Annual report 2017 on the application of the principles of subsidiarity and proportionality

Summary:

This is the 25th annual report on the application of the principles of subsidiarity and proportionality in European Union law making.

The report looks at how the European Union’s institutions and bodies implemented these two principles in 2017 and how the practice has evolved in comparison with previous years. It also provides an analysis of the Commission proposals that were most notably the object of reasoned opinions from national Parliaments during the year.

Given the close links between the subsidiarity control mechanism and the political dialogue between national parliaments and the European Commission, this report should be seen as complementary to the annual report on relations with national parliaments for the year 2017.

EUR-Lex: COM(2018)703: Communication on the principles of subsidiarity and proportionality: Strengthening their role in the EU's policymaking https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=COM:2018:703:FIN

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