Committee of Permanent Representatives

E54990
European Union body preparatory body of the Council of the European Union

The Committee of Permanent Representatives is a key preparatory body of the European Union where member states’ ambassadors coordinate and negotiate on EU legislation and policies before they reach the Council of the European Union for formal decision.

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Observed surface forms (6)

Surface form Occurrences
COREPER 1
COREPER I 1
COREPER II 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf European Union body ⓘ
preparatory body of the Council of the European Union ⓘ
aimsTo reach agreement at ambassadorial level before ministerial meetings ⓘ
composedOf ambassadors of the member states to the European Union ⓘ
permanent representatives of the member states ⓘ
COREPER IDealsWith environment ⓘ
internal market ⓘ
social policy ⓘ
transport ⓘ
COREPER IIDealsWith economic and financial affairs ⓘ
foreign affairs ⓘ
general affairs ⓘ
justice and home affairs ⓘ
dateEstablished 1958 ⓘ
governedBy Council’s Rules of Procedure ⓘ
Treaty on European Union ⓘ
Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union ⓘ
handles files before they reach the Council for formal decision ⓘ
hasLanguageRegime official languages of the European Union ⓘ
hasPart Committee of Permanent Representatives self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: COREPER I

Committee of Permanent Representatives self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: COREPER II
hasRole coordinates positions of EU member states ⓘ
deals with institutional, legal and financial issues for the Council ⓘ
ensures consistency of EU policies ⓘ
negotiates EU legislation ⓘ
negotiates EU policies ⓘ
prepares work of the Council of the European Union ⓘ
hasSubCommittee Antici Group ⓘ
Mertens Group ⓘ
locatedIn Belgium ⓘ
Brussels, Belgium ⓘ
surface form: Brussels
meetsAt Council premises in Brussels ⓘ
meetsFrequency weekly ⓘ
partOf Council of the European Union ⓘ
prepares draft agendas for the Council of the European Union ⓘ
draft conclusions and resolutions for the Council of the European Union ⓘ
draft legislative acts for the Council of the European Union ⓘ
reorganizedAs COREPER I and COREPER II in 1962 ⓘ
reportsTo Council of the European Union ⓘ
shortName Committee of Permanent Representatives self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: COREPER
supports Council’s legislative function ⓘ
Council’s policy‑making function ⓘ
underAuthorityOf Council of the European Union ⓘ
usesDecisionMode consensus ⓘ
worksWith Council configurations ⓘ
European Commission ⓘ
General Secretariat of the Council ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Permanent Representatives' Committee → coordinatesWith → Committee of Permanent Representatives ⓘ
this entity surface form: Permanent Representatives' Sub‑Committees
Committee of Permanent Representatives → hasPart → Committee of Permanent Representatives self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: COREPER I
Committee of Permanent Representatives → hasPart → Committee of Permanent Representatives self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: COREPER II
Committee of Permanent Representatives → shortName → Committee of Permanent Representatives self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: COREPER
Council of the European Union → supportedBy → Committee of Permanent Representatives ⓘ
General Secretariat of the Council → supportsBody → Committee of Permanent Representatives ⓘ
this entity surface form: Permanent Representatives Committee
Council of Ministers → worksWith → Committee of Permanent Representatives ⓘ
subject surface form: Council of Ministers of the European Union
United States Ambassador to the European Union → worksWith → Committee of Permanent Representatives ⓘ
this entity surface form: Permanent Representatives Committee of the European Union