Agency Design in the European Union

Agency Design in the European Union

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This article gives a brief overview of the main features, functions and future perspectives of agencies in the European Union [EU]. It highlights the specific notion of the EU’s highly integrated, multi-level legal system as an explanatory factor for the specificities of agency design. The article...

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Main Author: Herwig C.H. Hofmann
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Windsor 2010-10-01
Series:Windsor Yearbook of Access to Justice
Online Access:https://wyaj.uwindsor.ca/index.php/wyaj/article/view/4501
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spelling doaj-aca6afc38f784f4fb41ca51e0fd0d4e92020-11-25T02:53:58ZengUniversity of WindsorWindsor Yearbook of Access to Justice2561-50172010-10-0128210.22329/wyaj.v28i2.4501Agency Design in the European UnionHerwig C.H. Hofmann0Professor of European and Transnational Public Law and founding Director of the Centre for European Law at the University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg This article gives a brief overview of the main features, functions and future perspectives of agencies in the European Union [EU]. It highlights the specific notion of the EU’s highly integrated, multi-level legal system as an explanatory factor for the specificities of agency design. The article looks at agencies in the EU through the lens of the structural and procedural arrangements for their independence and their accountability. The article comes to the conclusion that, generally speaking, accountability and independence are defined by and adapted to the position of an agency within the structure of administrative networks implementing EU law and policy. Their raison d’être is usually to coordinate Member State implementing activities rather than taking on these responsibilities themselves. https://wyaj.uwindsor.ca/index.php/wyaj/article/view/4501
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description This article gives a brief overview of the main features, functions and future perspectives of agencies in the European Union [EU]. It highlights the specific notion of the EU’s highly integrated, multi-level legal system as an explanatory factor for the specificities of agency design. The article looks at agencies in the EU through the lens of the structural and procedural arrangements for their independence and their accountability. The article comes to the conclusion that, generally speaking, accountability and independence are defined by and adapted to the position of an agency within the structure of administrative networks implementing EU law and policy. Their raison d’être is usually to coordinate Member State implementing activities rather than taking on these responsibilities themselves.
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