66As the Advocate General observed in points 97 and 123 of her Opinion, since the contested decision does not relate to the conclusion of an association agreement or is not aimed at supplementing or amending the institutional framework of such an agreement, but is aimed solely at ensuring its implementation, it is, in accordance with the combined measures of the first paragraph of Article 218(8) TFEU and Article 218(9) TFEU, by a qualified majority and without the approval of the European Parliament, that the Council should have, in any event, adopted the contested decision. Moreover, the omission of Article 217 TFEU in the legal basis for the contested decision is irrelevant with regard to Protocol No 21.
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