@ARTICLE{Jedlińska_Kaja_The_2019, author={Jedlińska, Kaja and Olkuski, Tadeusz}, volume={vol. 22}, number={No 1}, journal={Polityka Energetyczna - Energy Policy Journal}, pages={5-18}, howpublished={online}, year={2019}, publisher={Instytut Gospodarki Surowcami Mineralnymi i Energią PAN}, abstract={The article presents the EU legislative procedure and decision-making processes with a special emphasis on decisions regarding energy policy. It has been pointed out that most of the energy related legal acts, including the renewable energy directive and those aimed at the gradual reduction of emissions of harmful substances, are adopted according to the ordinary legislative procedure. However, special legislative procedures apply in the case of international agreements between the European Union and third countries. The trilogues, i.e. meetings of the European Commission, the European Parliament, and the Council, aimed at reaching a common position before the first reading in the EP, are of great importance in decision making. The article also discusses the problem of energy policy and its impact on the environment, recalling the relevant articles of the Treaty on the functioning of the European Union. The most important paths of influence of the Member States on new legal acts in the context of energy policy have also been shown. This is an extremely important issue from the investors’ point of view, since projects related to the energy industry have a very long payback period, so the stability and predictability of the Community’s energy policy is of paramount importance to them. The possibilities of shaping new laws related to energy at the stage of preparing a regulation are discussed later in the article. The work of parliamentary committees, especially those related to energy, i.e. the ITRE (The Committee on Industry, Research and Energy) Committee and ENVI (The Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety) has also been discussed. In addition, the article clearly shows different approaches of Western European countries and the Central and Eastern European countries (including Poland) towards energy issues.}, type={Article}, title={The decision-making process in the EU in the field of energy policy}, URL={http://www.czasopisma.pan.pl/Content/113280/PDF-MASTER/01-Jedlinska-Olkuski.pdf}, keywords={energy policy, European Parliament, Council of the European Union, legislation}, }