Where a determinate period of time is prescribed, the basic act should in principle provide for the delegation of power to be tacitly extended for periods of an identical duration, unless the European Parliament or the Council opposes such extension not later than three months before the end of each period.
I gcás ina bhforordaítear do thréimhse ama cinntithe, ba cheart, leis an mbunghníomh, foráil a dhéanamh i bprionsabal go ndéanfar tarmligean na cumhachta a fhadú go hintuigthe go ceann tréimhsí comhfhaid, mura rud é go gcuireann Parlaimint na hEorpa nó an Chomhairle in aghaidh fadú den sórt sin tráth nach déanaí ná trí mhí roimh dheireadh gach tréimhse.