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Commitments made at the confirmation hearings of the Commissioners-designate 2024-2029

This study, commissioned by the European Parliament’s Policy Department for Citizens’ Rights and Constitutional Affairs at the request of the AFCO Committee, considers the legal space for an EU Climate and Energy Union. It assesses the major limits at the EU and national level, as well as the question if (informal) Treaty change is possible and necessary to create the space needed. It also assesses if an individual right to clean energy exists, or can and should be legally construed. It pays special ...

In June 2023, following its investigation into Europe's spyware scandal, the European Parliament issued a final recommendation identifying country-specific shortcomings and proposing EU standards for the use of spyware. Proposed safeguards include judicial approval, proportionality requirements, independent oversight, notification duties, and data deletion. Member States embroiled in the spyware scandal are making progress – albeit uneven – towards meeting these standards. Greece has amended its ...

This paper reviews the simplification measures aimed at reducing administrative costs and burdens for Managing Authorities (MAs) and beneficiaries in implementing European Structural and Investment Funds (ESIF). The study further provides an overview of the administrative burdens and challenges that MAs and beneficiaries face when implementing the ESIF. Although various initiatives have been undertaken, administrative challenges persist due to complex regulations and overlapping programmes. Recommendations ...

This paper reviews the simplification measures aimed at reducing administrative costs and burdens for Managing Authorities (MAs) and beneficiaries in implementing European Structural and Investment Funds (ESIF). The study further provides an overview of the administrative burdens and challenges that MAs and beneficiaries face when implementing the ESIF. Although various initiatives have been undertaken, administrative challenges persist due to complex regulations and overlapping programmes. Recommendations ...

Upon request of the Committee on Petitions (PETI), the Policy Department for Citizens’ Rights and Constitutional Affairs commissioned the present study on Regulation 1049/2001 on access to documents with a twofold objective. First, to update the analysis conducted in a 2016 study for the PETI Committee with the latest developments in the case law of the CJEU and the activities led by the European Ombudsman since then – in particular focussing on access to legislative documents, documents relating ...

Reģionu komiteju veido 329 locekļi, kuri pārstāv Eiropas Savienības 27 dalībvalstu reģionālās un vietējās pašvaldības. Komiteja sniedz atzinumus obligātas apspriešanās (ja tā ir prasīta Līgumos) un fakultatīvas apspriešanās gadījumos un pēc savas iniciatīvas, ja tā to uzskata par nepieciešamu. Tās locekļiem nekādi obligātie norādījumi saistoši nav. Viņi savus pienākumus veic neatkarīgi, ievērojot Eiropas Savienības vispārējās intereses.

Eiropas Savienības dalībvalstis, pamatojoties uz dalību ES, ir vienojušās nodot ES iestādēm atsevišķas pilnvaras konkrētas politikas jomās. Tādējādi ES iestādes pieņem pārvalstiski saistošus lēmumus likumdošanas, izpildes, budžeta, amatpersonu iecelšanas un kvazikonstitucionālās procedūrās.

In July 2021, the European Commission tabled a proposal to establish a new EU authority to counter money laundering and the financing of terrorism (AMLA). This was part of a legislative package aimed at implementing the 2020 action plan for a comprehensive Union policy on preventing money laundering and the financing of terrorism. The AMLA would be the centre of an integrated system composed of the authority itself and the Member States' national authorities with an AML/CFT supervisory mandate. It ...

Ar Māstrihtas līgumu tika grozīti iepriekšējie Eiropas līgumi un izveidota Eiropas Savienība, kuras pamatā ir trīs pīlāri: Eiropas Kopienas (EK), kopējā ārpolitika un drošības politika (KĀDP) un sadarbība tieslietās un iekšlietās (TI). Ar Amsterdamas līgumu tika ieviesti pielāgojumi, kas bija vajadzīgi, lai nodrošinātu efektīvāku un demokrātiskāku Savienības darbību pēc tās paplašināšanās.