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The European Union adopts legislation through a variety of legislative procedures. The procedure used for a given legislative proposal depends on the policy area in question. Most legislation needs to be proposed by the European Commission and approved by the Council of the European Union and European Parliament to become law.
Over the years the power of the European Parliament within the legislative process has been greatly increased from being limited to giving its non-binding opinion or excluded from the legislative process altogether, to participating equally with the Council in the legislative process.
The power to amend the Treaties of the European Union, sometimes referred to as the Union's primary law, or even as its de facto constitution, is reserved to the member states and must be ratified by them in accordance with their respective constitutional requirements. An exception to this are so-called passerelle clauses in which the legislative procedure used for a certain policy area can be changed without formally amending the treaties.
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The procedures for voting in the Council of the EuropeanUnion are described in the treaties of the EuropeanUnion. The Council of the EuropeanUnion (or...
The cooperation procedure (formally known as the Article 252 procedure) was one of the principal legislativeprocedures of the European Community, before...
it is referred to as parliamentary law, parliamentary practice, legislativeprocedure, rules of order, or Robert's rules of order. Rules of order consist...
the EuropeanUnion, double majority voting replaced artificial voting weights for votes requiring a qualified majority in the Council of the European Union...
The EuropeanUnion (EU) is a political and economic union of 27 member states that are party to the EU's founding treaties, and thereby subject to the...
measures to the executive. At EU level too, the European Parliament and the Council of the EuropeanUnion can confer such powers on the Commission. However...
of the EuropeanUnion, where in most cases both must give their assent. Although the exact nature of this depends upon the legislativeprocedure in use...
at the EuropeanUnion level is increasingly a part of the political decision-making process and thus part of the legislative process. 'European interest...
Institutions of the EuropeanUnion (EU) as listed in the Treaty on EuropeanUnion. It is one of two legislative bodies and together with the European Parliament...
the EuropeanUnion has grown from 6 to 27 member states, a clear procedure for accession of members is set out in TEU article 49. The EuropeanUnion is...
delegated and implementing acts that were not enacted via the EuropeanUnionlegislativeprocedure. The British English distinction between primary and secondary...
passerelle clause is a clause in treaties of the EuropeanUnion that allows the alteration of a legislativeprocedure without a formal amendment of the treaties...
to the EuropeanUnion'slegislativeprocedure. The group is the successor to the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe in the European Committee...
presidency of the Council of the EuropeanUnion is responsible for the functioning of the Council of the EuropeanUnion, which is the co-legislator of the...
environmental regulation. The Ordinary LegislativeProcedure (OLP) is the formal, main legislativeprocedure. In OLP, the European Parliament (EP) and the Council...
proposed EuropeanUnion law. Originally, national members of Parliament (MPs) were appointed to the European Parliament (EP) as Member of the European Parliament...
the EuropeanUnion Treaties of the EuropeanUnion Regulation (EuropeanUnion) Directive (EuropeanUnion) EuropeanUnion decision EuropeanUnion legislative...
The European Parliament (EP) is one of the legislative bodies of the EuropeanUnion and one of its seven institutions. Together with the Council of the...
The EuropeanUnion does not set public holidays for its member states. However the European Commission does set public holidays for the employees of the...
title President of the EuropeanUnion (or President of Europe) does not exist, but there are a number of presidents of EuropeanUnion institutions, including:...
European Parliament and Council of the EuropeanUnion. 3 May 2018. amending Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 1141/2014 as regards a verification procedure...