General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade

HC Deb 16 March 1994 vol 239 c704W

Dr. Lynne Jones

To ask the Prime Minister, pursuant to his answer of 21 January,Official Report, column 850, which treaty provisions will apply when deciding whether the European Parliament will be consulted on the ratification of GATT.

The Prime Minister

The European Parliament will be consulted in accordance with the provisions of article 228 of the treaty of Rome, as amended by the Maastricht treaty. The Foreign Affairs Council agreed on 21 February that the assent procedure, as set out in that article, will apply.