(RTTNews) - Rejecting an appeal by the Czech senators over the constitutional validity of the European Union (EU) reforms treaty, the country's Constitutional Court Tuesday ruled that it is in line with the constitution, clearing the way for the Czech President to sign it.

The final hurdle to the passage of the Lisbon Treaty seems to have gotten over with this as President Vaclav Klaus, who was awaiting the court's decision, has said he will not further oppose the Treaty.

All the EU member-states have ratified the Lisbon Treaty, but the Czech President has not yet signed it, as it was under consideration of the the Brno-based Constitutional Court.

In a petition filed in September, a group of right-wing Civic Democrat senators challenged a special mandate that prevents the Czech government from approving transfer of powers to the EU without the parliament's concurrence.

The court rejected the arguments Tuesday and said the judgment was unanimous.

The Lisbon Treaty has to be ratified by all the member-states in order to come into force, and time is running out, with the European Commission's mandate due to expire by the month-end.

European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso said he "believes that no further unnecessary delays should prevent the entry into force of the Lisbon Treaty."

The Czech President had raised a last minute obstacle to the passage of the Treaty, demanding a choice for his country to opt-out from the European Union's Charter of Fundamental Rights.

The EU summit in Brussels Friday agreed a deal to secure the ratification of the Treaty by granting the Czech Republic the privilege.

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