Ks. myös Euroopan parlamentin 10.12.1996 antaman päätöslauselman 28 ja 37 kohta (edellä johdanto-osan viides viite, Herzogin mietintö). , d) ei olisi hyvän hallintotavan mukaista, jos komissio asettaisi asiantuntujaryhmiä, joille se siirtäisi tehtäviä, jotka kuuluisivat paremmin talous- ja sosiaalikomitealle, koska se on riippumaton komissiosta Talous- ja sosiaalikomitean hallintotapaa käsittelevän alakomitean alustavassa lausuntoluonnoksessa mainitaan esimerkkinä teollisuuden kilpailukyvystä vastaava ympäristöpolitiikan ryhmä, jonka jäsenistä 30 nimittävät jäsenvaltiot ja 40 nimittää itse komissio, mikä johtaa huomattaviin lisäkustannuksiin (asiakirja CES 95/2001, 22.2.2001, 4.2.2). , e) vaikka asianosaisten ja asiantuntijoiden kuuleminen on välttämätöntä erityisesti lainsäädäntöehdotusten valmistelussa, se ei saa johtaa uuden tason lisäämiseen byrokraattiseen hierarkiaan esimerkiksi "akkreditoitujen organisaatioiden" tai "kumppanuussopimuksen tehneiden organisaatioiden" muodossa, f) talous- ja sosiaalikomitean yhteydessä komission on löydettävä organisaatiorakenteita, joiden avulla asianosaisten konsultointimenettely voidaan toteuttaa järkevästi ja tehokkaasti; kaikki käynnissä olevat konsultoinnit olisi merkittävä rekisteriin, johon voi tutustua Internetin kautta;
339. , whilst important, are inevitably sectoral and cannot be regarded as having its own democratic legitimacy See also paragraph 30 of Parliament's resolution of 26.10.2000 (see 7th citation Wuermeling report). , given that representatives are not elected by the people and therefore cannot be voted out by the people, (b) consultation of interested parties with the aim of improving draft legislation can only ever supplement and can never replace the procedures and decisions of legislative bodies which possess democratic legitimacy; only the Council and Parliament, as co-legislators, can take responsible decisions in the context of legislative procedures, due account being taken of the opinions of the bodies specified in the Treaties, i.e. in particular the Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions, (c) an important mouthpiece for civil society is, by definition and in accordance with its newly formulated role under Article 257 as amended by the Treaty of Nice, the Economic and Social Committee, which has advisory status and which, as the law stands, may also be consulted by the Council and Commission ‘in all cases in which they consider it is appropriate’ Article 262 of the EC Treaty. ; early consultation of the ESC by the Commission can be seen as a way of increasing participatory democracy at Union level Opinion of the Economic and Social Committee of 25.4.2001, points 4.1, 4.2.1, 4.6 and 5.5 'Proposals and guidelines', Proposals 1 and 2. , See also paragraphs 28 and 37 of Parliament's resolution of 10.12.1996 (see 5th citation 'Herzog report'). (d) it would not be consistent with good governance for the Commission to set up groups of experts and delegate to them tasks which could better be carried out by the Economic and Social Committee in that it is independent of the Commission A preliminary draft opinion of the Governance subcommittee of the Economic and Social Committee quotes the example of the Group for Industrial Policy which is responsible for the competitiveness of industry and is made up of 30 members from the Member States and 40 from the Commission, which leads to vast additional costs.