On the basis of a report by the committee responsible, Parliament shall verify credentials without delay and rule on the validity of the mandate of each of its newly elected Members and also on any dispute referred to it pursuant to the provisions of the Act of 20 September 1976, other than those which, under this Act of 20 September 1976, fall exclusively under the national provisions to which the Act refers.
Parlament na podlagi poročila pristojnega odbora nemudoma preveri veljavnost mandatov poslancev in odloči o veljavnosti mandatov vseh novoizvoljenih poslancev ter tudi o sporih, ki so nanj naslovljeni na podlagi določb Akta z dne 20. septembra 1976, razen tistih, ki v skladu z Aktom z dne 20. septembra 1976 izhajajo iz nacionalnih predpisov, na katere se akt sklicuje.