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EU: Commission accused of power-grab under new EU rules

01 March 2011

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EU: Commission accused of power-grab under new EU rules (euobserver, link).

See also: EU lawyers struggle with new 'comitology' rules (euractiv, link) and Regulation laying down the rules and general principles concerning mechanisms for control by Member States of the Commission's exercise of implementing powers (pdf). Introduces two new comitology procedures: the "examination procedure" or "advisory procedure". See critique of Article 10 which severely limits the information to be publicly available: EU: Deepening the democratic deficit: the failure to “enshrine” the public’s right of access to documents (pdf) by Tony Bunyan: See also: Statewatch publication: Guide to EU decision-making and justice and home affairs after the Lisbon Treaty (pdf) by Steve Peers, Professor of Law, University of Essex, with additional material by Tony Bunyan.

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