A six-week period shall elapse between a draft European legislative act being made available to national Parliaments in the official languages of the Union and the date when it is placed on provisional agenda for the Council for adoption of a position under a legislative procedure. Exceptions shall be possible in cases of urgency, the reasons for which shall be stated in the act or position by the Council.  Save in urgent cases for which due reasons have been given, no agreement may be established on a draft European legislative acts during those six weeks. Save in urgent cases for which due reasons have been given, a ten days must elapse between the placing of a draft european legislative act on the provisional agenda for the Council and the adoption of a position.