Report from the Commission on the working of the committees during 2000
Date: 2001-12-20
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: European Commission, capacity to exercise rights, committee (EU), competence of the institution, executive competence, report

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COMMISSION REPORT

on the working of the committees during 2000

(2002/C 37/02)

1. PRELIMINARY COMMENTS

The Council, in Article 7(4) of its Decision of 28 June 1999
laying down the procedures for the exercise of implementing
powers conferred on the Commission (1999/468/EC) (cid:151) the
so-called new (cid:145)comitology(cid:146) decision (cid:151) provided that
the
Commission must publish,
(cid:145)an annual
report on the working of committees(cid:146). This report is the first
to do so.

from 2000 onwards,

The last report prepared by the Commission concerned the
took the form of a
(cid:145)work of
review drafted at the request of the European Parliament and
sent to Parliament on 24 July 1996 (SEC(96) 1498).

the committees in 1995(cid:146).

It

The structure of this report on the working of the committees
during 2000 is similar to that of the abovementioned review:
on the one hand,
it focuses on the (cid:145)comitology(cid:146) committees
indicated in the list of committees published in the Official
into
Journal of
the changes resulting from the implementation of
account
Council Decision 1999/468/EC. Thirdly,
the
working of the committees’ procedures in 2000.

the European Communities (1);

it also takes

evaluates

it

1.1. The

legal nature

and goal of

the

comitology

committees

The purpose of the comitology committees is to assist the
Commission in exercising the implementing powers conferred
the Council and the European
on it by the legislator,
types of committees or
Parliament. As opposed to other
expert
three
committees
comitology
essential features.

groups,

share

the

i.e.

Firstly, they were created by the legislator (the Council and
European Parliament)
in accordance with the (cid:145)legislative(cid:146)
procedures in force at the time the instrument under which
they were established was adopted, namely the cooperation or
advisory procedures and, ever since the Maastricht Treaty, the
co-decision procedure. Hence, the legal basis of the comitology
committees is enshrined in a so-called (cid:145)basic(cid:146) instrument.

Secondly, their structure and working methods are in several
respects standardised. A representative of
the Commission
chairs each committee, which consists of Member State
representatives; these are the only (cid:145)members(cid:146) of the committees.
The committees intervene in the framework of the procedures
set out in the basic legislative instrument, in compliance with
the Council’s comitology decision.

(1) OJ C 225, 8.8.2000, p. 2.

Article 9 of Decision 1999/468/EC repeals the old comitology
Decision 87/373/EEC of 13 July 1987 (2). However, pending the
amendment of the basic legislative instruments putting in place
the comitology procedures pursuant to Decision 87/373/EEC,
these procedures remain in force.

the committees exercise their power

Thirdly,
to deliver
opinions on draft implementing measures submitted to them
by the Commission pursuant to the basic legislative instrument
and intervene in the framework of the advisory procedure, the
management procedure or the regulatory procedure provided
for to that effect.

(Article 2(a)). The

to Article 2 of Decision 1999/468/EC,

Pursuant
the
management procedure should be reserved to management
the
measures such as those relating to the application of
common agricultural and common fisheries policy or to the
implementation of programmes with substantial budgetary
implications
is
prescribed in the case of measures of general scope designed
including
to apply essential provisions of basic instruments,
measures concerning the protection of the health or safety of
humans, animals or plants and in updating the (cid:145)technical(cid:146)
elements of a basic instrument
(Article 2(b)). The advisory
procedure is applied in any case in which it is considered to
be the most appropriate.

regulatory procedure

1.2. The state of implementation of Decision 1999/468/EC

In Declaration No 2 on the implementation of Decision
1999/468/EC (3), the Council and the Commission agreed to
soon as possible the provisions governing the
adapt as
its
committees assisting the Commission in the exercise of
implementing powers under Decision 87/373/EEC in order to
bring them into line with the provisions of Articles 3 through
6 of Decision 1999/468/EC,
in compliance with the appro-
priate legislative procedures.

This task, which covers approximately 300 instruments,
is
currently under way, and a proposal will be presented by
year’s end.

Besides, Article 7 of Decision 1999/468/EC puts in place
measures designed to improve
the
the
working of the comitology committees.

transparency of

In compliance with Article 7(4), the Commission has published
the list of all the committees which assist it in the exercise of
implementing powers (4).

