Legal Affairs

Committee responsible for:

 

1.    the interpretation and application of European law, compliance of European Union acts with primary law, notably the choice of legal bases and respect for the principles of subsidiarity and proportionality;

 

2.    the interpretation and application of international law, in so far as the European Union is affected;

 

3.    the simplification of Community law, in particular legislative proposals for its official codification;

 

4.    the legal protection of Parliament's rights and prerogatives, including its involvement in actions before the Court of Justice and the Court of First Instance;

 

5.    Community acts which affect the Member States' legal order, namely in the fields of:

 

6.    measures concerning judicial and administrative cooperation in civil matters;

 

7.    environmental liability and sanctions against environmental crime;

 

8.    ethical questions related to new technologies, applying the procedure with associated committees with the relevant committees;

 

9.    the Statute for Members and the Staff Regulations of the European Communities;

 

10.  privileges and immunities as well as verification of Members' credentials;

 

11.  the organisation and statute of the Court of Justice;

 

12.  the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market.