《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(huì)保持開放，與代表進(jìn)行透明和定期對(duì)話關(guān)于重要議題的協(xié)會(huì)。第十二次煤炭對(duì)話，由歐盟委員會(huì)能源和歐洲委員會(huì)煤和褐煤協(xié)會(huì)（EURACOAL），在最近的巴黎氣候談判回合（第21屆締約方會(huì)議）。這個(gè)對(duì)話的結(jié)構(gòu)如下主題：巴黎氣候變化的結(jié)果會(huì)議，能源聯(lián)盟氣候目標(biāo)，國(guó)際煤炭市場(chǎng)及其社會(huì)影響煤炭產(chǎn)業(yè)結(jié)構(gòu)調(diào)整與現(xiàn)代化。

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. The 12th 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 after the recent  round of climate negotiations (COP 21) in Paris. The  dialogue was structured around the following  themes: outcomes from the Paris Climate Change  Conference, the Energy Union climate targets, international coal markets and the social impacts of  coal industry restructuring and modernisation.