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TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY, PART THREE - POLICY OF THE COMMUNITY, TITLE III - SOCIAL POLICY, CHAPTER 2: THE EUROPEAN SOCIAL FUND, ARTICLE 126


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Article 126

When the transitional period has ended , the Council , after receiving the opinion of the Commission and after consulting the Economic and Social Committee and the Assembly , may :

( a ) rule , by a qualified majority , that all or part of the assistance referred to in Article 125 shall no longer be granted ; or

( b ) unanimously determine what new tasks may be entrusted to the Fund within the framework of its terms of reference as laid down in Article 123 .