RESPONSIBILITY OF MEMBER STATES REPRESENTATIVES AND PERSONNEL ON THE EXAMPLE OF SOME EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS

Abstract

Abstract: the article analyzes the features of the responsibility of official representatives of the Member States and European Union personnel on the example of particular institutions of the European Union. Four of the seven institutions of the European Union were included in the analysis, namely: the European Parliament, the European Council, the Council of the European Union and the Commission of the European Union. The article examines the provisions of a number of EU legal acts on the responsibility of representatives of member states and EU personnel, in particular Treaty on the European Union of 1992, Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union of 1957, Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union of 2000, Act concerning the election of the Members of the European Parliament by direct universal suffrage of 1976, Protocol on the Privileges and Immunities of the European Union of 2007, Statute  for members of the European Parliament of 2005, Rules of Procedure of the European Parliament, Rules of Procedure of the European Council, Rules of Procedure of the Council, Rules of Procedure of the European Commission. As a result of the analysis of these acts of primary and secondary law of the European Union, it was possible to reveal a number of features of the responsibility of member states representatives in particular institutions of the European Union and personnel of the European Union individual institutions. Such features in the article include: attachment of political, administrative, disciplinary and financial responsibilities in the analyzed acts of European Union law and the absence in them of a direct indication of the possibility to put these categories of persons under criminal responsibility; a differentiated approach, which in most cases shows itself in various types, forms and mechanisms for the realization of the responsibility of official representatives of the European Union Member States and personnel of European Union institutions; realization within the institute of responsibility of the Member States representatives and personnel of EU institutions a balanced approach based on the sphere and volume of functions performed by such an individual.