EU Committee of the Regions: New Rules of Procedure

According to Article 13(4) of the Treaty on European Union (TEU), the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission shall be assisted by an Economic and Social Committee and a Committee of the Regions acting in an advisory capacity (OJEU 9.5.2008 C 115/22).

More detailed provisions on the Committee of the Regions are found in Article 300 and Articles 305 to 307 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU) (OJEU pages 177-179).

Promptly after the entry into force of the Lisbon Treaty, the Committee of the Regions (CoR) has adopted new Rules of Procedure, which are of interest to the members and to those who deal with the CoR. The 79 Articles of the Rules of Procedure detail the work of the CoR even further.

Based on Article 306 TFEU, the CoR Rules of Procedure have now been officially published:




COMMITTEE OF THE REGIONS RULES OF PROCEDURE; adopted 3 December 2009; published OJEU 9.1.2010 L 6/14.




Ralf Grahn



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