Parliament’s committees of inquiry and special committees

Please note: Each In-Depth Analysis is assigned a DOI (digital object identifier), which is a safe and long term way of ensuring a hyperlink to the full text of this report. However, when ESO creates this record, on occasion the DOI still has not been activated by the EU Bookshop. If you find the source url hyperlink does not work please use the alternative location hyperlink listed as a related url.This paper offers an overview of the legal framework and experiences with committees of inquiry and special committees at the European Parliament. It presents the differences and similarities between the two types of committees and draws a comparison with the powers conferred upon such committees in the national parliaments of the Member States. It also takes stock of the practices of the most recent committees of inquiry and special committees, and gives an insight into the
controversies surrounding the negotiations concerning a regulation on Parliament's right of inquiry.

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European Parliament: Directorate-General for Internal Policies of the Union: Publications available via the EU Bookshop http://bookshop.europa.eu/en/directorate-general-for-internal-policies-of-the-union-cbf.cKABstF7wAAAEjwYYY4e5K/

European Parliament: European Parliamentary Research Service: In-Depth Analysis, June 2016: Parliament's committees of inquiry and special committees http://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/etudes/IDAN/2016/582007/EPRS_IDA(2016)582007_EN.pdf

Blog: EP: EPRS, 06.06.16: Parliament’s Committees Of Inquiry And Special Committees https://epthinktank.eu/2016/06/06/parliaments-committees-of-inquiry-and-special-committees/

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