European Parliament
Angelika Werthmann  (NI ),
in writing.
– The ‘implied competence’ theory is not used very often. On the other hand, the EU mainly uses the ordinary legislative procedure. The rapporteur states that there is no legal basis applicable (in the case of publications for the Union) which provides for the use of a specific decision-making procedure. He therefore, suggested the use of the ‘flexibility clause’ as in Article 352 TFEU and therefore this report has to be supported. Its adoption will improve the electronic version of the OJ, as electronic versions of legal acts are not legally binding and will eliminate the paper versions of the OJ.

