have a look at EC treaty, article n.251, you can find it here (it's the standard way to aprovate reglaments and directives)\n\nhttp://www.europa.eu.int/eur-lex/lex/en/treaties/dat/12002E/htm/C_2002325EN.003301.html\n\npersonally, I think there's a democratic deficit because the Parliament should me more involved, but on another point of view, the system is very complex, but is working quite good