Questionnaire
Parliaments of member States

Scrutiny of european policy by member states national parliaments

1�) Since 1995, has the role of your committee been modified, either in its proceedings or in its relationship to other other bodies in your Parliament ?

2�) Do you think that your committee receives european legislative proposals in sufficient time ? Has the protocol on the role of the national Parliaments in the european Union of the Treaty of Amsterdam improved the situation ?

3�) Do you think that your committee gets an adequate period of time to consider these legislative proposals ? Has the aforementionned protocol improved the situation ?

4�) Art.. 7 of the Rules of Procedure of the Council of the European Union is the base for the notion of 'legislative proposal' as understood by the protocol on the role of the national Parliaments in the european Union of the Treaty of Amsterdam. In your opinion, is this definition satisfactory or do you think that some acts, not deemed as legislative by art. 7, should be included in the definition ?

If so, which ones ?

5�) Do you think your committee sufficiently informed, and in good time, on the proceedings of other EU affairs committees? In what ways could the system be improved ?

6�) Are members of your committee participants to the joint meetings organized by the European Parliament ? If such is the case, is there any improvements you would like to suggest ?

Annex

Extract of the Protocol of Amsterdam, of the Treaty establishing the European Community and of the Council's Rules of Procedure