LEGAL DEPARTMENT

Monitor and / or control existing EU legislation and / or its implementation in Member States or in countries
with which the Community has agreements. Prepare and draft new or amended legislation. Provide legal
advice to the Commission, Directorates Genera l and / or their services. To represent the Commission before
judicial instances. The work includes:
Prepare and / or produce legislation
1. Prepare draft, update, consolidate and / or codify new existing and / or amended legislation, including
running preparatory studies and open and internal consultations and / or ex -ante impact assessments..
2. Follow up legislative proposals from draft to adoption through the Commission and Council adoption
procedures.
3. Provide advice on the quality, consistency and coherence of draft proposals for legal acts. Verify the
conformity of proposals for legal acts with applicable drafting rules.
4. Improve the quality and consistency of a DGs output from a legal standpoint.
Monitor and / or control existing legislation
5. Monitor and / or verify the transposition of Community law and secondary legislation into Member States
legislation, the conformity of national legislation with Community legislation and the correct implementation
of the acquis.
6. Monitor the implementation of Community legislation in third countries with which the European
Community has an agreement, and notably pre-accession countries.
7. Participate and / or represent the Commission in advisory, management and / or regulatory committees
established to manage Community legislation and follow-up the work done by them. Assure the secretariat of
these committees.
8. Supervise the fulfilment of contractual procedures and obligations.
Provide legal advice
9. Provide the Commission with the necessary legal advice that is needed to guarantee its activity. Assist the
Commission and its services before the European Parliament and the Council.
10. Counsel and provide legal advice and / or assistance to the Commission, management and / or operational
units within the Directorate General.
11. Provide legal advice on draft replies to written and oral questions and / or to petitions from the European
Parliament, to investigations by the European Ombudsman, and / or to audits done by the Court of Audito rs.
12. Prepare replies to requests for advice and / or legal interpretation in support of the preparation and
implementation of Community legislation.
13. Provide advice to management and / or units on the validity and conformity of procedures with stan ding
rules and regulations.
14. Assist the Commission and / or provide advice on legal matters during negotiation processes for
international agreements.
Provide assistance for litigation
15. Follow-up and / or support operational units with cases brought before judicial instances.
16. Represent the Commission before Community, national, international judicial instances or arbitration
instances on behalf and in defence of the Commission.