INFLUENCING EU LEGISLATION

   

BE EARLY IN THE PROCESS: THE COMMISSION

   

   THE ‘CHEF DE DOSSIER’ (MID-LEVEL : A 12-8)

  

  EXPERT COMMITTEES (SEMI-FORMAL) (100%!)

  ·       POSITION, COMPOSITION

   ·       BRIEFING, DEBRIEFING EXPERTS

   ·       GREEN & WHITE PAPER

   ·       DRAFT PROPOSAL: TRIPLE P + SUBSTANCE

   

   INTERSERVICE, COLLEGE OF COMMISSIONERS

   

   EP + COUNCIL FOR SECONDARY LAWS (15%)

   ·       EP COMMISSION, RAPPORTEUR

   ·       MEMO: EESC AND COREG

   ·       COUNCIL WORKING GROUPS (A-POINTS)

   

   COM + COMITOLOGY FOR DELEGATED ONES (85%)

   ·       AGAIN: DOSSIER CHEF, COMMITTEES (FORMAL)

   ·       OVERLAPPING MEMBERSHIPS

   ·       BRIEFING AND DEBRIEFING

   ·       SUFFICIENT CONSENSUS = INTO THE OJ

   

   IN EVERY PHASE:

   ·       LOBBY FOR INFORMATION (‘WINDOW-OUT’)

   ·       LOBBY FOR SUPPORT (‘WINDOW-IN’)