In order to implement this general programme or, in the absence of such a programme, in order to achieve a stage in the liberalization of a specific service, the Council shall, on a proposal from the Commission and after consulting the Economic and Social Committee and the European Parliament, issue directives acting unanimously until the end of the first stage and by a qualified majority thereafter.
Chun an clár ginearálta sin a chur i ngníomh nó, d'éagmais clair den sort sin, chun céim a ghnóthú i léirscaoileadh seirbhise áirithe, déanfaidh an Chomhairle, ar thogra ón gCoimisiún agus tar éis dui i gcomhairle leis an gCoiste Eacnamaioch agus Sóisialta agus leis an bParlaimint treoracha a eisiúint, ag gniomhú di d'aon toil go dtí deireadh na chéad chéime agus tri thromlach cáilithe inu dhiaidh sin.