European Parliament Committee on Legal Affairs

The Committee on Legal Affairs (JURI) is a committee of the European Parliament.

Responsibilities

The main responsibilities of the committee are the interpretation and application of international and European law and the compliance of European Union acts with the treaties of the European Union. It is also responsible for legislation in the areas of civil law, commercial law, intellectual property and procedural law. It is responsible for matters relating to the statutes and political immunity of MEPs and EU staff.[1]

The member of the European Commission responsible for legal affairs is the European Commissioner for Justice, Consumers and Gender Equality. In the European Commission. The committee responds to the Justice and Home Affairs Council of the Council of the European Union.

Pre-hearing of designated nominees to the European Commission

The committee scrutinizes the declaration of financial interests of designated nominees to the European Commission and adverts about conflicts of interest. It may declare a nominee unable to carry out his duties of a commissioner if upcoming concerns are not cleared up. In September 2019 the committee rejected two nominees of the Von der Leyen Commission, in particular Rovana Plumb and László Trócsányi.[2][3]

This scrutiny should not to be confound with the subsequent hearings dealing with the European Commission candidates' portfolio.[4]

Members in the 8th legislature (2014–2019)
MEPCountryGroup
Max AnderssonSwedenGreens/EFA
Joëlle BergeronFranceEFDD
Marie-Christine BoutonnetFranceNon-Inscrits
Jean-Marie Cavada (Vice-Chair)FranceALDE
Kostas ChrysogonosGreeceGUE/NGL
Therese Comodini CachiaMaltaEPP
Mady Delvaux-Stehres (Vice-Chair)LuxembourgS&D
Andrzej DudaPolandECR
Rosa Estaràs FerragutSpainEPP
Laura FerraraItalyEFDD
Lidia Joanna Geringer de Oedenberg (Vice-Chair)PolandS&D
Mary HoneyballUnited KingdomS&D
Dietmar KösterGermanyS&D
Sajjad KarimUnited KingdomECR
Gilles LebretonFranceNon-Inscrits
Antonio Marinho e PintoPortugalALDE
Jiří MaštálkaCzech RepublicGUE/NGL
Alessandra MorettiItalyS&D
Emil RadevBulgariaEPP
Felix RedaGermanyGreens/EFA
Evelyn RegnerAustriaS&D
Pavel Svoboda (Chair)Czech RepublicEPP
József SzájerHungaryEPP
Axel Voss (Vice-Chair)GermanyEPP
Tadeusz ZwiefkaPolandEPP

Members in the 9th legislature (2019–2024)[5]

Following the United Kingdom's withdrawal from the European Union chair Lucy Nethsingha was replaced by Adrián Vázquez Lázara on 17 February 2020.[6]

MEPCountryGroup
Adrián Vázquez Lázara (Chair)SpainRE
Sergey Lagodinsky (Vice-Chair)GermanyGreens/EFA
Marion Walsmann (Vice-Chair)GermanyEPP
Iban García del Blanco (Vice-Chair)SpainS&D
Raffaele Stancanelli (Vice-Chair)ItalyECR
Manon AubryFranceGUE/NGL
Gunnar BeckGermanyID
Geoffroy DidierFranceEPP
Angel DzhambazkiBulgariaEPP
Jean-Paul GarraudFranceID
Esteban González PonsSpainEPP
Mislav KolakušićCroatiaNI
Gilles LebretonFranceID
Karen MelchiorDanish RealmRE
Jiří PospíšilCzech RepublicEPP
Franco RobertiItalyS&D
Marcos Ros SempereSpainS&D
Liesje SchreinemacherNetherlandsRE
Stéphane SéjournéFranceRE
József SzájerHungaryEPP
Marie ToussaintFranceGreens/EFA
Axel VossGermanyEPP
Tiemo WölkenGermanyS&D
Lara WoltersNetherlandsS&D
Javier ZarzalejosSpainEPP

References
  1. Duties of the JURI-committee.
  2. Romanian, Hungarian Commissioner nominees rejected
  3. "Romania and Hungary's Commission picks rejected for second time". POLITICO. 30 September 2019. Retrieved 5 October 2019.
  4. How Parliament votes the European Commission into office
  5. JURI-members in the 9th European Parliament legislature
  6. Impact of Post-Brexit on EP Committees
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