Subsidiarity[1]

All documents of the European Union are submitted directly to the Croatian Parliament by the European Commission, the EU Council, and the European Parliament. Documents are made available to all Members of the Croatian Parliament.

On the basis of directly submitted draft legislative acts, every single Member of Parliament, political group or working body of Parliament may initiate the procedure of monitoring compliance with the principle of subsidiarity.

If the European Affairs Committee establishes that there was an infringement of the principle of subsidiarity, the European Affairs Committee shall adopt a reasoned opinion and submit it to the Speaker of Parliament. The Speaker of Parliament submits the reasoned opinion to the Government, the Presidents of the European Parliament and the European Commission and to the Presidency of the EU Council.

[1] Committee of the Regions, Report on Subsidiarity in the multilevel Framework of the Lisbon Treaty, Committee of the Regions, drafted by EIPA, 2011. Not published.​