EU Decision-Making after the Lisbon Treaty

Project Leader

This seminar provides expert analysis on the key changes that will be introduced to the European Union’s decision-making procedures through the Lisbon Treaty. The new treaty – the result of negotiations about EU institutional reform over the past decade – is now expected to come into force at the beginning of 2010 and will bring with it important innovations to EU decisionmaking.

After a broad overview of the process of treaty reform and ratification leading to the new treaty, the seminar will include presentations on key areas of institutional development: the expansion of co-decision between EP and Council through the introduction of the “ordinary legislative procedure” in the making of EU; the changes arising from the reform of comitology and the creation of a new legal instrument, the “delegated acts”; the growing role of national parliaments under the new provisions in the treaty; the changing nature of the Presidency with the arrival of the permanent EU President; and the new architecture for the management of the EU’s foreign policy arising from the changes to the role of the High Representative and the setting up of the European External Action Service. The seminar concludes with a round table discussion involving policy-makers from the European and the national level providing different perspectives on the dynamics of inter-institutional relations under the Lisbon Treaty.

The seminar is aimed at civil servants from the EU member states, at officials from the European institutions as well as representatives from third countries and other interested professionals working with the EU institutions.

Programme
The programme will commence at 10.00 hrs and will finish at 17.30 hrs.

Seminar Venue
Scotland House Conference Centre
Rond -Point Schuman 6
B-1040 Brussels

Working language
The seminar will be conducted in English.

Fee
The registration fee is € 600 and includes documentation, one lunch and refreshments. Accommodation and travel costs are at the expense of the participants or their administration. EIPA offers its members a reduction of 10% of the registration fee. This reduction is available to all civil servants working for one of EIPA’s member countries (i.e. AT, BE, BG, CY, CZ, DK, EE, FI, FR, DE, GR, HU, IE, IT, LT, LU, MT, NL, PL, PT, ES, SE, UK) as well as civil servants working for an EU institution or agency. If you are eligible for a discount, please tick the box in the registration form. Please note that reductions cannot be accumulated. For more information, please visit EIPA’s website: http://seminars.eipa.eu (FAQ-special discounts).

Meals
The lunch will be served at Scotland House Conference Centre. Should you require a special menu (e.g. vegetarian, diabetic), please inform the Programme Organiser so that this can be arranged.

Registration
Kindly complete the registration form and submit it before the closing date. Your name and address will be part of EIPA’s database for our mailing purpose only. If you do not want to be included in our mailing database, please tick the box in the registration form.

Confirmation
Confirmation of registration will be forwarded to participants on receipt of the completed registration form.

Payment
Prior payment is a condition for participation. Please indicate the method of payment on the registration form. In any case, the participant or his/her administration will receive an invoice for the payment of the registration fee. For cancellations received after the date indicated on the registration form we will have to charge an administration fee of € 150 unless a replacement participant is found.

Cancellation policy
EIPA reserves the right to cancel the seminar up to 2 weeks before the starting date. EIPA accepts no responsibility for any costs incurred (travel, hotel, etc.). For EIPA’s cancellation policy, please visit our website www.eipa.eu (legal notice).