Legislating more efficiently: questions & answers on new delegated acts
To avoid making EU legislation over-complicated and technical the Lisbon Treaty introduced a new system for delegating to the Commission limited powers to make minor changes to laws, provided these do not affect the "core" legislation decided by Parliament and the Council.
- 1. What are "delegated" acts?
- 2. What happens to the old comitology system?
- 3. What happens to the old comitology provisions of legislative acts already in force?
- 4. How is power to be delegated?
- 5. How can Parliament or the Council control the Commission’s use of delegated power?
- 6. Parliament's right to object: is there a deadline?
- 7. In its Communication on delegated acts of 9 December 2009 the Commission suggests model texts to show delegation. Does Parliament have to use those texts?
- 8. What are the main issues at stake in negotiations with the Council?
- 9. What are the advantages of a delegation of powers?
- 10. What about implementing acts?
- 11. Has this new system for delegating powers to the Commission been used since the Lisbon Treaty entered into force?
- 12. What is the timetable?