Committees · Legal Affairs

JURI

1 ESN seat

Legal Affairs.

The Committee on Legal Affairs ensures that EU legislation is legally coherent, compliant with the Treaties and supportive of the internal market, citizens’ rights and legal certainty.

ESN seats

Members total

Subcommittees

2024–29

10th term

Mandate & Tasks

What This Committee Handles.

Its remit includes civil, commercial and company law, intellectual property, insolvency, private international law, digital liability and contract law. JURI examines legislative proposals, prepares reports and amendments, monitors implementation, verifies legal bases, resolves competence disputes and handles matters related to the Court of Justice and parliamentary immunity.

Key facts · JURI

Full name

Committee on Legal Affairs

Size

25 members

ESN seats

1 of 25

Subcommittees

Meeting cycle

Legal basis

Annex VI of the EP Rules of Procedure

ESN in JURI

JURI will continue work on company-law and private-law initiatives

— ESN Committee Booklet · Committee on Legal Affairs

Remit

Four Policy Areas of the Committee.

ESN Position

Our Line in the Committee.

The Group’s priorities in this committee, as set out in the ESN Committee Booklet.

Competences, Subsidiarity and Proportionality

In JURI, ESN pays particular attention to ensuring that the European Union acts within the competences conferred by the Treaties and respects subsidiarity and proportionality.

Clear and Efficient Legislation

ESN supports legislation that is clear, efficient and limited to what is strictly necessary.

Simplification and Legal Certainty

It emphasises simplification, reduction of administrative burdens, legal certainty and a regulatory environment that supports citizens, businesses, entrepreneurship and innovation.

ESN Members in JURI

One Seat in This Committee.

The ESN seat in JURI is held by the Members listed below. The named assignment is updated at the start of each session period.

Full Member

Mary KHAN

Substitute Member

Marcin SYPNIEWSKI

As of 2026 · Full list with named assignments available on request from the secretariat

Track record

Key Achievements.

ESN has contributed to JURI’s work on company law, insolvency, cross-border legal structures, intellectual property and digitalisation of legal procedures. In these files, it has consistently supported measures that improve competitiveness and facilitate cross-border economic activity while opposing additional layers of regulation where national or local solutions are more appropriate. ESN has also stressed the importance of correct legal bases, clear drafting and proportionate implementation in order to protect citizens and businesses from legal uncertainty.

ESN in action

Defended Treaty limits, subsidiarity and proportionality.

Promoted simplification and lower administrative burdens.

Supported legal certainty for businesses operating across borders.

Outlook

Looking Ahead.

In the coming months, JURI will continue work on company-law and private-law initiatives, including insolvency, cross-border legal entities, digitalisation of company procedures and other measures affecting businesses operating in the Single Market. ESN will assess these files against the principles of subsidiarity, proportionality, competitiveness, simplification and legal certainty.

Documents

From the Parliament.

Studies, briefings and meeting documents of this committee, published by the European Parliament.

Draft Opinion · 2026

Discharge in respect of the implementation of the general budget of the European Union for the financial 2025 – Court of Justice of the European Union

Draft Report · 2026

European Union regulatory fitness and subsidiarity and proportionality – report on Better Law-Making covering 2025 and 2026

Opinion Letter · 2026

Opinion on the legal basis of the Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directives 2000/14/EC, 2011/65/EU, 2013/53/EU, 2014/29/EU, 2014/30/EU, 2014/31/EU, 2014/32/EU, 2014/33/EU, 2014/34/EU, 2014/35/EU, 2014/53/EU, 2014/68/EU and 2014/90/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards digitalisation and common specifications

Draft Opinion · 2026

Institutional Framework of the European Union and its interaction with national authorities in the application of Union law, with particular reference to Article 19 TEU

Opinion Letter · 2026

Opinion on the legal basis of the proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive 2009/43/EC and 2009/81/EC, as regards the simplification of intra-EU transfers of defence-related products and the simplification of security and defence procurement

Draft Report · 2026

A draft regulation of the European Parliament amending Decision 2005/684/EC, Euratom adopting the Statute for Members of the European Parliament, as regards proxy voting

Opinion Letter · 2026

Opinion on the legal basis of the recommendations to the Commission on psychosocial risk, stress and mental health at work

Draft Report · 2026

Proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the 28th regime corporate legal framework - 'EU Inc.'

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