Recommendation on the European Commission’s compliance with ‘Better Regulation’ rules and other procedural requirements in preparing legislative proposals that it considered to be urgent (983/2025/MAS - the “Omnibus” case, 2031/2024/VB - the “migration” case, and 1379/2024/MIK - the “CAP” case)

The European Ombudsman found that the European Commission committed maladministration by applying a broad and poorly defined interpretation of 'urgency' to bypass impact assessments and public consultations for three legislative proposals. The investigation revealed a lack of formal records for derogations, delayed publication of analytical documents, and insufficient stakeholder engagement. Additionally, the Commission failed to provide clear evidence of mandatory climate consistency assessments required by the European Climate Law and excessively shortened an inter-service consultation to less than 24 hours in one case. The Ombudsman recommends that the Commission define 'urgency', formally record all exemptions, and establish procedures to ensure that urgent law-making remains transparent and evidence-based.

• The European Ombudsman concluded that the European Commission's preparation of legislative proposals in the 'Omnibus', 'migration', and 'CAP' cases amounted to maladministration due to several procedural shortcomings.

APA

Anjinho, T. (2025). Recommendation on the European Commission’s compliance with ‘Better Regulation’ rules and other procedural requirements in preparing legislative proposals that it considered to be urgent (983/2025/MAS - the “Omnibus” case, 2031/2024/VB - the “migration” case, and 1379/2024/MIK - the “CAP” case). ClientEarth. https://www.clientearth.org/media/cejdncgr/recommendation-s-_202401379_20251125_151250.pdf

Chicago

Anjinho, Teresa. Recommendation on the European Commission’s compliance with ‘Better Regulation’ rules and other procedural requirements in preparing legislative proposals that it considered to be urgent (983/2025/MAS - the “Omnibus” case, 2031/2024/VB - the “migration” case, and 1379/2024/MIK - the “CAP” case). ClientEarth, 2025. https://www.clientearth.org/media/cejdncgr/recommendation-s-_202401379_20251125_151250.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{anjinho2025recommendation, author = {Anjinho, Teresa}, title = {{Recommendation on the European Commission’s compliance with ‘Better Regulation’ rules and other procedural requirements in preparing legislative proposals that it considered to be urgent (983/2025/MAS - the “Omnibus” case, 2031/2024/VB - the “migration” case, and 1379/2024/MIK - the “CAP” case)}}, institution = {ClientEarth}, year = {2025}, month = nov, url = {https://www.clientearth.org/media/cejdncgr/recommendation-s-_202401379_20251125_151250.pdf}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }