Comitology and delegated acts after Lisbon: How the European parliament lost the implementation game

EIOP European Integration Online Papers

Volumn 16, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Christiansen, Thomas ^a   Dobbels, Mathias ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Co decision procedure; Comitology; Council of ministers; European commission; European parliament; Implementation; Lisbon treaty; Treaty reform

Indexed keywords

EID: 84869231016     PISSN: 10275193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1695/2012013     Document Type: Article

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