Adapting a number of legal acts in the area of justice to Article 290 TFEU (Commission delegated acts)

The Committee on Legal Affairs adopted the report by József SZÁJER (EPP, HU) on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council adapting a number of legal acts in the area of Justice providing for the use of the regulatory procedure with scrutiny to Article 290 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union.

Members welcomed the Commission’s proposal to adapt three basic acts where the regulatory procedure with scrutiny (RPS) applies in order to make them into delegated acts.

Building on Parliament’s resolution of 25 February 2014, the report proposed to amend the Commission proposal to focus on the duration of the delegation of powers (which shall not exceed five years and shall be accompanied by a reporting obligation on the Commission).

In addition, the deadline to object to a delegated act shall be three months (and not two months as proposed by the Commission).