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| | THE EUROPEAN UNION AND THE VIEWPOINT OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT |
 | | At present, the codecision procedure, which can be regarded as a right of veto conferred on the EP, covers fourteen areas, including freedom of establishment (Article 54), the internal market (Articles 100a and 100b), the environment (Article 130s(3)), and Articles 56, 57(1) and (2), 126(4), 127(2), 130i, 103(5), 104(a) and (b), and 108(3). |
 | | However, this restriction on the scope of the codecision procedure is only temporary, since the Treaty on European Union provides for an increase in the number of areas covered between now and 1996, on the basis of a proposal from the Commission (Article 189b(8)). |
 | | The scope of the assent procedure is widened to cover nine new articles, including freedom of movement (Article 8a), the objectives of the Structural Funds (Article 130d), the powers of the European Central Bank (Article 105(6)) and the proposals relating to the establishment of a uniform electoral procedure for European elections (Article 138). |
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