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Lobbying in Brussels in the Context of the Lisbon Treaty

Lobbying in Brussels in the Context of the Lisbon Treaty. Sinziana Gille European Affairs Consultant. Why Brussels?. Why is it important to be present in Brussels? Brussels is the home of the: European Commission European Parliament (unofficially) The Council Other stakeholders Press.

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Lobbying in Brussels in the Context of the Lisbon Treaty

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  1. Lobbying in Brussels in the Context of the Lisbon Treaty Sinziana Gille European Affairs Consultant

  2. Why Brussels? Why is it important to be present in Brussels? Brussels is the home of the: • European Commission • European Parliament (unofficially) • The Council • Other stakeholders • Press

  3. Who? • 1 European Commission • Proposes legislation • 2 European Parliament • Represents the people of the EU • Increased power since the Lisbon Treaty • 3 The Council • Takes decisions inthe council metings • Commitology • 4 National Parliaments

  4. European Commission • Interesting Commissioners: • Industry • Climat Change • Environment • Transport • Interesting DGs: • DG Energy • DG TREN • DG ENVI • DG Internal Market • DG Consumers • DG Enterprise

  5. Body that proposes most legislation • Easier to influence legislation before it has been written • Important to monitor and reply to calls for consultations • Keep EC officials informed of what you are doing and your opinion on specific subjects • Commitology • Once legislation was passed the Council returns the piece of legislation to the EC to define the last technical details • EC must work at this point with other stakeholders

  6. EC Register • Gives your voice more weight • Principle of Transparency • A form to fill in online • https://webgate.ec.europa.eu/transparency/regrin/welcome.do?locale=en#en

  7. European Parliament • Committiees • Industry, Research and Energy • Internal market and Consumer Protection • Environment • Follow topics and Reports • Establish contact with rapporteurs

  8. How to reach them? • National connextion • MPs that are hard to reach inthe capital are in general easier to reach in Brussels as MEPs • Inform about you and your views • Heads of Committees • Committee members and substitutes • Rapporteurs • Attend meetings • Hearings are public • Committee meetings are public only if you are accredited

  9. EP Register • Allows you to: • Attend Committee meetings • Be officially recognised as a stakeholder dealing with the EP • How to do it? • Only four persons per organisation • Through the EP accreditation office • Documents: • Fill in a form • Description of the organisation • Letter from the President/Secretary General stating your connection to the organisation • Cazier / judicial record • Statement form and MEP

  10. The Council • Heads of State (European Council) • Ministers • Permanent Representations • Important for commitology

  11. Commitology • Hidden power of the decision making process in Brussels • More than 2000 specialised committees • Active in the implementation phase • Regulatory Committees • Management Committees • Advisory Committees • Members: Member States + interest groups

  12. Commitology • (22) C09300 –Committee for theadaptation to technicalprogress of legislationon the improvement ofthe energy performanceof buildings (Committeeon Energy DemandManagement) • Basic Legal Act: Directives2002/91/EC & 2006/32/EC • CommitteeProcedure: Regulatory • No. ofmeetings: 4 • Consultations: 0

  13. Conclusions • It is important to be «present » in Brussels • Accredited to the institutions • In touch with • the relevant MEPs • EC officials • Permanent representation officials • Keep stakeholders informed of your actions and opinions via web, newsletter, events, meetings

  14. Thank you! Sinziana GILLE s.gille@autoandsociety.com

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