In this section, you can find information about procedures which lead to the adoption of legal acts by the European institutions. EUR-Lex gives you access to the procedure stages and to related documents. Additional information is also provided, such as the status of the procedure (ongoing, completed, stopped), type of procedure (e.g. ordinary legislative procedure, non-legislative procedure, etc.), legal basis, etc.

Article 289 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU) concerns 2 types of legislative procedure: the ordinary legislative procedure and the special legislative procedure.

Legislative proposals |
Non-legislative procedures |
Ordinary legislative procedure (Codecision) |
Qualified majority |
Reinforced qualified majority |
Revision of the treaties |
Simple majority |
Special legislative procedure |
The Community and intergovernmental methods |
Unanimity

The EU treaties are binding agreements between EU member countries. They set out EU objectives, rules for EU institutions, how decisions are made and the relationship between the EU and its member countries. Every action taken by the EU is founded on treaties.

The European Parliament's database for monitoring the EU decision-making process.