Mr Dacian CIOLOS in Budapest (1-2/10) - Main contents
| date | October 1, 2012 - October 2, 2012 |
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| city | Budapest, Hungary |
| attending | D. (Dacian) Cioloş i, V. (Viktor) Orbán i et al. |
| organisation | European Commission (EC) i |
meeting with Mr György CZERVÁN, Hungarian Minister of State for Agricultural Economy; with Mr István JAKAB, Vice-President of the Hungarian Parliament and Mr Sándor FONT, Chairman of the Hungarian Parliamentary Committee on Agriculture; with Mr Viktor ORBÁN, Prime Minister of Hungary; visit of the Törley Cellar with Mr Sándor FAZEKAS, Hungarian Minister of Rural Development (1/10); speech at the 2012 Congress of European Farmers organised by COPA COGECA (2/10)
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The European Commission is the executive body of the EU and runs its day-to-day business. It is made up of the College of Commissioners, 27 European Commissioners, one for each member state, who are each responsible for one or several policy areas. In addition, the 'Commission' also refers to the entire administrative body that supports the Commissioners, consisting of the Directorates-General and the Services.
The European Commission is the sole EU body capable of proposing new legislation. The Commission also performs an oversight function, monitoring whether European legislation is properly implemented in the member states. In the event of non-compliance, the Commission can coerce a member state to comply by starting a legal procedure at the European Court of Justice.