EU legislative procedures - Ordinary legislative procedures
8 important questions on EU legislative procedures - Ordinary legislative procedures
Is the Ordinary legislative procedure often used?
Why is it called ordinary legislative procedure?
Where does the ordinary legislative procedure begin with?
The European Commission sent a proposal to the council and the European Parliament.
The European Commission is the only one with the right of initiative
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What happens during the First reading?
After that the proposal wil move to the Council, who may either agree or disagree with the Parliament. If the council does not agree it will have to motivate why.
After this stage, the second reading begins.
What happens during the Second reading?
1. The Parliament may approve the Councils position by a majority of the votes cast
2. The Parliament may reject the Councils position by a majority of its component members.
3. The Parliament may propose amendments to the councils position by a majority of its component members.
With amendment, the proposal is back in the Councils court and it has three options..
2. The Council can reject of all the Parliaments amendments;
3. The Council cannot approve all of the Parliaments amendments. The proposal will enter into the conciliation stage
What happens during the Conciliation stage?
The committee co-decides by a qualified majority of the Council and a majority sent by the Parliament.
If the committee does not adopt a joined text, the legislative proposal has failed. If the committee approves a joined text, it returns to the formal Union legislator for a third reading.
What happens during the Third reading?
If one of the two disagrees with the proposal of the committee, the proposal finally flounders. If the opposite happens, the proposal is adopted and only needs to be signed and published.
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