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  European Union Bill - Report (1st Day) - Clause 2 - Treaties amending or replacing TEU or TFEU
  
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  The majority of Not-Contents voted not to add the following text to Clause 2 of the European Union Bill:
  
  after "that" insert- "(a) a referendum does not need to be held in accordance with section (Process for determining the necessity of referendums); or
  (b) "
  
  This vote then leaves this text in Clause 2 as stands: 
  âThe exemption condition is that the Act providing for the approval of the treaty states that the treaty does not fall within section 4.â
  
  Clause 2[1] sets out what will happen should any changes or replacement be made to the TEU[2] and TFEU[3]. A statement explaining this treaty would need to be given to parliament, an Act of Parliament and a referendum would also be required, unless a condition is met that means a referendum is not necessary. This vote was regarding changes to the wording explaining this exception condition. 
  
  * [1] [http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201011/cmbills/106/2011106.pdf European Union Bill â including Clause 1]
  
  * [2] [http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:C:2008:115:0001:01:EN:HTML Treaty on European Union]
  
  * [3] [http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:C:2008:115:0047:0199:EN:PDF Treaty for the Functioning of the European Union] 
  
  
  
  
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