than requiring every single country to agree.
The proposed Constitution agreed by the European Council in 2004 tackles7 these questions head on. It spells out much more clearly than in previous treaties what the European Union is and where it is going. It also lays down the new rules for more streamlined decision-making. It is due to come into force in 2006, but first it has to be approved by all 25 member countries – in some cases by referendum.
The Constitution is designed to make the EU more open and democratic. For example, it obliges8 EU ministers to hold their law-making discussions in public, and it gives citizens the right to draw up a petition asking the European Commission to propose new laws. Moreover, it gives national parliaments a greater role in monitoring Commission proposals.

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Assent1 - pritarimas, sutarimas, sutikimas
Merely2 - paprasčiausiai, tiktai
Legislative3 - įstatymų leidžiamasis/leidimo; įstatyminis
Conciliation4 - su(si)taikymas, sutaikinimas
Evolve5 - plėtotis, vystytis, išsivystyti, evoliucionuoti
Streamline6 - kryptis; tėkmės kryptis; srovės linija
Tackle7 - reikmenys, rykai;