(2) OJ L 197, 18.7.1987, p. 33.
(3) OJ C 203, 17.7.1999, p. 1.
(4) See note 1.

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in compliance with Article 7(1), the
On 31 January 2001,
Commission adopted the standard rules of procedure (5) on
the basis of which the existing or newly created committees
draw up their rules of procedure. The Commission sees to it
that these rules of procedure diverge from the standard rules
only on points relating to work organisation, for example as
regards the specific features of the field concerned.

the
Finally, besides this annual report on the working of
committees, Article 7(5) of Decision 1999/468/EC provides
that the Commission shall make public the references of all
documents sent to the European Parliament in a register to be
set up by the Commission in 2001. Here the Commission will
the
take into account Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 of
Parliament and of the Council regarding public access to the
institutions’ documents (6), which took effect on 3 December
2001 (7).

1.3. The European Parliament’s right to scrutiny

pursuant to Article 8 of Decision 1999/468/EC, where appro-
priate, a resolution (in plenary session), if it considers that the
draft exceeds the implementing powers enshrined in the basic
instrument (10).

to Directive 95/46/EC of

During 2000, the European Parliament exercised its right of
scrutiny on one occasion only, namely in respect of the draft
the European
decision pursuant
Parliament and of the Council of 24 October 1995 on the
protection of
individuals with regard to the processing of
personal data and on the free movement of such data (11) on
the adequacy of the protection provided by the safe harbour
privacy principles and related frequently asked questions issued
by the US Department of Commerce. Although the European
Parliament’s Resolution of 5 July 2000, which was transmitted
to the Commission’s Secretariat-General on 11 July, expressly
it did not
refers
essentially claim that
the Commission had acted ultra vires,
but confined itself to observations on the substance of the
draft decision. The Commission took these observations into
account and adopted its Decision on 26 July 2000 (12).

to Article 8 of Decision 1999/468/EC,

the

The Commission is obliged to inform the European Parliament
all draft
about
committees’ work and to send it
instrument
implementing measures pursuant
the
adopted under Article 251 of
European Parliament
scrutiny
enshrined in Article 8 of Decision 1999/468/EC.

can exercise

to a basic

the Treaty,

right of

so that

its

European Parliament

the
In February 2000 the
and
for
Commission concluded an (cid:145)Agreement on procedures
implementing Council Decision of 28 June 1999(cid:146), designed
specifically to regulate the procedures for implementing the
obligations incumbent on the Commission (8).

The agreement provides for the electronic transmission of the
documents. This task has been progressively implemented
during 2001. Documents
from the various Commission
departments are first
transmitted to the Secretariat-General,
which promptly dispatches them either electronically or via
the CIRCA network to a central service at
the European
Parliament. While the percentage of electronic mailings has
grown, the number of traditional dispatches in paper form
has decreased. Today almost all documents are transmitted
electronically.

Except in emergencies, the agreement stipulates a period of one
implementing
month from receipt of a (cid:145)definitive(cid:146) draft
measure (9)
to adopt,

to allow the European Parliament

(5) OJ C 38, 6.2.2001, p. 3. Following a number of amendments to be
approved by the Commission and linguistic review, the standard
rules of procedure will be published afresh in the Official Journal.

(6) OJ L 145, 31.5.2001, p. 43.
(7) The next report will include an evaluation of the impact of Regu-

lation No 1049/2001, which was adopted during 2001.

(8) OJ L 256, 10.10.2000, p. 19. The agreement nullifies certain earlier
agreements: the Plumb/Delors Agreement of 1988, the Samland/
Williamson Agreement of 1996 and the (cid:145)modus vivendi(cid:146) of 1994.
(9) The drafts are first sent before the committee meeting and, if they
are substantially modified during the meeting, are sent again
afterwards.

1.4. Referrals to the Council

Only six cases out of a total of 2 838 instruments (of which
1 786 relate to DG Agriculture) were referred to the Council
during 2000. These six cases concern DG Agriculture (one
case (13)), DG Environment
(one case) and DG Health and
Consumer Protection (four cases). Pursuant to the comitology
decision, measures must be referred to the Council when the
Commission fails
in
committee. The small percentage of referrals (approximately
instruments
0,2 %) as compared with the total number of
adopted by the Commission (regulatory or management
procedures)
submitted by the
Commission to the committees normally obtain the necessary
majority. From this one can conclude that the committees’
work is characterised by a high degree of consensus.

to obtain the necessary majority

the proposals

shows

that

1.5. Other questions

In the field of external relations, the Commission prepares
proposals for Council regulations amending the basic ALA
regulation (14) and various other thematic legal bases which
the management
extending the use of
chiefly
committee
of Decision
4
under Article
1999/468/EC.

procedure

include

(10) This basic instrument must itself have been adopted under the
the Treaty) between the

co-decision procedure (Article 251 of
Council and the European Parliament.

