THE STRUCTURE OF THE COMMISSION

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EUROPEAN INSTITUTIONS DECISION FLOW
European Counsel (Head of States and Governments
President of the Commission)
Counsel of Ministers (15 countries)
Political Initiatives
Decision
European Commission (20 commissioners)
Economical and SocialCounsel(222 members)
Committee of Regions (222 members)
European Parliament(626 deputies)
Consultation
ConsultationCooperation Codecision

Court of Auditors (15 members)

Court of Justice (15 judges)

Control of Union Finances
Supervion of Respect for Union Law
Figure 1
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COUNSEL OF MINISTERS
STRUCTURE
SECRETARIAT GENERAL - Secretary General nominated
for 5 years - 2700 Civil ser-vants prepare the
activities of the Counsel - 10 Directora-tes
General
SPECIFIC COMPOSITION Agriculture
Counsel Environment Counsel Internal Market
Counsel Each Govern-ment delegates one of its
mem-bers the competent Minister
ROTATING PRESIDENCY Rotation every six months
ac-cording a fixed order decided unanimously by
the Counsel - fixes the prio-rities - suggests
the compromises
Figure 2
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THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION STRUCTURE POWER
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THE STRUCTURE OF THE COMMISSION
POLITICAL AND GLOBAL RESPONSIBILITY
ADMINISTRATION AND TECHNICAL RESPONSIBILITY
24 Directo-rates General
Administrati-ve Services
College of the 20 Commissioners
The Cabinets of the Commissioners
Figure 4