Subsidiarity[1]

The National Assembly established a mechanism of subsidiarity scrutiny within the framework of the Early Warning System. The National Assembly, and in particular its Committee on EU Affairs and the Committee on Foreign Policy, examines the European Commission's legislative proposals and duly informs the Government and the National Council. The National Council only has a limited role in this Early Warning System (EWS). Nevertheless, the National Assembly has to inform the National Council about meetings and deadlines related to the EWS process, cooperate with the National Council and consider its opinion.

The National Assembly has the possibility to cooperate with other national parliaments via the InterParliamentary EU Information eXchange Platform (IPEX) and through the Permanent Representatives of the European Parliament.

The final decision on the subsidiarity analysis is transmitted to the European Commission (and/or other EU institutions) and IPEX and is published on the website of the National Assembly, as well as on IPEX's.

Local and regional authorities are not consulted

[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.