For det tredje: en traktatmæssig forpligtelse til at underrette de nationale parlamenter om alle lovforberedende dokumenter og lovmæssige tekster i tide, således at disse har mindst fire uger til at afgive en udtalelse, inden Rådet træffer afgørelse.
Thirdly: an obligation under the Treaty to indicate all pre-legislative and legislative texts in due time to the national parliaments so that they have at least four weeks to express their opinion before the Council takes its decision.