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TREATY ESTABLISHING A CONSTITUTION FOR EUROPE
PART-I
TITLE-V: EXERCISE OF UNION COMPETENCE
CHAPTER-I: COMMON PROVISIONS
ARTICLE I-38: Principles common to the Union's legal acts
ARTICLE I-38: Principles common to the Union's legal acts
1. Where the Constitution does not specify the type of act to be adopted, the institutions shall select it on a case-by-case basis, in compliance with the applicable procedures and with the principle of proportionality referred to in Article I-11.
2. Legal acts shall state the reasons on which they are based and shall refer to any proposals, initiatives, recommendations, requests or opinions required by the Constitution.