(11) OJ L 281, 23.11.1995, p. 31.
(12) OJ L 215, 25.8.2000, p. 7.
(13) The absence of an opinion which led to the referral was verified in

1999.

(14) Council Regulation (EEC) No 443/92 of 25 February 1992 on
financial and technical assistance to, and economic cooperation
with,
the developing countries in Asia and Latin America (OJ
L 52, 27.2.1992, p. 1).

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creating two different

Following the Lamfalussy Report on the regulation of the
the Commission adopted two
European securities market,
Decisions (15)
committee
types of
designed to facilitate the decision-making process. According
to the Resolution of the Stockholm European Council in March
2001 concerning this report (16), the first, which is called the
(cid:145)Committee of European Securities Regulators(cid:146) and is composed
of high-level representatives of the national authorities, is an
advisory group responsible for assisting the Commission in the
preparation of implementing measures. The second Committee,
called the (cid:145)European Securities Committee(cid:146), is also composed of
high-level representatives of the Member States. The task of
this Committee is to assist the Commission in the preparation
of
legislative proposals and also to operate as a regulatory
committee within the meaning of Article 5 of Decision
1999/468/EC.

the Lisbon European Council urged the
In March 2000,
Commission, the Council and the Member States to develop
during 2001 a coordinated strategy to simplify the regulatory
environment. In its interim report to the Stockholm European
Council (17) the Commission contemplated the possibility of
making greater use of delegation of the implementing powers
vested in it by the legislator under the existing legal framework,
as enshrined by Article 202 of the Treaty.

the Commission proposes

The White Paper on Governance (18), for its part, looks to the
future. Here
reexamining the
conditions under which it adopts implementing measures and
the need to maintain the existing committees, notably the
the
management
Commission plans to launch a debate on the possibility of
amending Article 202 of the Treaty with a view to putting
the Council and the European Parliament on an equal footing
(cid:145)in supervising the way in which the Commission exercises its
executive role(cid:146) (20).

and regulatory committees (19). Besides,

2. HORIZONTAL OVERVIEW OF THE ACTIVITIES

2.1. Number of committees and types of procedures

In evaluating the committees’ activities as a whole, the first step
is to identify the number of comitology committees existing at
a specific date. Here it is important to distinguish between the
comitology committees, on the one hand, and the (cid:145)consultative
committees(cid:146) and (cid:145)expert groups(cid:146) created by the Commission
itself, on the other, since the latter are chiefly concerned
with preparing and carrying out policies rather than with
implementing legislative decisions. These committees and
groups are not addressed in this report. The number of comi-
tology committees has been calculated by sector of activity on

(15) Commission Decision 2001/527/EC of 6 June 2001 (OJ L 191,
13.7.2001, p. 43) and Commission Decision 2001/528/EC of 6
June 2001 (OJ L 191, 13.7.2001, p. 45).
(16) Annex 1 to the Conclusions of the Presidency.
(17) COM(2001) 130 final, p. 9.
(18) COM(2001) 428 final.
(19) See the White Paper, p. 36.
(20) Idem.

the basis of the list of committees published in the Official
Journal (21) (Table I), status as at 31.12.2000. After this date,
new committees may have been created or existing committees
may have been disbanded.

Table I
Total number of committees

Trans-European Networks (TEN)

Enterprise (TREN)

Employment and Social Affairs (EMPL)

Agriculture (AGRI)

Energy (ENER)

Transport (TRANS)

Environment (ENV)

Research (RTD)

Information Society (INFSO)

Fisheries (FISH)

Internal Market (MARKT)

Regional Policy (REGIO)

Taxation and Customs Union (TAXUD)

Education and Culture (EAC)

Health and Consumer Protection (SANCO)

Justice and Home Affairs (JAI)

External Relations (RELEX)

Trade (TRADE)

Development (DEV)

Enlargement (ELARG)

Humanitarian Aid (ECHO)

Statistics (ESTAT)

Budget (BUDG)

Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF)

2

32

8

30

4

23

41

6

10

3

10

2

9

6

22

2

7 (*)

11

5

2

1

6

1

1

Total

244

(*) The Advisory Committee for

implementing the programme of specific
measures and actions to improve access of EU goods and cross-border
services to the Japanese market, which is listed under DG Trade in the list
of committees published in the Official
Journal was convened under the
responsibility of DG External Relations.

