Regulatory Procedure with Scrutiny (PRAC)

This is a defunct comitology i procedure that operated between 2006 and 2009 for quasi-legislative measures. It can no longer be used in new legislation but appears in more than 300 existing legal acts and will temporarily continue to apply in these acts until they are formally amended.

This procedure empowers the European Parliament i and EU Council i to block a measure proposed by the Commission i if it:

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    exceeds the Commission's implementing powers,
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    is not compatible with the aim or content of the legal act, or
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    exceeds the EU's powers or remit (see subsidiarity and proportionality).

This block takes the form of a right of veto by either institution, usually up to 3 months after the comitology committee i has approved the proposed Commission measure.

If the committee fails to issue a positive opinion on the proposed measure, the Council can intervene to either block it or adopt it itself, unless the Parliament opposes it.

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