§ Lord Pearson of Rannochasked Her Majesty's Government:
How many (a) communications, (b) proposals, (c) decisions, (d) directives and (e) regulations have been issued by the European Commission so far this year, and in each of the last three years.
§ The Minister of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office (Baroness Chalker of Wallasey)I refer the noble Lord to the Answer I gave the Lord Bruce of Donington on 17th January, (Official Report col. WA 37), which gave figures for 1993 and 1994. The total number of Commission proposals for Council legislation in these years was 625 and 510 respectively, of which the number of proposals for principal legislation was 75 and 51. There is no common definition of a Commission "communication". According to the CELEX database, the figures for 1992 and 1995 are: 84WA
1992 1995 (to 20 May) Council Commission Council Commission Directives 95 34 4 7 Regulations 381 1,137 63 229 Decisions 134 385 30 118 Proposals 655 105 Proposals for principal legislation 89 11