Interinstitutional agreements on comitology and on exercising the right of inquiry (codecision)

The European Parliament adopted the modus vivendi between the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission with regard to comitology issues. The European Parliament felt that this modus vivendi represented a pragmatic and temporary approach to tackling the problems that arose when applying the procedure laid down in Article 189b, on the understanding that a definitive and fully democratic solution to these problems should be agreed during the 1996 Intergovernmental Conference. �