Comitology Votes Database 2008-2013

Fernández Pasarín, Ana Mar  (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona)

Imprint:	Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona 2019
Abstract:	The EUCOM dataset contains information regarding six years of comitology committee voting procedures (2008-2013). All voting sheets available in the new Comitology Register of the European Commission for the years 2008-2013 were coded to identify the structure of votes and, in particular, the patterns of support and opposition to the Commission’s draft implementing proposals over the period under scrutiny (N=7. 337). In order to assess the scope of contestation for any instance of voting, the number of votes ‘for’, votes ‘against’, and ‘abstentions’, as well as the number of votes ‘not represented’, were counted. This information was classified in terms of committees (222), procedures (advisory, management, regulatory, regulatory with scrutiny, or safeguard procedure, before the entry into force of the 2011 comitology reform; then advisory, examination, or regulatory with scrutiny procedures after the reform) and policy domains according to the Comitology Register’s classifications. Additionally, in order to investigate the relationship between member states’ national representatives’ voting behaviour and the frequency of meetings, these data have been complemented with attendance lists, which are also available in the Comitology Register.
Abstract:	Database attributes: 1. Year of the vote. 2. Voting sheet code. 3. Comitology committee code. 4. Committee name. 5. Dossier code. 6. Dossier title. 7. Dossier date of start. 8. Dossier date of end. 9. Draft implementing measure code. 10. Directorate General code. 11. Comitology procedure. 12. Procedure number. 13. Pre/Post-2011 comitology reform. 14. Structure of votes (votes ‘for’/votes ‘against’/’abstentions’). 15. Number of states not represented. 16. Final opinion delivered by the committee (favourable/not favourable/no opinion). 17. Committee’s number of meetings.
Grants:	MINECO/CSO2017-87683-P
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Language:	Anglès
Document:	dataset ; Dataset
Related work:	Fernández Pasarin, Ana-Mar; Dehousse, Renaud; Plaza, Joan Pere. «Comitology: the strength of dissent» in Journal of European Integration, Vol. 43, Issue 3 (2021) p. 311-330 https://doi.org/10.1080/07036337.2020.1740697

DOI:10.5565/ddd.uab.cat/215332