Betekenis van:
majority rule

majority rule
Zelfstandig naamwoord
  • meerderheidsbeginsel
  • the doctrine that the numerical majority of an organized group can make decisions binding on the whole group

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Voorbeeldzinnen

  1. Majority rule is a basic principle of democracy.
  2. Should plenary rule against the action by a majority of the votes cast, he shall withdraw it.
  3. The commission shall take its decision by a majority of the votes cast, having previously verified that the quorum referred to in Rule 59(1) exists.
  4. The governance of Europol should be improved through simplified procedures, more general descriptions of the tasks of the Management Board and the establishment of a common rule that all decisions should be taken by a majority of two thirds.
  5. If, having verified the existence of the quorum referred to in the first sentence of Rule 21(1), the Plenary Assembly takes a decision by the majority required in Rule 13(g) not to bring the action, the President shall withdraw the action.
  6. Moreover, insofar as IFP had majority shareholdings in two other commercial subsidiaries, Beicip-Franlab and Prosernat, and insofar as IFP had signed exclusive agreements with those subsidiaries, the Commission could not rule out the existence of State aid within the meaning of Article 87(1) of the Treaty in the fields of activity of the subsidiaries Beicip-Franlab and Prosernat.
  7. having verified that there is a quorum under the first sentence of Rule 37(2), taking a decision to bring an action before the Court of Justice of the European Union, when the Plenary Assembly is not able to take a decision within the deadline, by a majority of the votes cast, on a proposal by the President of the Committee or the competent commission acting in accordance with Rules 53 and 54. When such a decision is adopted, the President shall bring the action on behalf of the Committee and shall ask the Plenary Assembly at its next session to decide whether to maintain the action. If, having verified the existence of the quorum referred to in the first sentence of Rule 21(1), the Plenary Assembly takes a decision by the majority required in Rule 13(g) not to bring the action, the President shall withdraw the action.
  8. having verified that there is a quorum under the first sentence of Rule 21(1) of the Rules of Procedure, to take a decision, by a majority of the votes cast, on a proposal by the President of the Committee, or the competent commission acting in accordance with Rules 53 and 54, to bring an action before the Court of Justice of the European Union.