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HOW THE EUROPEAN UNION WORKS(THE THREE PILLARS)

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HOW THE EU TAKES DECISIONDecision making at EU in particularly:

o The European Parliament (EP)o The Council of European Uniono The European Commission

In General, European Commission proposes

new legislation but it is the Council and theParliament pass the laws.

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THE RULES AND PROCEDURES The rules and procedures for EU decision

making are laid down in Treaties. Every

proposal for a new European law must be

based on a specific Treaty Article.

The Three (3) main procedures are:

- Codecision

- Consultation

- Assent

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CODECISION Codecision is the procedure now used for most EU-Law

making. Parliament shares legislative power equally with the

Council

The procedures provides 2 successive readings in eachinstitution

- if an agreement is reached in these readings, the lawcan be passed

- if not, it will be put before a conciliation committee,composed of equal numbers of Council and Parliament

representativesOnce this Committee has reached an agreement, the

agreed text is sent again to Parliament and the Council,so that they can finally adopt it as law

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THE CONSULTATION The Consultation procedures is used in areas

such as agriculture, taxation and competition.

Based on a proposal from the Commission, theCouncil consults Parliaments, the European

Economics and Social Committee, and theCommittee of the Regions

Under the consultation procedures, Parliament

may: Approve the Commission proposal

Reject it, or

Ask for amendments

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THE CONSULTATION PROCEDURE If Parliaments asks for amendments, the

Commission will consider all the changesParliament suggests.

If it accepts any of these suggestion it willsend the Council an amended proposal.

The decision ultimately rests with theCouncil, which either adopts the amended

proposal or amends it further If the Council amends a Commission

proposal, it must do so unanimously.

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ASSENT The assent procedure means that the Council has to

obtain the European Parliaments assent beforecertain very important decisions are taken.

The procedure is the same as in the case ofconsultation, except that Parliament cannot amend a

proposal: it must either accept or reject it

Acceptance (assent) requires an absolute majority ofthe votes

The assent procedure is mostly used for agreements

with other countries, including the agreementsallowing new countries to join the EU.

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THE THREE COUNCILS The European Council

This means the Head of State or Government of all EU countries, plusthe President of the European Commission. It depends on politicalsystem of each country whether their participant is the Presidentand/or the Prime Minister. The European Council meets, 4 times a yearto agree overall EU policy and to review progress. It is the highest levelpolicy making body in the European Union, which is why its meeting areoften called summits

The Council of the European UnionFormerly known as the Council of Ministers, this institution consist ofgovernment ministers from all EU countries. The Council meets regularlyto take detailed decisions and to pass EU laws.

The Council of EuropeIt is an intergovernmental organisation which aims to protect human

rights, to promote Europes cultural diversity and to combat socialproblem such as racial prejudice and intolerance. The Council of Europehas 47 members , including all 27 EU countries it is not an EUinstitution

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