Comisiile permanente sint organe de lucru ale Parlamentului, infiintate pentru efectuarea activitatii Parlamentului.
Comisiile permanente raspund in fata Parlamentului si ii sint subordonate. Statutul si modul de functionare a comisiilor permanente se stabilesc prin Regulamentul Parlamentului.
Comisiile permanente se aleg pe intreaga durata a legislaturii. Numarul comisiilor, denumirea, componenta numerica si nominala a fiecarei comisii se va hotari de Parlament, la propunerea Biroului permanent.

Parlamentul de legislatura XVIII-a a constituit 9 comisii permanente:

• Committee on Legal Affairs, Appointments and Immunities
  
  
• Committee on Economy, Budget and Finance
  
  
• Committee on National Security, Defense and Public Order
  
  
• Committee on Foreign Policy and European Integration
  
  
• Committee on Human Rights and Inter-Ethnic Relations
  
  
• Committee on Public Administration, Environment and Regional Development
  
  
• Committee on Culture, Education, Research, Youth, Sports, and Mass Media
  
  
• Committee on Agriculture and Food Industry
  
  
• Committee on Social Protection, Healthcare and Family