Press Release: Council adopts new ‘comitology’ rules, Brussels, 14 February 2011

The Council today (14.2.2011) adopted a regulation laying down new rules for the control by member states of the Commission's exercise of its implementing powers, following a first-reading agreement with the European Parliament. The new regulation is intended to put into practice article 291 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU) on implementing acts.2 It replaces Council decision 1999/468 on the exercise of implementing powers conferred on the Commission
('comitology' decision) as far as the consultation, management and regulatory procedures are concerned. Delegated acts as provided for in article 290 of TFEU3 cover almost the same type of measures as those adopted so far under the 'regulatory procedure with scrutiny' which the Council introduced into the 'comitology' decision in 2006.