Advisory Division of the Council of State

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The Advisory Division of the Council of State is the highest governmental advisory body in the Netherlands, providing expert legal and constitutional advice on proposed legislation and governance matters.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Council of State’s advisory and judicial divisions	1

Statements (41)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	constitutional advisory body ⓘ government advisory body ⓘ legal advisory body ⓘ
advises	Government of the Netherlands ⓘ States General of the Netherlands ⓘ
advisesOn	bills submitted to parliament ⓘ draft legislation ⓘ general administrative orders ⓘ governance and administrative reforms ⓘ treaties ⓘ
chairedBy	Vice-President of the Council of State of the Netherlands ⓘ
composedOf	state councillors ⓘ
country	Netherlands ⓘ
distinctFrom	Administrative Jurisdiction Division of the Council of State ⓘ
function	assessing quality of regulation ⓘ providing non-binding advice ⓘ reviewing compatibility of draft legislation with higher norms of law ⓘ reviewing compatibility of draft legislation with the constitution ⓘ
headquartersLocation	The Hague ⓘ
jurisdiction	Kingdom of the Netherlands ⓘ
language	Dutch ⓘ
legalBasis	Constitution of the Netherlands ⓘ Council of State Act ⓘ surface form: Council of State Act of the Netherlands
partOf	Council of State of the Netherlands ⓘ
positionInHierarchy	highest governmental advisory body in the Netherlands ⓘ
produces	advisory opinions ⓘ
reportsTo	Council of State of the Netherlands ⓘ
role	advising on governance matters ⓘ providing constitutional advice on proposed legislation ⓘ providing legal advice on proposed legislation ⓘ
scope	European legislative proposals affecting the Netherlands ⓘ national legislation ⓘ subordinate legislation ⓘ
subjectArea	European Union law ⓘ administrative law ⓘ constitutional law ⓘ international law ⓘ
typeOfBody	non-judicial division of the Council of State ⓘ
worksWith	Dutch ministries ⓘ House of Representatives of the Netherlands ⓘ Dutch Senate ⓘ surface form: Senate of the Netherlands

Referenced by (2)

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

Council of State of the Netherlands → hasSection → Advisory Division of the Council of State ⓘ

Vice-President of the Council of State → sharesPowersWith → Advisory Division of the Council of State ⓘ

this entity surface form: Council of State’s advisory and judicial divisions