THE EU COMITOLOGY SYSTEM: TAKING STOCK BEFORE THE NEW LISBON REGIME

Abstract

The Lisbon Treaty introduces a distinction between legislative, delegated and implementation acts and thus represents a new approach to delegated decision-making in the EU. This will lead to a reform of the comitology system. Against this background this contribution takes stock. What do we know about the comitology system? Can the existing literature help us understand the post-Lisbon changes?

Keywords:

• Comitology
• delegated decision-making
• EU
• Lisbon Treaty

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

I would like to thank Berthold Rittberger and the JEPP referees for their comments on earlier versions.

Notes

Simple search on all secondary acts in force divided according to author of act (http://eur-lex.europa.eu/en/index.htm).