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When subjected to control by comitology procedures, the Commission must ask the relevant committee of member state representatives for a formal opinion before implementation measures can be adopted. The committee then delivers its opinion by voting on the Commission’s proposal. In 2009, the comitology committees delivered a total of 2091 formal opinions. Only ten opinions – less than one per cent – were unfavourable (Commission, 2010a). 2009 was not an unusual year. It is very rare that comitology committees vote against the Commission.
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Blom-Hansen, J. (2011). The Comitology System in Daily Practice. In: The EU Comitology System in Theory and Practice. Palgrave Studies in European Union Politics. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230353268_8
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