The Member States 25 March 1957, Consolidated version of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union#PART THREE - UNION POLICIES AND INTERNAL ACTIONS#TITLE V - AREA OF FREEDOM, SECURITY AND JUSTICE#CHAPTER 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS#Article 76

7.6.2016 EN Official Journal of the European Union C 202/75 Article 76 The acts referred to in Chapters 4 and 5, together with the measures referred to in Article 74 which ensure administrative cooperation in the areas covered by these Chapters, shall be adopted: (a) on a proposal from the Commission, or (b) on the initiative of a quarter of the Member States.