The Ordinary Legislative Procedure in Practice: First Reading Agreements
Abstract
The purpose of the article is to analyse the functioning of the ordinary legislative procedure (OLP) in practical terms and how the practice of «trilogues » and first reading agreements is increasingly consolidated. The description of the OLP in Article 294 TFEU does not, in itself, give an accurate picture of the applied functioning of the OLP. One should consider the Joint Declaration of the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission on practical arrangements for the codecision procedure. These arrangements entail that the number of legislative acts adopted at first reading is constantly increasing, while the number of legislative files arriving at the conciliation phase has decreased significantly. The role of the rapporteur and the competent parliamentary committee as well as the role of the six-month Council Presidency are reinforced, in that they have become the negotiators on behalf of their institution.
Received: 16 December 2014
Accepted: 19 February 2015
Published online: 15 April 2016
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