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The role of the European Council – to 'provide the Union with the necessary impetus for its development' and to define its 'general political directions and priorities' – has evolved rapidly over the past decade. Since June 2014, the European Council Oversight Unit within the European Parliamentary Research Service (EPRS), the European Parliament's in-house research service and think tank, has been monitoring and analysing the European Council's delivery on commitments made in the conclusions of ...

Lo studio, commissionato dal dipartimento tematico Diritti dei cittadini e affari costituzionali del Parlamento europeo su richiesta della commissione AFCO, esamina le procedure legislative previste dai trattati. Si concentra sulle procedure legislative speciali in cui il Parlamento o il Consiglio adottano un atto con la partecipazione (consultazione o approvazione) dell'altra istituzione. Ciò non dovrebbe tuttavia significare che l'istituzione partecipante non possa influenzare la sostanza dell'atto ...

The role of the European Council – to 'provide the Union with the necessary impetus for its development' and to define its 'general political directions and priorities' – has evolved rapidly over the last decade. Since June 2014, the European Council Oversight Unit within the European Parliamentary Research Service (EPRS), the European Parliament's in-house research service and think tank, has been monitoring and analysing the European Council's delivery on commitments made in the conclusions of ...

The Committee on Budgetary Control (CONT) decided to organise a workshop with the aim to get a better understanding about customs control practices in Member States and their possible improvements. This briefing provides background information to this event that took place the 15th June 2022.

The European Commission proposed to improve the Schengen evaluation and monitoring mechanism established by Regulation (EU) No 1053/2013. The accompanying impact assessment (IA) provides a well defined problem definition, substantiated with evidence. Furthermore, the stakeholder opinions are reported consistently throughout the IA and are used as input for the combination of measures under the preferred option. Moreover, the data sources underpinning the IA are recent, reliable, consistently referenced ...

When adopting implementing acts, the Commission acts under the scrutiny of the Member States (represented in specialised committees and an appeal committee) following mechanisms set out in the Comitology Regulation. In 2017, the Commission proposed amendments to this Regulation, aimed at eliminating 'no opinion' deadlocks in the appeal committee and increasing transparency in the procedure. The European Parliament is expected to vote on the proposal during the December plenary session.

L'istituzione della Procura europea (EPPO), con l'entrata in vigore del regolamento EPPO del 12 ottobre 2017, rende necessario l'adeguamento del regolamento che disciplina le indagini svolte dall'Ufficio europeo per la lotta antifrode (OLAF). Nel 2018 la Commissione ha adottato una proposta di revisione del regolamento OLAF per quanto riguarda la cooperazione con l'EPPO e l'efficacia delle indagini dell'OLAF. Il Parlamento europeo dovrebbe votare a dicembre l'accordo rapido in seconda lettura raggiunto ...

Il presente studio, commissionato dal Dipartimento tematico del Parlamento europeo Diritti dei cittadini e affari costituzionali, su richiesta della commissione LIBE, valuta il funzionamento e l'impatto del meccanismo di valutazione e monitoraggio Schengen nell'ambito del suo primo programma pluriennale (2014-2019), allo scopo di individuarne gli aspetti positivi e formulare raccomandazioni per rafforzarli. L'ultimo decennio è stato caratterizzato da molte controversie che hanno coinvolto i governi ...

Vice-president Dombrovskis and Commissioner Gentiloni have been invited to an Economic Dialogue on the European Commission Opinions on the 2020 Draft Budgetary Plans of the Euro Area Member States. The Dialogue is based on Articles 7 and 15 of EU Regulation 473/2013.

Under the rule of law, governmental powers are limited by law and may be exercised only on the basis of law. An independent judiciary is indispensable to guaranteeing this state of affairs, and appropriate procedures, including legal remedies, must be in place to guarantee that individuals can protect their rights and trigger judicial review of governmental action. The rule of law has been an enduring basic value of the European Union from its inception, and the principles of the rule of law have ...