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This report evaluates the Commission’s monitoring of the application of European Union law in 2009. It focuses on the fundamental role of the Commission as guardian of the Treaty and the Commission’s powers and duty to bring infringement proceedings against a Member State that has failed to fulfil an obligation under the Treaty. It reiterates that the infringement procedure consists of two phases: the administrative (investigation) stage and the judicial stage before the Court of Justice. In the administrative phase, the role of citizens (complainants) in ensuring compliance with Union law on the ground is of paramount importance. Bringing Europe closer to its citizens and embracing techniques of good governance are intrinsically linked. One of the areas of direct interaction between Europe and EU citizens is precisely the administrative phase of Article 258 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU), where citizens turn to the Commission and Parliament for help in order to access their European rights. It is therefore vital that complainants are treated according to principles of good administration. The rapporteur therefore calls on the Commission to propose procedural law in the form of a regulation under the new legal basis of Article 298 TFEU, in order to reinforce citizens’ rights and guarantee transparency. This procedural law would not in any way limit the discretional power of the Commission but merely guarantee that, when exercising its power, the Commission respects the principles of an open, efficient and independent European administration, as referred to in Article 298 and in Article 41 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights."@en1
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