comitatologia

comitology (EU committee procedure)

noun koh-mee-tah-toh-loh-JEE-ah Rare

Usage Note

Comitatologia is an EU institutional term denoting the system of committees (comitati) through which member-state representatives supervise the European Commission's implementation of EU legislation. It is a direct borrowing from French comitologie and English 'comitology.' Outside EU policy circles the word is essentially unknown to ordinary Italian speakers.

Examples

"La comitatologia regola l'attuazione delle norme UE."

Natural Translation

Comitology governs the implementation of EU rules.

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