The figures show the focus of activities in the different sectors
from the
comitology perspective. DG Environment, DG
Enterprise, DG Agriculture, DG Transport and Energy and
DG Health and Consumer Protection have the largest number
of committees (at least 20 each). With 152 out of a total of
244 committees, these DGs alone account for more than half
the committees.

(21) See note 2.

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(type

(advisory procedure

The overall figure may be broken down by the different types
of procedure
I), management
procedure (type II), regulatory procedure (type III), plus the
safeguards procedure (type IV (cid:151) Table II)). The different
variants (II(a) and II(b), III(a) and III(b)) are classified in the
same type (I, II, III) in accordance with the 1987 comitology
procedure. The overall figure also includes all corresponding
functions (cid:151) both under the 1987 Comitology Decision and
the new 1999 Comitology Decision. Since certain committees
have multiple functions (i.e. use a plurality of procedures
ranging from type I
to III, plus the safeguard procedure),
these have been singled out from the other committees to
provide a true picture of the applicable procedures.

Table II

Number of committees by procedure

Type of procedure

I

(cid:151)

8

1

II

(cid:151)

4

2

III

IV

2 (cid:151)

17 (cid:151)

4 (cid:151)

(cid:151)

23

3 (cid:151)

1

4

2

(cid:151)

1

(cid:151)

1

(cid:151)

1

(cid:151)

4

(cid:151)

1

1

(cid:151)

(cid:151)

(cid:151)

(cid:151)

1

(cid:151)

26

1

(cid:151)

4

6

1

2

3

1

2

(cid:151)

(cid:151)

(cid:151)

2

3

2

1

(cid:151)

4

(cid:151)

(cid:151)

55

2 (cid:151)

15

1

34 (cid:151)

(cid:151)

(cid:151)

5 (cid:151)

(cid:151)

(cid:151)

5 (cid:151)

(cid:151)

(cid:151)

4 (cid:151)

(cid:151)

(cid:151)

7 (cid:151)

1 (cid:151)

1 (cid:151)

(cid:151)

4

2 (cid:151)

(cid:151)

(cid:151)

(cid:151)

(cid:151)

1

(cid:151)

(cid:151)

(cid:151)

1 (cid:151)

109

6

TEN

ENTR

EMPL

AGRI

ENER

TRANS

ENV

RTD

INFSO

FISH

MARKT

REGIO

TAXUD

EAC

SANCO

JAI

RELEX

TRADE

DEV

ELARG

ECHO

ESTAT

BUDG

OLAF

Total

(*) All committees of mixed type (advisory/management).

Committees operating
under several
procedures

(cid:151)

3

1

4

(cid:151)

3

1

(cid:151)

3

1

1

1

2

6 (*)

11

1

3

3

1

(cid:151)

1

2

(cid:151)

(cid:151)

48

Table II provides a breakdown by type of procedure. The global
figures indicate that a relative majority of the committees (109
out of 244) consists of regulatory committees, followed by a
considerably smaller number of management committees. The
horizontal breakdown by sector is quite well balanced, with a
number of exceptions, notably DG Environment (with a large
number of regulatory committees) and DG Agriculture (with a
large number of management committees).

2.2. Number (and days) of meetings

The number of committees is not the only indicator of activity
at comitology level. The number of meetings held in 2000
reflects the intensity of the committees’ work (Table III).

Table III

Number of meetings

8

54

14

TAXUD

EAC

SANCO

367

JAI

10

27

52

32

30

10

24

16

RELEX

TRADE

DEV

ELARG

ECHO

ESTAT

BUDG

OLAF

110

23

122

7

44

28

19

7

7

15

5

1

TEN

ENTR

EMPL

AGRI

ENER

TRANS

ENV

RTD

INFSO

FISH

MARKT

REGIO

DG Agriculture leads the field (with 345 meetings), since it has
to manage the different agricultural markets which require
frequent meetings.
followed by DG Health and
Consumer Protection (with 122 meetings), which is responsible
inter alia for food safety, and DG Taxation and Customs Union
(with 110 meetings), where the focus is on customs matters
involving trade with third countries.

is

It

A supplementary indicator which sheds light on the allocations
of funds is the number of days taken up by the meetings (Table
IV). Meetings normally take up half a day (cid:151) hence the
decimals.

