Report on the implementation of Regulation (EU) 182/2011

The Lisbon Treaty substantially modified the framework for the conferral of powers upon the European Commission by introducing a distinction between delegated and implementing powers. Article 291(3) TFEU foresees that, unlike for delegated acts under Article 290 TFEU, the rules and general principles concerning mechanisms for control by Member States of the Commission's exercise of power be laid down in advance in regulations adopted by ordinary legislative procedure.

This led to the adoption of Regulation (EU) No 182/2011 laying down the rules and general principles concerning mechanisms for control by Member States of the Commission’s exercise of implementing powers (the Comitology Regulation).

Article 15 of the Comitology Regulation requires the Commission to report on the implementation of the Regulation five years after its entry into force. This report complies with this requirement. In doing so, it concentrates on the elements newly introduced by the Regulation compared to Decision 1999/468/EC (the Comitology Decision), which provided the applicable framework before the Regulation was adopted.