Division of Powers study – EU Member States
Division of Powers study – EU Member States
Description:
In 2012, the Committee of the Regions (CoR) updated its 2008 Study on "The Division of Powers between the European Union, the Member States, and Regional and Local Authorities" and supplemented it with a dedicated website. The 2012 Study provided an overview of the organisation of local and regional governments in the EU28 Member States, and in the candidate countries at the time of publication – Iceland, Montenegro, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and Turkey, as well as the four then potential candidates – Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo and Serbia.
Carried out after the entry into force of the Lisbon Treaty, the 2012 Study included some new dimensions related to the enhanced responsibilities of the CoR and the recognition of local and regional authorities, such as a description of subsidiarity scrutiny mechanisms in each country. The Study is conceived, particularly in its web-tool presentation, as an up-to-date guide for practitioners and policy advisors.
The objective of the project is to update and harmonise, by providing updated data and filling information gaps, the existing division of powers study and website in order to provide a clear view on the governing structure at sub-national level in the studied countries. The experts are asked to check and update the existing constitutional and fiscal data with all recent and relevant developments and to harmonise the data in the Division of Powers Website referring to the EU Member States.
Type of services provided:
- to check and update the existing constitutional and fiscal data with all recent and relevant developments and to harmonise the data in the Division of Powers Website referring to the EU Member States.
- to deliver an overview of these changes for all EU Member States and update the existing information of the study.
Client: The Committee of the Regions
Partner: LSE Consulting
Experts: Karolina Zubel Krzysztof Głowacki
