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On June 30, 2009, the Federal Constitutional Court ruled that the Act Approving the Treaty of Lisbon (Zustimmungsgesetz zum Vertrag von Lissabon) is compatible with the German Constitution. However, the court called for more participatory rights for both Bundestag & Bundesrat in European Union lawmaking & treaty amendment procedures, other than provided for so far by laws accompanying the ratification of the Treaty of Lisbon. Through the Responsibility for Integration Act (IntVG) the Bundestag has implemented the decision of the Federal Constitutional Court. The IntVG contains 25 treaty amendment procedures not requiring ratification. In practice, section 8 IntVG should be the most relevant provision concerning participation of both Bundestag & Bundesrat when the flexibility clause (Art. 352) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union is applied. Adapted from the source document.