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 Union 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 of the European Union;

5.    Union 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 of the European Union;

12.    the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market.