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Table IV

Number of days

7

64

17

TAXUD

EAC

SANCO

258,5

JAI

10,5

29

65,5

32

30,5

9

30

24

RELEX

TRADE

DEV

ELARG

ECHO

ESTAT

BUDG

OLAF

147,5

32

178,5

5,5

35,5

15,5

26,5

7,5

7

22

5

2

TEN

ENTR

EMPL

AGRI

ENER

TRANS

ENV

RTD

INFSO

FISH

MARKT

REGIO

The figures in Table IV broadly correspond to those of the
preceding table: a large number of meetings means a large
number of meeting days. This shows that meetings do not
normally last more than one day or two half days, spread
over two consecutive days.

2.3. Number of consultations

A key indicator of the intensity of activities is the number of
consultations which the Commission puts on a committee’s
agenda. These figures
formal
include all
opinions, preparatory exchanges of view in the run-up to a
formal opinion, simple communications from the Chair (or a
delegation), etc. (Table V). The total number of consultations
was 4 323.

sorts of

items:

The large number of consultations in DG Agriculture (1 889),
followed by DG Taxation and Customs Union (512) and DG
Health and Consumer Protection (449) again reflect
the
intensity of work in these sectors.

3. PRESENTATION OF ACTIVITIES BY SECTORAL POLICY (22)

instruments

A sectoral snapshot of the committees’ activities should include
the opinions delivered by all
the committees in a sector.
Opinions may be of various kinds: they may concern draft
legislative
decisions
(directives,
designed to regulate a specific (individual)
legal situation or
to approve financial plans in the context of any of the many
Community programmes, or just position statements (which
explains why the total number of favourable opinions may
be greater than the total number of instruments adopted in a
specific sector).

regulations),

the

adopts

the rule is that

implementing measures

the
In the event of a favourable opinion,
Commission
(the
instruments adopted); under the management procedure it
may also adopt an instrument in the absence of an opinion.
It is only in the eventuality of an unfavourable opinion that the
decision is referred to the Council as (cid:145)an appeal body(cid:146), which in
this case has the power to decide (referrals to the Council); in
the framework of a regulatory procedure, the Council is also
consulted in the absence of an opinion.

Table V

Number of consultations

10

269

44

TAXUD

EAC

SANCO

1 889

JAI

12

21

80

83

36

41

8

87

RELEX

TRADE

DEV

ELARG

ECHO

ESTAT

BUDG

OLAF

512

92

449

4

269

135

19

121

28

102

46

1

TEN

ENTR

EMPL

AGRI

ENER

TRANS

ENV

RTD

INFSO

FISH

MARKT

REGIO

There may be a difference between the total number of
favourable opinions delivered by the committees and the
number of instruments adopted by the Commission in a given
sector when opinions were delivered in 2000 but
the
instruments were not adopted until the following year.

The Annex shows the different results for the individual sectors
(using the breakdown under II).

(22) The chapters follow the order of

the list of committees as

published in OJ C 225, 8.8.2000, p. 2.

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ANNEX

This annex provides an overview of (cid:145)comitology(cid:146) during 2000 with a breakdown by sector. The rubric (cid:145)instruments
adopted(cid:146) includes all the instruments adopted by the Commission, regardless of their nature.

Note also that in certain cases the committees are required to deliver opinions on dossiers which will not be the subject
of a draft instrument until some time later (see also point 3 in the text of the report). Hence there may be considerable
discrepancies between the total number of opinions and the number of instruments adopted by the Commission.

1. TRANS-EUROPEAN NETWORKS

The Trans-European Networks sector is managed by DG Transport and Energy. In respect of a total of 10 dossiers
consulted, the two committees in this sector delivered nine favourable opinions under the regulatory procedure,
following which the Commission adopted eight instruments.

Number of favourable opinions

Procedure

Unfavourable opinions

No opinion

Advisory

Management

Regulatory

(cid:151)

(cid:151)

9

(cid:151)

(cid:151)

Instruments adopted by the Commission

Referred to Council

8

(cid:151)

2. ENTERPRISE

In respect of a total of 269 dossiers submitted for consultation, the 32 committees of DG Enterprise delivered 72
favourable opinions under the different procedures, following which the Commission adopted 47 instruments.

