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Alongside the four main legislative procedures, there are other procedures carried out in Parliament in specific areas.
The Commission and the European Central Bank draw up reports for the Council on the progress in fulfilling their obligations as regards economic and monetary union of Member States with a derogation.
After Parliament has delivered its opinion, the Council on the Commission’s proposal, decides which Member States with a derogation fulfil the conditions for adoption of the single currency on the basis of the criteria laid down in Article 140(1) TFEU and ends these Member States’ derogations. In this procedure, Parliament votes for the amendments en bloc and cannot table amendments.
The Union’s objectives include promotion of dialogue between the two sides of industry, with a view to the conclusion of agreements and conventions.
Under Article 154 TFEU, the Commission has the task of promoting the consultation of management and labour at Union level and thus submits to Parliament possible guidelines for Union action after consulting the two sides of industry.
Any Commission document or any agreement between management and labour is referred to the Parliament committee responsible. Where management and labour have reached an agreement and have requested jointly that the agreement be implemented by a Council decision on a proposal from the Commission under Article 155(2) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, the committee responsible shall table a motion for a resolution recommending the adoption or rejection of the request.
The Commission informs Parliament when it intends to make use of voluntary agreements rather than legislation. The committee concerned may draw up an own-initiative report under Rule 48. The Commission informs Parliament when it intends to conclude a voluntary agreement. The committee responsible may table a motion for a resolution recommending adoption or rejection of the proposal and under what conditions.
Official codification means the procedure to repeal the acts being codified and replacing them by a single act. The consolidated version includes all modifications since the act first came into force. It does not contain any modification to the substance of the act. Codification helps to clarify EU legislation that has undergone frequent modifications. Parliament’s committee responsible for legal affairs examines the Commission’s proposal for codification. If there is no modification of substance, the simplified procedure for adoption of a report under Rule 46 applies. Parliament shall take a decision by means of a single vote, without amendment or debate.
The Commission may introduce implementing provisions for existing legislation. These provisions are presented to committees of experts from the Member States and forwarded to Parliament either for information or scrutiny. On a proposal from its committee responsible, Parliament may adopt a resolution opposing the measure, stating that the draft implementing measure exceeds the powers laid down in the legal act concerned, is not compatible with the aim or the content of the basic instrument or does not respect the principles of subsidiarity or proportionality, and asking the Commission to withdraw or amend the draft of measures or submit a proposal under the appropriate legislative procedure.
Where a legislative act delegates to the Commission the power to supplement or amend certain non-essential elements of a legislative act, the committee responsible shall examine any draft delegated act where it is transmitted to Parliament for scrutiny and may submit to Parliament in a motion for a resolution any appropriate proposal in accordance with the provisions of the legislative act.