co-decision definition
co-decision procedure). This means that legislative proposals from the European Commission are sent to the Council and the European Parliament, which decide under the principle of parity. Article 63 of the Treaty Establishing the European Community (TEC) provided that the Council was to adopt a specific set of measures on asylum, refugees and displaced persons within five years. Such measures were to be in accordance with the 1951 Refugee Convention and “other relevant treaties”.