79 According to recital 3 in the preamble to Directive 2003/109, the directive respects the fundamental rights and observes the principles recognised, inter alia, by the Charter which, according to the first subparagraph of Article 6 (1) TEU, is to have the same legal value as the Treaties. (europeanlawblog.eu)
It follows that, in a situation such as that at issue in the main proceedings, the condition in the first subparagraph of Article 23 (2) of Regulation No 1/2003 is met.» (europeanlawblog.eu)
If the decision relates to expenditure which does not necessarily result from this Treaty or from acts adopted in accordance therewith, the Council shall forward it immediately to the European Parliament; within 30 days the European Parliament, acting by a majority of its Members and three - fifths of the votes cast, may adopt a different decision on the expenditure in excess of the one - twelfth referred to in the first subparagraph. (freecases.eu)