Български
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National Assembly
of the Republic of Bulgaria
of the Republic of Bulgaria
Parliamentary Committees
Committee on European Affairs and Oversight of the European Funds
Experts to the permanent parliamentary committees of the National Assembly visit the European Commission
04/06/2012
Experts to the permanent parliamentary committees of the National Assembly of Bulgaria visited the European Commission in Brussels, Belgium from May 31 to June 1 2012. The visit was an initiative of the Chairwoman of the Committee on European Affairs and Oversight of the European Funds Ms. Monika Panayotova and was kindly supported by the European Commission Representation in Bulgaria.
The informative visit, which is the first of its kind for the Bulgarian Parliament, provided the parliamentary experts with the opportunity to get acquainted with the work of the European Commission and with its collaboration with the national parliaments after the Lisbon Treaty.
The visit aimed at enhancing the committees experts’ capacity for work on the National Assembly’s Annual Working Program on European Union issues through the opportunity for them to get acquainted with the new prerogatives of the national parliaments after the Lisbon Treaty and with the closer collaboration with the European Commission on the subsidiarity and proportionality principles checks on the EU draft legislative acts.
The parliamentary experts had the opportunity to meet with Bulgarian experts working in the European Commission – the General Secretariat, the Legal Service Department of the EC, the Directorate General for Regional Development, as well as in the cabinet of Kristalina Georgieva – the Bulgarian European Commissioner for International Cooperation, Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Response.
During the two-day visit, the experts partook in discussions on a series of topics related to the EU decision-making process, the application of EU law and the procedures related to the EU law infringement. Representatives of the EC Legal Service Department informed the parliamentary experts of the functions of their Department as a guarantee for the quality of the EU legislation. Representatives of the General Secretariat presented on the topics of smart regulation, impact assessment, transparency provision and access to documents, and the new European Citizens’ Initiative. A representative of the Directorate-General “Regional Policy” discussed the main aspects of the Cohesion policy and its significance for Bulgaria.
The relationship between the European Commission and the national parliaments after the Lisbon Treaty, based on an enhanced political dialogue and subsidiarity procedures, received a special emphasis. Representatives of the EC General Secretariat recognized the Bulgarian Parliament’s active position as well as the 20 statements on European projects for legislative acts and 2 reasoned opinions on subsidiarity. They singled out the first yellow card on the “Proposal for a Council Regulation on the exercise of the right to take collective action within the context of the freedom of establishment and the freedom to provide services” as an example of the significant role of the national parliaments after the Lisbon Treaty.
The informative visit, which is the first of its kind for the Bulgarian Parliament, provided the parliamentary experts with the opportunity to get acquainted with the work of the European Commission and with its collaboration with the national parliaments after the Lisbon Treaty.
The visit aimed at enhancing the committees experts’ capacity for work on the National Assembly’s Annual Working Program on European Union issues through the opportunity for them to get acquainted with the new prerogatives of the national parliaments after the Lisbon Treaty and with the closer collaboration with the European Commission on the subsidiarity and proportionality principles checks on the EU draft legislative acts.
The parliamentary experts had the opportunity to meet with Bulgarian experts working in the European Commission – the General Secretariat, the Legal Service Department of the EC, the Directorate General for Regional Development, as well as in the cabinet of Kristalina Georgieva – the Bulgarian European Commissioner for International Cooperation, Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Response.
During the two-day visit, the experts partook in discussions on a series of topics related to the EU decision-making process, the application of EU law and the procedures related to the EU law infringement. Representatives of the EC Legal Service Department informed the parliamentary experts of the functions of their Department as a guarantee for the quality of the EU legislation. Representatives of the General Secretariat presented on the topics of smart regulation, impact assessment, transparency provision and access to documents, and the new European Citizens’ Initiative. A representative of the Directorate-General “Regional Policy” discussed the main aspects of the Cohesion policy and its significance for Bulgaria.
The relationship between the European Commission and the national parliaments after the Lisbon Treaty, based on an enhanced political dialogue and subsidiarity procedures, received a special emphasis. Representatives of the EC General Secretariat recognized the Bulgarian Parliament’s active position as well as the 20 statements on European projects for legislative acts and 2 reasoned opinions on subsidiarity. They singled out the first yellow card on the “Proposal for a Council Regulation on the exercise of the right to take collective action within the context of the freedom of establishment and the freedom to provide services” as an example of the significant role of the national parliaments after the Lisbon Treaty.
