achievement of uniformity in measures of liberalization, export policy and measures  to protect trade such as those to be taken in the event of dumping or subsidies.

2. The Commission shall submit proposals to the Council for implementing the  common commercial policy.

3. Where agreements with one or more States or international organizations need to  be negotiated, the Commission shall make recommendations to the Council, which  shall authorize the Commission to open the necessary negotiations.

The Commission shall conduct these negotiations in consultation with a special  committee appointed by the Council to assist the Commission in this task and within  the framework of such directives as the Council may issue to it.

The relevant provisions of Article 228 shall apply.

4. In exercising the powers conferred upon it by this Article, the Council shall act by  a qualified majority.

Article 114

( Repealed )

Article 115 ( * )

( * ) As amended by Article G( 30 ) TEU.

In order to ensure that the execution of measures of commercial policy taken in  accordance with this Treaty by any Member State is not obstructed by deflection of  trade, or where differences between such measures lead to economic difficulties in  one or more Member States, the Commission shall recommend the methods for the  requisite cooperation between Member States. Failing this, the Commission may  authorize Member States to take the necessary protective measures, the conditions  and details of which it shall determine.

In case of urgency, Member States shall request authorization to take the necessary  measures themselves from the Commission, which shall take a decision as soon as  possible; the Member States concerned shall then notify the measures to the other  Member States. The Commission may decide at any time that the Member States  concerned shall amend or abolish the measures in question.

In the selection of such measures, priority shall be given to those which cause the  least disturbance of the functioning of the common market.

Article 116

( Repealed )

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