Special legislative procedure

De bijzondere wetgevingsprocedure is een verzamelterm voor een groot aantal besluitvormingsprocedures in de Europese Unie1. Wat al die besluitvormingsprocedures gemeen hebben is dat ze een uitzondering zijn op de gewone wetgevingsprocedure2. Per bijzondere wetgevingsprocedure wordt aangegeven welke rol de verschillende Europese instellingen hebben in de besluitvorming; wie voorstellen mogen doen, wie er over mogen meebeslissen, en hoe er over voorstellen gestemd wordt.

In de Europese verdragen staat voor welke beleidsterreinen een bijzondere wetgevingsprocedure geldt.

Het vaststellen van afgeleide wetgeving3 gaat volgens andere procedures. Die vallen niet onder deze categorie.

De term 'bijzondere wetgevingsprocedure' is geïntroduceerd bij de inwerkingtreding van het Verdrag van Lissabon4 (1 december 2009).

Gebruikte bijzondere wetgevingsprocedures

  • akkoordprocedure

    The consent procedure is one of the special legislative procedures used in the European Union. The consent procedure is used for adopting most international agreements. The word consent refers to the role the European Parliament (EP) and the Council of Ministers (Council) play in the procedure. Both can either approve or disapprove a proposal, but neither can amend it.

  • begrotingsprocedure

    The budgetary procedure is one of the special legislative procedures used in the European Union. It is used to set the annual budget of the European Union. In determining the multiannual financial framework, the assent procedure is used. For granting discharge on the budget a different procedure5 is used.

  • instemmingsprocedure

    This procedure is one of the special legislative procedures used in the European Union. The assent procedure is used for several very important decisions, as well as for matters where the member states wish to retain a larger degree of control. The word assent refers to the role the European Parliament (EP) plays in the procedure. It has to approve or disapprove a proposal, but cannot amend it.

  • kwijtingsprocedure

    This procedure is one of the special legislative procedures that are used within the European Union. The discharge procedure is used to approve the discharge of the budget.

  • open coördinatiemethode

    This procedure is one of the special legislative procedures used in the European Union. The open method of coordination (OMC) is applied to policy areas where member states are in full control, but where they also wish to coordinate their policies on a particular subject. Decisions that are based on the open coordination method are non-binding; member states are not held accountable for whether or not they implement decisions. The procedure is not part of the European treaties.

De verschillende procedures voor het wijzigen van de Europese verdragen zijn:

  • procedure zonder deelname Europees Parlement

    This procedure is one of the special legislative procedures used in the European Union. This procedure is used for some very important economic issues. The main characteristic of this procedure is that the European Parliament (EP) plays no role in the decision making.

  • raadplegingsprocedure

    This procedure is one of the special legislative procedures used in the European Union. The consultation procedure is used for politically sensitive issues, where the member states bear responsibility for policy making and where the member states make decisions based on unanimity.

De samenwerkingsprocedure9 wordt sinds de inwerkingtreding van het Verdrag van Lissabon niet langer gebruikt.

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Meer informatie

 
 
  • 1. 
    De Europese Unie (EU) is het belangrijkste samenwerkingsverband in Europa. De deelnemende landen hebben voor deze Unie een aantal organisaties opgericht waaraan zij een deel van hun eigen bevoegdheden hebben overgedragen. Dit zijn onder meer het Europees Parlement, de Europese Commissie, de Raad en het Europese Hof van Justitie.
     
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    This procedure is the standard decision-making procedure used in the European Union, unless the treaties specifically state one of the special legislative procedures is to be applied to a particular subject. Before the Treaty of Lisbon came into force late 2009 it was referred to as the co-decision procedure. The essential characteristic of this procedure is that both the Council of Ministers as well as the European Parliament have a deciding vote in the legislative process, and both institutions may amend a proposal.
     
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    Many of the legal acts that are adopted in the European Union are of a general nature. The practical details of these legal acts are dealt with through secondary legislation. Secondary legislation cannot exceed the framework established in the general act. However, specific measures can still yield significant effect. The procedure for adopting secondary legislation depends on which of three procedures is used.
     
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    Dit Europese verdrag voerde een aantal hervormingen door om de Europese Unie democratischer en beter bestuurbaar te maken nadat in 2004 en 2007 twaalf nieuwe landen lid zijn geworden van de Europese Unie. Het Verdrag van Lissabon is op 1 december 2009 in werking getreden.
     
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    This procedure is one of the special legislative procedures that are used within the European Union. The discharge procedure is used to approve the discharge of the budget.
     
  • 6. 
    Revising the European treaties is a long and difficult procedure. This is to be expected, considering that revisions made can profoundly change the structure and functioning of the European institutions, and the way decisions are made in the european Union. All parts of the treaties can be changed through the ordinary revision procedure.
     
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    The simplified revision procedure can only be used for revising all or part of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, relating to the internal policies and acitions of the Union. The European Union is not allowed to use this procedure to optain any new power. For changes in other parts of the treaties, the ordinary revision procedure is used.
     
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    This procedure is used to modify the legislative procedure used in some specific policy areas. The passarelle procedure is only used in those areas where this option is explicitly stated in the Eropean treaties. The use of the passerelle procedure is very limited, but it can have far-reaching consequences for the policy areas concerned.
     
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    This procedure has been abrogated by the Treaty of Lisbon. The procedure was used primarily in the field of economic and monetary policy. Though the opinion of the European Parliament (EP) weighed heavily in this procedure, the EP could not block legislative proposals under this procedure.