Where Parliament is requested to give its assent to an international agreement or a legislative proposal, or in determination, pursuant to Article 7 of the EU Treaty, of a serious and persistent breach by a Member State of principles mentioned in Article 6(1) of that treaty (liberty, democracy, respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms, and the rule of law), it shall consider the matter on the basis of a recommendation from the committee responsible to approve or reject the document on which Parliament has been consulted.