Committee of the Regions, CoR

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Committee of the Regions, CoR

Members representing local authorities in the EU.  

At present the CoR only has an advisory function

The Lisbon Treaty permits the CoR to go to the EU Court and claim that proposed EU regulations are in breach of the subsidiarity principle.

The CoR consists of 3
53 members after Romania and Bulgaria joined the EU on the 1 January 2007 and Croatia 1 July 2013.

 

Germany

24

United Kingdom

24

France

24

Italy                          

24

Spain                        

21

Poland                       

21

Romania                   

15

Netherlands              

12

Greece                      

12

Czech Republic        

12

Belgium                    

12

Hungary                    

12

Portugal                    

12

Sweden                     

12

Bulgaria                    

12

Austria                      

12

Slovakia                    

9

Denmark                   

9

Finland                      

9

Ireland                      

9

Lithuania

9

Croatia

9

Latvia                       

 7

Slovenia                    

7

Estonia                      

7

Cyprus                      

6

Luxemburg               

6

Malta                        

5

 

 

Links 

http://cor.europa.eu/en/Pages/home.aspx

http://www.cor.europa.eu/ http://europa.eu/about-eu/inst......utions-bodies/cor/index_en.htm