EUROPEAN-SEED.COM I EUROPEAN SEED I 13 1. PROPOSAL FROM THE COMMISSION 2. OPINIONS FROM NATIONAL PARLIAMENTS 3. OPINIONS FROM THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMITTEE AND/OR THE COMMITTEE OF THE REGIONS (WHEN THIS IS REQUIRED) 4. FIRST READING BY THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT: PARLIAMENT ADOPTS A POSITION (AMENDMENTS) FIRST READING 5. COMMISSION CAN AMEND ITS PROPOSAL 6. FIRST READING BY THE COUNCIL (*) 7. COUNCIL APPROVES PARLIAMENT’S POSITION. THE ACT IS ADOPTED 8. COUNCIL AND PARLIAMENT DISAGREE ON AMENDMENTS. COUNCIL ADOPTS POSITION AT FIRST READING 9. SECOND READING BY THE PARLIAMENT: PARLIAMENT APPROVES THE COUNCIL’S POSITION AT FIRST READING — THE ACT IS ADOPTED IN ‘EARLY SECOND READING’ — OR PROPOSES AMENDMENTSPARLIAMENT APPROVES THE COUNCIL’S POSITION AT FIRST READING — THE ACT IS ADOPTED IN ‘EARLY SECOND READING’ — OR PROPOSES AMENDMENTS SECOND READING 10. COMMISSION OPINION ON PARLIAMENT’S AMENDMENTS 11. SECOND READING BY THE COUNCIL (*) 12. COUNCIL APPROVES ALL PARLIAMENT’S AMENDMENTS TO THE COUNCIL’S POSITION AT FIRST READING. THE ACT IS ADOPTED 13. COUNCIL AND PARLIAMENT DISAGREE ON AMENDMENTS TO THE COUNCIL’S POSITION AT FIRST READING CONCILIATION 14. CONCILIATION COMMITTEE IS CONVENED 15. CONCILIATION COMMITTEE AGREES ON A JOINT TEXT 16. PARLIAMENT AND COUNCIL AGREE WITH THE PROPOSAL FROM THE CONCILIATION COMMITTEE, AND THE ACT IS ADOPTED 17. PARLIAMENT AND/OR COUNCIL DISAGREE WITH THE PROPOSAL FROM THE CONCILIATION COMMITTEE, AND THE ACT IS NOT ADOPTED (*) Council adopts its position by a qualified majority (the treaties provide for unanimity in a few exceptional areas). However, if the Council intends to deviate from the Commission’s proposal/opinion it adopts its position by unanimity. ORDINARY LEGISLATIVE PROCEDURE