Ordføreren har ønsket at foreslå Domstolens beføjelser udvidet ved at ophæve EF-traktatens artikel 68 - en tilføjelse til udkastet til Rådets afgørelse, så flere områder i afsnit IV i tredje del af EF-traktaten (visum, asyl, indvandring og andre politikker i forbindelse med den frie bevægelighed for personer) i stedet underlægges EF-traktatens artikel 251.
. – The rapporteur sought to propose that the Court of Justice should have its competence broadened through the revocation of Article 68 of the EC Treaty. That was an addition to the proposal for a Council decision, in that several areas of Title IV, Part III of the EC Treaty (visas, asylum, immigration and other policies concerning the free movement of persons) would then be governed by Article 251 of the EC Treaty.