Bi-annual Reports of COSAC

This page gives access to COSAC's Bi-annual Reports on EU Procedures and Practises as well as responses from national Parliaments and the European Parliament to the questionnaires for the Bi-annual Reports.

• 17th Bi-annual Report on EU Practices and Procedure (April 2012)
  1. Information flow to and from Parliaments

  2. Re-launch of the Single Market and Parliaments

   

  
  
• Replies from the EU Parliaments to the questionnaire for the 17th Bi-annual Report
  
  
• Replies from the EU Parliaments to the questionnaire for the 16th Bi-annual Report
  
  
• 16th Bi-annual Report on EU Practices and Procedures (October 2011)
  1. Multiannual Financial Framework for Europe 2020 (p. 11).

  2. Two Years after the Entry into Force of the Treaty of Lisbon (p. 26).

   

  
  
• Replies from the EU Parliaments to the questionnaire for the 15th Bi-annual Report
  
  
• 15th Bi-annual Report on EU Practices and Procedures (May 2011)
  1. Europe 2020 Strategy (p. 10).

  2. European Semester and the Annual Growth Survey (p. 17).

  3. Economic governance and financial regulation in general (p. 31).

  4. European Commission Work Programme 2010 (p. 36)

  
  
• Replies from the EU Parliaments to the questionnaire for the 14th Bi-annual Report
  
  
• 14th Bi-annual Report on EU Practices and Procedures (October 2010)
  1. Sustainable development in the EUROPE 2020 Strategy (p. 9).

  2. Parliamentary scrutiny of the common security and defence policy (p. 17).

  3. The future role of COSAC after the entry into force of the Treaty of Lisbon - continuation of the debate of the XLIII COSAC meeting (p. 28).

  
  
• Replies from the EU Parliaments to the questionnaire for the 13th Bi-annual Report
  
  
• 13th Bi-annual Report on EU Practices and Procedures (May 2010)
  1. The New Powers of National Parliaments after Entry into Force of the Treaty of Lisbon (p. 11)

  2. The Future Role of COSAC (p. 32)

   

  
  
• Replies from EU Parliaments to the questionnaire for 12th Bi-annual Report
  
  
• 12th Bi-annual Report on EU Practices and Procedures (October 2009)
  1. Transparency of the parliamentary scrutiny process (p. 7)

  2. Parliamentary scrutiny of the Stockholm Programme (p. 14)

   

  
  
• Replies from EU Parliaments to the questionnaire for 11th Bi-annual Report
  
  
• 11th Bi-annual Report on EU Practices and Procedures (May 2009)
  1. Parliamentary control of Europol and evaluation of Eurojust (p. 10).

  2. The role of the EU parliaments in the promotion of human rights and democracy in the world (p. 16).

  3. Representatives of National Parliaments to the EU (p. 23).

  4. Evaluation of the COSAC Bi-annual Reports (p. 40).

  
  
• Annex No. 2 - Working Group Documents
  
  
• Annex No. 1 - Replies from EU Parliaments
  
  
• 10th Bi-annual Report on EU Procedures and Practices (November 2008)
  1. The Treaty of Lisbon and its ratification - Expectations of national parliaments and the European Parliament (p. 8)

  2. Report on the results of the working group of the national parliaments' representatives to the EU on the implementation of the Protocol 2 on the Application of the Principles of Subsidiarity and Proportionality as attached to the Treaty of Lisbon (p. 15)

  3. Involvement of parliaments of the EU in European Defence Policy (p. 24)

  4. Scrutiny of the agreements negotiated by the European Community (p. 37)

  
  
• Replies from Parliaments to the questionnaire for 9th Bi-annual Report
  
  
• 9th Bi-annual Report on EU Procedures and Practices (May 2008)
  1. Involvement of national parliaments in the ratification process of the Treaty of Lisbon (p. 9)

  2. The Treaty of Lisbon - implementation and its consequences for the national parliaments of the EU (p. 20)

  3. The Lisbon Strategy (p. 32)

  4. Enlargement of the Schengen Area (p. 38)

  5. Involvement of the parliaments of the EU in negotiations on accession to the EU (p. 46)

  
  
