The rapporteur would nevertheless have wished the European Parliament to be consulted first at the time of the initial Commission proposal authorising Member States to sign the Convention and then to be given a reasonable amount of time to consider the matter. In this connection, the rapporteur would draw attention to the fact that Article 10 of the EC Treaty imposes a duty of cooperation on Community institutions and that the Court of Justice of the European Communities has established that the institutions have a such an obligation in all cases where institutions or bodies are called upon.
A ce titre, le rapporteur rappelle que l'article 10 du TCE impose aux institutions communautaires le principe de coopération loyale et que la Cour de Justice des Communautés européennes a établi dans le chef des institutions cette obligation qui devrait logiquement s'imposer à chaque fois que des institutions ou des organes se trouvent sollicités.