21.   The National Assembly, firmly under his control, should ratify the decision.

22.   Those four countries have applied to join the Union next January but only Austria has so far ratified the decision in a referendum.

23.   It will then ask the British government to ratify its decision.

24.   Parliament, meanwhile, has already given its majority consent, and the decision should be ratified by the end of the month.

25.   Sweden voted in favour earlier this month and is due to ratify the decision by the end of the year.

26.   The ambassadors were due to meet in formal session later Tuesday night to formally ratify the decision.

27.   The congress will officially ratify decisions on leadership positions that are made by the top party figures before the public meeting opens.

28.   The decision will be ratified without discussion by EU foreign ministers at talks here on Monday, an Irish diplomat said.

29.   The German parliament is due to ratify the decision on Friday.

30.   The new documents will be issued after the decision is ratified by the three governments, the immigration chiefs said.