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assent procedure
A procedure introduced by the Single European Act 1986 that gave greater powers to the European Parliament over the unelected European Commission. It applied when there was a single reading of a new legislative measure in the Parliament: Parliament either assented by an absolute majority to the measure as presented to it or rejected it; it did not have a power to amend the measure. Under the Lisbon Treaty of 2007 the assent procedure has been replaced by the ordinary legislative procedure in nearly all areas; where it is retained, it is known as the consent procedure. Compare codecision procedure; cooperation procedure. |