Committee of the Regions

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1by: Bobur Nazarmuhamedov
Committee of the
Regions

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What is the Committee of the Regions?

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What is the Committee of the Regions (CoR)?
A political assembly of the European Union,
representing local and regional authorities.
Aim:
 To improve EU legislation using the expertise of
local and regional representatives
To act as the voice of local and regional
authorities in Brussels
To bring Europe closer to its citizens

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Key dates
 1992 Maastricht Treaty creates the CoR
 1994 First plenary session held in Brussels
 1995 The number of CoR members increases from 189 to 222 as the EU-12
expands to EU-15
 1997 Treaty of Amsterdam strengthens the CoR by increasing its field of
mandatory consultation and allows referrals from the European Parliament
 2003 Treaty of Nice states CoR members must hold an electoral mandate or be
politically accountable
 2004 The number of CoR members increases from 222 to 317 in the EU-25
 2004 Treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe boosts the institutional status
and political role of the CoR
 2007 The number of CoR members increases from 317 to 344 members in the
EU-27
 2007 Lisbon Treaty enhances the status and political role of the CoR

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CoR in brief
 344 members representing local and regional
authorities + 317 alternates (and 27 Bulgarian
and Romanian observers)
 25 national delegations comprising members
from the same Member State
 4 political groups
 6 thematic commissions

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Members

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Internal Structure
 President
The president guides the Committee’s work, chairs plenary sessions
and is the CoR’s official representative. He or she serves a two-year
term.
 First vice-president
The first vice-president is also elected for two years by the plenary
assembly, to represent the president in the latter’s absence.
 Bureau
The Bureau is the ruling body of the CoR. It comprises 60 members:
the president, first vice-president, 27 vice-presidents (one per
Member State), the four presidents of the CoR political groups and
27 other members, enabling it to reflect national and political
balances.
 Plenary assembly
The 344 members of the CoR meet in plenary session in Brussels
five times a year, to discuss and adopt opinions, reports and
resolutions.

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Internal Structure
 CoR commissions
The CoR structures its work by means of six commissions, which
specialise in the following areas: territorial cohesion policy;
economic and social policy; sustainable development; culture,
education and research; external relations and decentralised
cooperation; and constitutional affairs, governance and the area of
freedom, security and justice.
 Committee for Administrative and Financial Affairs
(CAFA);
This committee — which has eight members — advises the Bureau
on administrative and financial questions.
 The political groups
The CoR has four political groups: the European People’s Party
(EPP), the Party of European Socialists (PES), the Alliance of
Liberals and Democrats for Europe (ALDE) and the Union for Europe
of the Nations — European Alliance (UEN–EA). Some members are
independent.

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Internal Structure
National delegations
The CoR also comprises 27 national delegations. Members meet in
their national delegations before plenary sessions and other events
to discuss common positions.
 Secretary-general
The secretary-general is appointed for five years by the Bureau.
Gerhard Stahl, a German national, was appointed to the post in April
2004. As head of the CoR administration, the secretary-general
must not hold a political mandate. He is responsible for
implementing Bureau decisions and the smooth running of the
administration.
 Secretariat-general
The secretariat-general consists of four directorates —
Administration; Consultative Works; Registry, Legal Service and
Assistance to Members; and Communication, Press and Protocol.
The units for budget, personnel, commission work and
interinstitutional relations are organised within this structure.

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Activity
 plenary sessions, where the
members vote on and adopt
opinions;
 bureau meetings, where the
executive decisions are taken,
 commission meetings where
draft opinions are adopted,
 and the Open Days, an annual
week-long event that brings
together regional and local
actors from all over Europe to
exchange ideas and best
practices.

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The COR and EU decision-making
European
Commission
European
Parliament
Council of
the EU
DECISION
PROPOSAL
CODECISION
CONSULTATION
CONSULTATIONEESC
COR

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Consultation
 Economic and social
cohesion
 Education and youth
 Culture
 Public health
 Trans-European
networks
 Transport
 Employment
 Social affairs
 Environment
 European Social Fund
 Vocational training
Mandatory consultation - Optional consultation
 The Council, the Commission
and the Parliament may
request an opinion from the
COR, where they consider it
appropriate.
 The COR may decide to draw
up an opinion, where the
European Economic and Social
Committee has been
consulted, and where it
considers that specific regional
or local interests are involved.
 The COR may draw up an
opinion on its own initiative,
where it considers such action
appropriate.

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Types of consultation
 Consultative opinions
 Resolutions - declarations adopted in accordance with an accelerated
procedure
 Outlook opinions – opinions drawn up by the COR before the
European Commission drafts a Green/White Paper on the subject
 Outlook reports – preliminary reports drawn up before the European
Commission’s proposals are made public
 Impact reports - to evaluate the impact of policy at local and regional
level
 Studies – on various aspects of the local and regional dimension of the
EU

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The Commissions
 COTER - Commission for Territorial Cohesion Policy
 ECOS - Commission for Economic and Social Policy
 DEVE - Commission for Sustainable Development
 EDUC - Commission for Culture, Education and Research
 CONST- Commission for Constitutional Affairs, European
Governance and the Area of Freedom, Security and Justice
 RELEX - Commission for External Relations and Decentralised
Cooperation
 and the Commission for Financial and Administrative Affairs
(CFAA)

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What does CoR mean for member countries

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Thank you for your attention
www.cor.europa.eu

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