LEGAL BASIS FOR AN EU MANDATORY LOBBY REGISTER

The establishment of a mandatory lobby register at the EU level would require the adoption of a regulation through the ordinary legislative procedure or the special procedure provided in Article 352 TFEU. In both cases, the European Commission would need to propose such a regulation and the Council would have to approve of it (unanimously) and only with the consent of Parliament in Article 352 TFEU and acting on the basis of a qualified majority vote as co-legislator with Parliament in the ordinary legislative procedure.