Number of favourable opinions

Procedure

Unfavourable opinions

No opinion

Advisory

Management

Regulatory

3

32

37

(cid:151)

3

Instruments adopted by the Commission

Referred to Council

47

(cid:151)

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3. EMPLOYMENT AND SOCIAL AFFAIRS

In respect of a total of 44 dossiers submitted for consultation, the eight committees of DG Employment and Social
Affairs delivered just one (favourable) opinion under the advisory procedure, followed by the only instrument adopted
by the Commission in this sector.

Number of favourable opinions

Procedure

Unfavourable opinions

No opinion

Advisory

Management

Regulatory

1

(cid:151)

(cid:151)

(cid:151)

(cid:151)

Instruments adopted by the Commission

Referred to Council

1

(cid:151)

4. AGRICULTURE

In respect of a total of 1 889 dossiers submitted for consultation, the 30 committees of DG Agriculture (of which 26
actually convened) delivered 1 786 opinions, following which the Commission adopted the same number of instruments.
The 123 (cid:145)no opinions(cid:146) concerned Commission proposals which should have been the subject of an opinion, but in
respect of which the committees were not able to comply because there was no majority for or against the Commission
indications and
proposal. Only one case was referred to the Council, namely to the Committee on geographical
designations of origin of agricultural products and foodstuffs (PDO). The Council approved the measure proposed by
the Commission (1).

Number of favourable opinions

Procedure

Unfavourable opinions

No opinion

Advisory

Management

Regulatory

(cid:151)

1 786

(cid:151)

(cid:151)

123

Instruments adopted by the Commission

Referred to Council

1 786

1

(1) Council Regulation (EC) No 813/2000 supplementing the Annex to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1107/96 on the registration of
geographical indications and designations of origin under the procedure laid down in Article 7 of Regulation (EC) No 2081/92 (Aceto
balsamico tradizionale di Modena/Aceto balsamico tradizionale di Reggio Emilia) (OJ L 100, 20.4.2000, p. 1).

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5. ENERGY

In respect of a total of 12 dossiers submitted for consultation concerning several proposed implementing measures, the
four committees in this sector delivered 40 favourable opinions under the management procedure and one unfavourable
opinion. No legislative instrument was adopted by the Commission in this sector during the year.

Number of favourable opinions

Procedure

Unfavourable opinions

No opinion

Advisory

Management

Regulatory

(cid:151)

40

(cid:151)

1

5

Instruments adopted by the Commission

Referred to Council

(cid:151)

(cid:151)

6. TRANSPORT

In respect of a total of 21 dossiers submitted for consultation, the 23 committees in this sector delivered 14 favourable
opinions and one unfavourable opinion under the management procedure, following which the Commission adopted six
instruments.

Number of favourable opinions

Procedure

Unfavourable opinions

No opinion

Advisory

Management

Regulatory

(cid:151)

14

(cid:151)

1

(cid:151)

Instruments adopted by the Commission

Referred to Council

6

(cid:151)

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7. ENVIRONMENT

In respect of a total of 80 dossiers submitted for consultation, the 41 committees of DG Environment delivered 56
favourable opinions under the management procedure, following which the Commission adopted 16 instruments. There
were two unfavourable opinions and one case was referred to the Council. The Commission’s proposal on hazardous
waste did not find the unanimity needed at the Council for it to be amended and it was finally adopted by the
Commission on 22 January 2001 (2).

Number of favourable opinions

Procedure

Unfavourable opinions

No opinion

Advisory

Management

Regulatory

(cid:151)

56

(cid:151)

2

2

Instruments adopted by the Commission

Referred to Council

16

1

8. RESEARCH

In respect of a total of 83 dossiers submitted for consultation, the six committees of DG Research delivered 83
favourable opinions under the management procedure. The Commission adopted a total of 203 instruments in this
sector, including the 83 cases which were the subject of a committee opinion and a certain number of cases which were
referred to the committees exclusively for information purposes (groups of projects in which Community funding is
below the thresholds required for submission to the committee for an opinion).

