Assent Procedure

Meaning of Assent Procedure

In the context of Europe, and according to A Dictionary of Law, the following is a definition of Assent Procedure : A procedure introduced by the Single European Act 1986 that gives greater powers to the *European Parliament over the unelected European Commission. It applies when there is one reading of a new legislative measure in the Parliament: Parliament either assents by an absolute majority to the measure as presented to it or rejects it; it does not have a power to amend the measure.

Compare codecision procedure; cooperation procedure.