Protocol on the application of the principles of subsidiarity and proportionality

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EU legal instrument European Union protocol

The Protocol on the application of the principles of subsidiarity and proportionality is an EU legal instrument that clarifies how and when the Union should act instead of Member States, ensuring that EU measures do not exceed what is necessary to achieve their objectives.

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Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	EU legal instrument ⓘ European Union protocol ⓘ
aimsTo	define conditions under which the Union may exercise its competences ⓘ ensure respect for the competences of Member States ⓘ improve the monitoring of subsidiarity and proportionality ⓘ
appliesIn	areas of shared competence between the EU and Member States ⓘ areas where the Treaties do not confer exclusive competence on the Union ⓘ
appliesTo	principle of proportionality ⓘ principle of subsidiarity ⓘ
associatedWith	Treaty on European Union NERFINISHED ⓘ Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union NERFINISHED ⓘ
bindingOn	European Union institutions NERFINISHED ⓘ Member States of the European Union NERFINISHED ⓘ
category	EU constitutional document ⓘ
clarifies	procedural requirements for assessing proportionality ⓘ procedural requirements for assessing subsidiarity ⓘ
concerns	exercise of non-exclusive competences of the European Union ⓘ legislative proposals of the European Commission ⓘ
definesRoleOf	national parliaments in monitoring subsidiarity ⓘ
ensures	that EU action is justified in terms of scale and effects ⓘ that EU institutions consider alternative means of achieving objectives at national or regional level ⓘ
implements	principle that the Union shall act only if and in so far as the objectives cannot be sufficiently achieved by Member States ⓘ principle that the content and form of Union action shall not exceed what is necessary ⓘ
influences	drafting and justification of EU legislative acts ⓘ
language	multilingual EU official languages ⓘ
legalNature	binding protocol annexed to the EU Treaties ⓘ
legalSystem	European Union law NERFINISHED ⓘ
linkedTo	principle of conferral in EU law ⓘ
monitoredBy	Court of Justice of the European Union NERFINISHED ⓘ national parliaments of EU Member States ⓘ
objective	to ensure decisions are taken as closely as possible to the citizen ⓘ to limit EU action to what is necessary to achieve Treaty objectives ⓘ
obliges	European Commission to provide detailed statements on subsidiarity and proportionality in proposals ⓘ
partOf	primary law of the European Union ⓘ
purpose	to clarify how and when the European Union should act instead of Member States ⓘ to ensure that EU measures do not exceed what is necessary to achieve their objectives ⓘ
regulates	application of proportionality in EU legislative process ⓘ application of subsidiarity in EU legislative process ⓘ
requires	EU institutions to justify compliance with proportionality ⓘ EU institutions to justify compliance with subsidiarity ⓘ qualitative and, where possible, quantitative indicators to justify EU action ⓘ
scope	all draft legislative acts of the European Union ⓘ
strengthens	control of subsidiarity by national parliaments ⓘ
supports	better law-making in the European Union ⓘ respect for national identities and constitutional structures of Member States ⓘ

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Treaty of Amsterdam → containsProtocol → Protocol on the application of the principles of subsidiarity and proportionality ⓘ