Number of favourable opinions

Procedure

Unfavourable opinions

No opinion

Advisory

Management

Regulatory

(cid:151)

83

(cid:151)

(cid:151)

(cid:151)

Instruments adopted by the Commission

Referred to Council

203

(cid:151)

(2) Commission Decision of 22 January 2001 amending Decision 2000/532/EC replacing Decision 94/3/EC establishing a list of waste
pursuant to Article 1(a) of Council Directive 75/442/EEC on waste and Council Decision 94/904/EC establishing a list of hazardous
waste purusant to Article 1(4) of Council Directive 91/689/EEC on hazardous waste (2001/119/EC) (OJ L 47, 16.2.2001, p. 32).

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9. INFORMATION SOCIETY

In respect of a total of 36 dossiers submitted for consultation, the 22 committees of DG Information Society delivered
208 favourable opinions under the management procedure. The Commission adopted a total of 31 instruments in this
sector.

Number of favourable opinions

Procedure

Unfavourable opinions

No opinion

Advisory

Management

Regulatory

(cid:151)

208

(cid:151)

(cid:151)

2

Instruments adopted by the Commission

Referred to Council

31

(cid:151)

10. FISHERIES

In respect of a total of 41 dossiers submitted for consultation, the three committees of DG Fisheries delivered 18
favourable opinions. The Commission adopted a total of 27 instruments in this sector.

Number of favourable opinions

Procedure

Unfavourable opinions

No opinion

Advisory

Management

Regulatory

(cid:151)

18

(cid:151)

(cid:151)

(cid:151)

Instruments adopted by the Commission

Referred to Council

27

(cid:151)

11. INTERNAL MARKET

In respect of a total of eight dossiers submitted for consultation, the ten committees of DG Internal Market delivered
three favourable opinions under the management procedure. These three cases were the subject of instruments adopted
by the Commission.

Number of favourable opinions

Procedure

Unfavourable opinions

No opinion

Advisory

Management

Regulatory

(cid:151)

3

(cid:151)

(cid:151)

(cid:151)

Instruments adopted by the Commission

Referred to Council

3

(cid:151)

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12. REGIONAL POLICY

In respect of a total of 87 dossiers submitted for consultation, the two committees of DG Regional Policy delivered 123
favourable opinions under the management procedure. The Commission did not adopt any legislative instrument in this
sector.

Number of favourable opinions

Procedure

Unfavourable opinions

No opinion

Advisory

Management

Regulatory

(cid:151)

123

(cid:151)

(cid:151)

(cid:151)

Instruments adopted by the Commission

Referred to Council

(cid:151)

(cid:151)

13. TAXATION AND CUSTOMS UNION

In respect of a total of 512 dossiers submitted for consultation, the nine committees of DG Taxation and Customs Union
delivered 73 favourable opinions (of which 15 under the safeguard procedure, in addition to the numbers of opinions
indicated below). The Commission adopted 50 instruments in this sector.

Number of favourable opinions

Procedure

Unfavourable opinions

No opinion

Advisory

Management

Regulatory

(cid:151)

48

10

(cid:151)

(cid:151)

Instruments adopted by the Commission

Referred to Council

50

(cid:151)

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14. EDUCATION AND CULTURE

In respect of a total of 92 dossiers submitted for consultation, the six committees of DG Education and Culture delivered
37 favourable opinions under the management procedure. The Commission adopted 34 instruments in this sector.

Number of favourable opinions

Procedure

Unfavourable opinions

No opinion

Advisory

Management

Regulatory

(cid:151)

37

(cid:151)

(cid:151)

(cid:151)

Instruments adopted by the Commission

Referred to Council

34

(cid:151)

15. HEALTH AND CONSUMER PROTECTION

In respect of a total of 449 dossiers submitted for consultation, the 22 committees of DG Health and Consumer
Protection delivered 51 favourable opinions. The Commission adopted 231 instruments. The Commission’s proposals
were referred to the Council in four cases but without success and the measures were finally adopted by the Commission
(classical swine fever in the Netherlands and BSE risk material) (3).

Number of favourable opinions

Procedure

Unfavourable opinions

No opinion

Advisory

Management

Regulatory

1

241

26

(cid:151)

2

Instruments adopted by the Commission

Referred to Council

231

4

(3) Commission Decision of 25 May 2000 on the total amount of Community aid for the eradication of classical swine fever in the
Netherlands in 1997 (2000/362/EC) (OJ L 129, 30.5.2000, p. 33); Commission Decision of 29 June 2000 regulating the use of
material presenting risks as regards transmissible spongiform encephalopathies and amending Decision 94/474/EC (2000/418/EC) (OJ
L 158, 30.6.2000, p. 76).

