Delegated and Implementing Acts Masterclass

The former “Comitology” procedures have been replaced by the Implementing acts and Delegated Acts. Learn how to work with the regulatory decision making through examples in the pharmaceutical, car, health care and consumer protection fields. Course presented by former EU officials, expert in all aspects of ‘comitology’.

Programme

Module I
(morning): Understanding the 2013 Comitology System

09:00
The EU Decision-making System & Comitology Framework
• Ordinary and special legislative procedures and their scope
• Qualified majority voting at the Council and working group level
• Delegated acts and implementing measures: framework rules

10:00
The Regulatory Procedure with Scrutiny (PRAC). Case study
• The 2006 reform
• How PRAC lives on until 2014
• Practical questions

10:30
Break

10:45
The 2010-2013 changes: Delegated Acts
• The mandate for delegation
• The Commission’s role
• Right to oppose and right to revoke for Parliament and Council

11:15
The 2010-2013 changes: Implementing Measures. Case study
• The new Implementing measures regulation: revising Decision
• Advisory procedure
• Examination procedure and its practical consequences
• Integrating the new system into ongoing legislative procedures

12:15
Operational Conclusions

12:30
Lunch

14:00
Overview of Comitology in 2013
• Implementing measures and delegated acts
• Different public affairs strategy for each type of act
• Role of the Parliament, the Commission, the Member States and the Council
• Differences between the legislative process and comitology process
• Upstream lobbying: the right procedure in the basic act

15:15
Finding Information & Identifying EU Stakeholders
• How to find information on comitology committees
• Mapping the relevant stakeholders

15:45
Break

16:00
Workshop: Putting Theory In Practice
• Setting up a strategy: EU level and national level action
• Monitoring, arguments, effective communication methods

17:30
Q&A. Operational Conclusions

17:45
End of Training and Award of Certificates

Location

Brussels or anywhere you need in Europe

Maximum: 15 participants

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