Committees of the EU Parliament

Committee meeting (Photo: EU Commission)
The EU Parliament has 17 permanent committees that prepare the reports to be decided by a full session (the plenary). According to new rules the committees can - with an especially large majority - decide certain issues on their own.

Links

Homepage: http://www.europarl.eu.int/committees/home_en.htm
Rules of Procedures of the EU Parliament:
http://www2.europarl.eu.int/om......=RULES-EP&L=EN&REF=TOC