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16. JUSTICE AND HOME AFFAIRS

In respect of a total of four dossiers submitted for consultation, the two committees of DG Justice and Home Affairs
delivered seven opinions. The Commission adopted two instruments.

Number of favourable opinions

Procedure

Unfavourable opinions

No opinion

Advisory

Management

Regulatory

(cid:151)

6

1

(cid:151)

(cid:151)

Instruments adopted by the Commission

Referred to Council

2

(cid:151)

17. EXTERNAL RELATIONS

In respect of a total of 269 dossiers submitted for consultation, the seven committees of DG External Relations delivered
212 favourable opinions under the management procedure. The Commission adopted 206 instruments in this sector.

Number of favourable opinions

Procedure

Unfavourable opinions

No opinion

Advisory

Management

Regulatory

(cid:151)

212

(cid:151)

(cid:151)

(cid:151)

Instruments adopted by the Commission

Referred to Council

206

(cid:151)

18. TRADE

In respect of a total of 135 dossiers submitted for consultation, the 11 committees of DG Trade delivered 39 favourable
opinions under the management procedure. The Commission adopted 29 instruments in this sector.

Number of favourable opinions

Procedure

Unfavourable opinions

No opinion

Advisory

Management

Regulatory

(cid:151)

39

(cid:151)

(cid:151)

3

Instruments adopted by the Commission

Referred to Council

29

(cid:151)

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19. DEVELOPMENT

In respect of a total of 19 dossiers submitted for consultation, the five committees of DG Development delivered 20
favourable opinions under the management procedure. The Commission adopted 20 instruments in this sector (4).

Number of favourable opinions

Procedure

Unfavourable opinions

No opinion

Advisory

Management

Regulatory

(cid:151)

20

(cid:151)

(cid:151)

(cid:151)

Instruments adopted by the Commission

Referred to Council

20

(cid:151)

20. ENLARGEMENT

In respect of a total of 121 dossiers submitted for consultation, the two committees of DG Enlargement delivered 100
favourable opinions under the management procedure. The Commission also adopted 100 instruments in this sector.

Number of favourable opinions

Procedure

Unfavourable opinions

No opinion

Advisory

Management

Regulatory

(cid:151)

100

(cid:151)

(cid:151)

(cid:151)

Instruments adopted by the Commission

Referred to Council

100

(cid:151)

21. HUMANITARIAN AID (ECHO)

In respect of a total of 28 dossiers submitted for consultation, the Humanitarian Aid Committee delivered 28 favourable
opinions under the management procedure. The Commission adopted 28 instruments in this sector.

Number of favourable opinions

Procedure

Unfavourable opinions

No opinion

Advisory

Management

Regulatory

(cid:151)

28

(cid:151)

(cid:151)

(cid:151)

Instruments adopted by the Commission

Referred to Council

28

(cid:151)

(4) During 2000 the European Development Fund Committee delivered a total of 175 opinions concerning mandatory consultations

outside the comitology procedures.

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22. STATISTICS (EUROSTAT)

In respect of a total of 102 dossiers submitted for consultation, the six committees of DG Eurostat delivered five
opinions under the management procedure and 12 under the regulatory procedure. The Commission adopted 12
instruments in this sector.

Number of favourable opinions

Procedure

Unfavourable opinions

No opinion

Advisory

Management

Regulatory

(cid:151)

5

12

(cid:151)

(cid:151)

Instruments adopted by the Commission

Referred to Council

12

(cid:151)

23. BUDGET

The only committee of DG Budget (cid:151) Own Resources (cid:151) was consulted on 46 dossiers, without delivering any formal
opinion.

Number of favourable opinions

Procedure

Unfavourable opinions

No opinion

Advisory

Management

Regulatory

(cid:151)

(cid:151)

(cid:151)

(cid:151)

(cid:151)

Instruments adopted by the Commission

Referred to Council

(cid:151)

(cid:151)

24. EUROPEAN ANTI-FRAUD OFFICE (OLAF)

The activities of the Anti-Fraud Office’s only committee concerned implementation and coordination of operational
activities at Community level.

Number of favourable opinions

Procedure

Unfavourable opinions

No opinion

Advisory

Management

Regulatory

(cid:151)

(cid:151)

(cid:151)

(cid:151)

(cid:151)

Instruments adopted by the Commission

Referred to Council

(cid:151)

(cid:151)