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:
(a) civil and commercial law,
(b) company law,
(c) intellectual property law,
(d) procedural law;
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.
