This is made clear in Article 4(3) second subparagraph TEU (ex Article 10 EC - "the Member States shall take any appropriate measure (...) to ensure fulfilment of the obligations arising out of the Treaties") and in Article 291 TFEU itself ("Member States shall adopt all measures of national law necessary to implement legally binding Union acts").

The coordination provided for in point (g) of Article 50(2) of the Treaty and in the General Programme for the abolition of restrictions on freedom of establishment, which was begun by First Council Directive 68/151/EEC of 9 March 1968 on co-ordination of safeguards which, for the protection of the interests of members and others, are required by Member States of companies within the meaning of the second paragraph of Article 58 of the Treaty, with a view to making such safeguards equivalent throughout the Community , is especially important in relation to public limited liability companies, because their activities predominate in the ec ...[+++]onomy of the Member States and frequently extend beyond their national boundaries.

The scope of Second Council Directive 77/91/EEC of 13 December 1976 on coordination of safeguards which, for the protection of the interests of members and others, are required by Member States of companies within the meaning of the second paragraph of Article 58 of the Treaty, in respect of the formation of public limited liability companies and the maintenance and alteration of their capital, with a view to making such safeguards equivalent , and of Third Council Directive 78/855/EEC of 9 October 1978 based on Article 54(3)(g) of the Treaty concerning mergers of public limited liability companies , should be adapted in order to reflect ...[+++] changes in Finnish company law.

At that meeting, an examination of the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council codifying the Second Council Directive 77/91/EEC of 13 December 1976 "on co-ordination of safeguards which, for the protection of the interests of members and others, are required by Member States of companies within the meaning of the second paragraph of Article 58 of the Treaty, in respect of the formation of public limited liability companies and the maintenance and alteration of their capital, with a view to making such safeguards equivalent" resulted in the Consultative Working Party’s establishing, by common accord, as follows.

The criterion on the government budgetary position referred to in the second indent of Article 140(1) of the said Treaty shall mean that at the time of the examination the Member State is not the subject of a Council decision under Article 126(6) of the said Treaty that an excessive deficit exists.

(a) The Economic Partnership, Political Coordination and Cooperation Agreement with the United Mexican States (the main agreement) was concluded on the basis of Articles 44(2), 47, 55, 57(2), 71, 80(2), 133 and 181 thereof, in conjunction with the second sentence of Article 300(2) and the second subparagraph of Article 300(3) EC, thereby requiring the assent of Parliament.