《歐洲聯(lián)盟條約》第11條載有有助于促進(jìn)歐洲的代議制民主。為此，歐盟委員會保持開放，與代表進(jìn)行透明和定期對話關(guān)于重要議題的協(xié)會。這個(gè)，11號第六屆煤炭對話歐盟委員會能源和歐洲委員會煤和褐煤協(xié)會（EURACOAL），研究了煤炭在歐洲和當(dāng)前的挑戰(zhàn)，新的技術(shù)、空氣污染控制立法和煤炭產(chǎn)業(yè)結(jié)構(gòu)調(diào)整。

Article 11 of the Treaty on European Union contains various provisions to help promote a system of  representative democracy in Europe. To that end,  the European Commission maintains an open,  transparent and regular dialogue with representative  associations on topics of importance. This, the 11 th Coal Dialogue jointly organised by the  European Commission DG Energy and the European  Association for Coal and Lignite (EURACOAL),  examined the future role of coal in Europe and  current challenges, with sessions on new  technologies, air pollution control legislation and  coal industry restructuring.