Joe Costello (Dublin Central, Labour)

I move amendment No. 2:

In page 4, line 19, after "Communities", to insert the following:

"and by bodies competent under the treaties governing the European Communities".

There is currently no reference in paragraph (c) to bodies competent; they are specifically excluded by the existing wording. It is appropriate that the wording be extended to cover not only the institutions of the European Union but the bodies competent that existed prior to the Lisbon treaty. The proposed amendment offers an improvement in the substance and the text of the provisions.

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