• Replies from national Parliaments to the questionnaire for 8th Bi-annual Report
  
  
• 8th Bi-annual Report on EU Procedures and Practises (October 2007)
  1. Overview of the EU scrutiny systems of the national parliaments of the EU–27 (p. 7)

  2. National parliament expectations of the IGC (p. 20)

  3. The role of parliaments in the Lisbon Strategy (p. 25)

  4. The Mediterranean Dimension of the European Union (p. 31)

  5. Monitoring of EU financial programmes by national parliaments: setting priorities and allocating funds (p. 37)

  
  
• Replies from national Parliaments to the questionnaire for 7th Bi-annual Report
  
  
• 7th Bi-annual Report on EU Procedures and Practises (May 2007)
  1. Evaluation of subsidiarity and proportionality checks conducted by COSAC (p. 6)

  2. Evaluation of cooperation with the European Commission (p. 15)

  3. State of the debate on the Future of Europe (p. 21)

  4. Climate change and climate protection - an EU policy (p. 26)

  
  
• Replies from national Parliaments to the questionnaire for 6th Bi-annual Report
  
  
• 6th Bi-annual Report on EU Procedures and Practises (November 2006)
  1. Subsidiarity and proportionality (p. 6)

  2. Cooperation with the Commission (p. 11)

  3. Justice and Home Affairs: the question of the passerelle (p. 19)

  4. Comitology (p. 23)

  5. Future cooperation with the European Parliament (p. 30)

  6. Northern Dimension of the European Union (p. 36)

  
  
• Replies from national Parliaments to the questionnaire for 5th Bi-annual Report
  
  
• 5th Bi-annual Report on EU Practices and Procedures (May 2006)
  1. Period of reflection (p. 6)

  2. Subsidiarity (p. 16)

  3. Scrutiny in national parliaments of civilian ESDP operations (p. 19)

  4. Impact assessments (p. 27)

  5. Transparency in the Council (p. 34)

  
  
• 4th Bi-annual Report on EU Practices and Procedures (October 2005)
  1. Scrutiny for CFSP and ESDP in national parliaments (p. 7)

  2. Scrutiny of impact assessments (p. 23)

  3. Raising European awareness (p. 38)

  4. Transparency in the Council (p. 42)

  5. Co-decision: first and second reading agreements (p. 49)

  
  
• Replies from national Parliaments to the questionnaire for 4th Bi-annual Report
  
  
• 3rd Bi-annual Report on EU Practices and Procedures (May 2005)
  1. The establishment of European affairs committees in Eu-25 (p. 7)

  2. Scrutiny of EU-matters by European affairs committees and sectoral committees (p. 10)

  3. Country-specific section on procedures for scrutinizing European matters in national parliaments (p. 19)

  4. Monitoring the principle of subsidiarity (p. 77)

  5. Role of national parliaments in the area of freedom, security and justice under the constitutional treaty (p. 83)

  6. The role of MEPs in national parliaments (p. 95)

  
  
• 2nd Bi-annual Report on EU Practices and Procedures (November 2004)
  1. Proposals having direct implications for national parliaments (p. 5)

  2. Budgetary and financial provisions of the European Union (p. 12)

  3. Transparency and traceability (p. 17)

  4. Documents from governments to national parliaments concerning EU draft legislation (explanatory memoranda) (p. 26)

  5. Ratification of the constitutional treaty in EU-25 (p. 30)

  
  
• 1st Bi-annual Report on EU Practices and Procedures (May 2004)
  1. Overview of the recent developements in EU procedures and practices (p. 5)

  2. Implementation of reforms: better lawmaking (p. 9)

  3. The principles of subsidiarity and proportionality (p. 18)

  4. Policy cycle of the European Union (p. 21)

  5. Legislative procedures of the European Union (p. 28)

  6. Recent developments in scrutiny procedures and practices by national parliaments on EU legislation (p. 33)

  7. Proposals on the draft Treaty Establishing a Constitution for Europe (p. 39)