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11.03.2015 The principle of subsidiarity http://europa.eu/legislation_summaries/institutional_affairs/treaties/lisbon_treaty/ai0017_en.htm# 1/3 EUROPA > Summaries of EU legislation > Institutional affairs > Building europe through the treaties > The Lisbon Treaty: a comprehensive guide Ads by BlockAndSurf A d O p t io n s This page is available in 15 languages New languages available: CS HU PL RO This page is no longer updated. The summaries are now available on the EURLex website. The principle of subsidiarity INTRODUCTION The principle of subsidiarity is fundamental to the functioning of the European Union (EU), and more specifically to European decisionmaking. In particular, the principle determines when the EU is competent to legislate, and contributes to decisions being taken as closely as possible to the citizen. The principle of subsidiarity is established in Article 5 of the Treaty on European Union. It appears alongside two other principles that are also considered to be essential to European decisionmaking: the principles of conferral and of proportionality. The Protocol on the application of the principles of subsidiarity and proportionality also defines the implementation of the principle of subsidiarity. In addition, the Treaty of Lisbon has considerably strengthened the principle of subsidiarity by introducing several control mechanisms in order to monitor its application. DEFINITION The principle of subsidiarity aims at determining the level of intervention that is most relevant in the areas of competences shared between the EU and the Member States. This may concern action at European, national or local levels. In all cases, the EU may only intervene if it is able to act more effectively than Member States. The Protocol on the application of the principles of subsidiarity and proportionality lays down three criteria aimed at establishing the desirability of intervention at European level: Does the action have transnational aspects that cannot be resolved by Member States? Would national action or an absence of action be contrary to the requirements of the Treaty? Does action at European level have clear advantages? Ads by BlockAndSurf Ad O p ti o n s

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  • 11.03.2015 Theprincipleofsubsidiarity

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    Theprincipleofsubsidiarity

    INTRODUCTION

    TheprincipleofsubsidiarityisfundamentaltothefunctioningoftheEuropeanUnion(EU),andmorespecificallytoEuropeandecisionmaking.Inparticular,theprincipledetermineswhentheEUiscompetenttolegislate,andcontributestodecisionsbeingtakenascloselyaspossibletothecitizen.

    TheprincipleofsubsidiarityisestablishedinArticle5oftheTreatyonEuropeanUnion.ItappearsalongsidetwootherprinciplesthatarealsoconsideredtobeessentialtoEuropeandecisionmaking:theprinciplesofconferralandofproportionality.

    TheProtocolontheapplicationoftheprinciplesofsubsidiarityandproportionalityalsodefinestheimplementationoftheprincipleofsubsidiarity.Inaddition,theTreatyofLisbonhasconsiderablystrengthenedtheprincipleofsubsidiaritybyintroducingseveralcontrolmechanismsinordertomonitoritsapplication.

    DEFINITION

    TheprincipleofsubsidiarityaimsatdeterminingthelevelofinterventionthatismostrelevantintheareasofcompetencessharedbetweentheEUandtheMemberStates.ThismayconcernactionatEuropean,nationalorlocallevels.Inallcases,theEUmayonlyinterveneifitisabletoactmoreeffectivelythanMemberStates.TheProtocolontheapplicationoftheprinciplesofsubsidiarityandproportionalitylaysdownthreecriteriaaimedatestablishingthedesirabilityofinterventionatEuropeanlevel:

    DoestheactionhavetransnationalaspectsthatcannotberesolvedbyMemberStates?WouldnationalactionoranabsenceofactionbecontrarytotherequirementsoftheTreaty?DoesactionatEuropeanlevelhaveclearadvantages?

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    TheprincipleofsubsidiarityalsoaimsatbringingtheEUanditscitizenscloserbyguaranteeingthatactionistakenatlocallevelwhereitprovestobenecessary.However,theprincipleofsubsidiaritydoesnotmeanthatactionmustalwaysbetakenatthelevelthatisclosesttothecitizen.

    Complementaritywiththeprinciplesofconferralandofproportionality

    Article5oftheTreatyonEuropeanUniondefinesthedivisionofcompetencesbetweentheUnionandtheMemberStates.ItfirstreferstotheprincipleofconferralaccordingtowhichtheUnionhasonlythosecompetencesthatareconferreduponitbytheTreaties.

    Subsidiarityandproportionalityarecorollaryprinciplesoftheprincipleofconferral.TheydeterminetowhatextenttheEUcanexercisethecompetencesconferreduponitbytheTreaties.Byvirtueoftheprincipleofproportionality,themeansimplementedbytheEUinordertomeettheobjectivessetbytheTreatiescannotgobeyondwhatisnecessary.

    TheUnioncanthereforeonlyactinapolicyareaif:

    theactionformspartofthecompetencesconferredupontheEUbytheTreaties(principleofconferral)inthecontextofcompetencessharedwithMemberStates,theEuropeanlevelismostrelevantinordertomeettheobjectivessetbytheTreaties(principleofsubsidiarity)thecontentandformoftheactiondoesnotexceedwhatisnecessarytoachievetheobjectivessetbytheTreaties(principleofproportionality).

    MONITORINGTHEPRINCIPLEOFSUBSIDIARITY

    MechanismstomonitortheprincipleofsubsidiaritywereputinplacebytheProtocolontheapplicationoftheprinciplesofsubsidiarityandproportionality.TheTreatyofLisbonreformedtheaboveProtocolinordertoimproveandreinforcemonitoring.

    TheProtocol,introducedbytheTreatyofAmsterdam,providedforcompliancewithcertainobligationsduringtheactualdraftingoflegislation.Thus,beforeproposinglegislativeacts,theCommissionmustprepareaGreenPaper.GreenPapersconsistofwiderangingconsultations.TheyenabletheCommissiontocollectopinionsfromnationalandlocalinstitutionsandfromcivilsocietyonthedesirabilityofalegislativeproposal,inparticularinrespectoftheprincipleofsubsidiarity.

    TheProtocolalsoaddsanobligationfortheCommissiontoaccompanydraftlegislativeactswithastatementdemonstratingcompliancewiththeprinciplesofsubsidiarityandproportionality.

    TheTreatyofLisboninnovatesbyassociatingnationalParliamentscloselywiththemonitoringoftheprincipleofsubsidiarity.NationalParliamentsnowexercisetwofoldmonitoring:

    theyhavearighttoobjectwhenlegislationisdrafted.TheycanthusdismissalegislativeproposalbeforetheCommissioniftheyconsiderthattheprincipleofsubsidiarityhasnotbeenobserved(seefileNationalParliaments)throughtheirMemberState,theymaycontestalegislativeactbeforetheCourtofJusticeoftheEUiftheyconsiderthattheprincipleofsubsidiarityhasnotbeenobserved.

    TheTreatyofLisbonalsoassociatestheCommitteeoftheRegionswiththemonitoringoftheprincipleofsubsidiarity.InthesamewayasnationalParliaments,theCommitteemayalsocontest,beforetheCourtofJusticeoftheEU,alegislativeactthatdoesnotcomplywiththeprincipleofsubsidiarity.

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