Diritto Pubblico Comparato ed Europeo

Sommario

1. Introduzione. – 2. L’adozione dell’Atto unico europeo. – 3. Da Maastricht ad Amsterdam. – 4. Verso i lavori per la Convenzione. – 5. Le novità della Convenzione. – 6. Casi di policy making e modest influencing Parliaments. – 6.1. La istituzione delle Commissioni per gli affari europei. – 6.2. Le norme istitutive. – 6.3. Composizione delle Commissioni per gli affari comunitari. – 6.4. La trasmissione dei documenti. – 6.5. I tempi. – 6.6. Quali documenti? – 6.7. La fase decisionale. – 7. I poteri ulteriori delle Commissioni per gli affari comunitari. – 8. Conclusioni.

Abstract

The Protocol on the application of the principles of subsidiarity and proportionality, annexed to the Constitutional Treaty signed by the Heads of State of Government on 29 October 2004, gave the National Parliaments the power to send to the Presidents of the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission, a reasoned opinion on whether a draft European legislative act complies with the principles of subsidiarity. On the other hand, the COSAC adopted in 2003 the Guidelines for relations between governments and Parliaments on Community issues, a code of conduct or guidelines for relations between governments and Parliaments in connection with Community issues. The purpose of these guidelines were to provide all the national Parliaments with the opportunity to scrutinise and have an influence on governments' Community policy. As stated in the protocol on national Parliaments annexed to the Amsterdam Treaty, in fact, it is up to each Parliament to decide the extent to which the guidelines should be implemented. Starting from these two significant points, this work aims to examine the new role of National Parliaments in the Community policy, and the most relevant cases of “policy making” and “model influencing” Parliaments.