Comitology

Comitology in Law Enforcement

Main Entry: Law Enforcement in the Legal Dictionary. This section provides, in the context of Law Enforcement, a partial definition of comitology.

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See Also

• Law Enforcement Officer
• Police Officer
• Law Enforcement Agency

Further Reading

• comitology in A Dictionary of Law Enforcement (Oxford University Press)
• comitology in the Encyclopedia of Law Enforcement
• A Treatise on the Police of the Metropolis

Legal Usage of Comitology in English

An European Commission document offers the following explanation about the misused of Comitology:There are 1,253 instances of the word ‘comitology’ in EUR-Lex. However, not only does the word not exist outside the European Union institutions, but it is formed from a misspelt stem (committee has two ‘m’s and two ‘t’s) and a suffix that means something quite different (-ology/-logy means ‘the science of’ or ‘the study of’. It is therefore highly unlikely that an outsider would be able to deduce its meaning, even in context. Fortunately, as the quote below shows, the procedure has been abolished. Unfortunately, the term seems to have survived.

Example

‘The Commission must draft new rules setting out the powers and workings of the bodies replacing the Committees in the framework of the now-abolished comitology procedure, to ensure that the new system operates properly44.’

Alternative The official term is ‘committee procedure’.

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Further Reading

• David Mellinkoff, “Mellinkoff’s Dictionary of American Legal Usage”, West Publishing Company, 1992
• Bryan A. Garner, “A Dictionary of Modern Legal Usage”, West Publishing Company, 1995

Hierarchical Display of Comitology

European Union > European Union law > EU law > Drafting of EU law

Meaning of Comitology

Overview and more information about Comitology

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Translation of Comitology

• Spanish: Comitología
• French: Comitologie
• German: Ausschussangelegenheiten
• Italian: Comitologia
• Portuguese: Comitologia
• Polish: Komitologia

Thesaurus of Comitology

European Union > European Union law > EU law > Drafting of EU law > Comitology

See also

• Power of implementation
• Regulatory committee (EU)
• Advisory committee (EU)
• Management committee (EU)