{"id":1740,"date":"2013-03-13T13:46:03","date_gmt":"2013-03-13T13:46:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hum.port.ac.uk\/europeanstudieshub\/?page_id=1740"},"modified":"2017-04-19T09:22:49","modified_gmt":"2017-04-19T09:22:49","slug":"executive-and-administrative-roles","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/hum.port.ac.uk\/europeanstudieshub\/learning\/module-1-understanding-eu-institutions\/the-european-commission\/executive-and-administrative-roles\/","title":{"rendered":"Executive and administrative roles"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As you already know, the European Commission:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>has the right of <b>initiative<\/b> in the law making process and proposes laws<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0manages and implements EU policies and the budget<\/li>\n<li><b>enforces<\/b> European law jointly with the European Court of Justice<\/li>\n<li>represents the EU outside (negotiations of trade agreements)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p align=\"right\">(<i>The European Commission at work. 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