The main objective of the book is to answer the question of the proper theoretical justification for the regulatory agencies which are an important component of the EU institutional structure. They are independent bodies appointed by the European Commission in
New TARN Working Paper on ‘Exploring the Possibility of Interplay between Different Types of Control: Connecting Political and Judicial Accountability in the Case of EASA’
Lisette Mustert and Miroslava Scholten, ‘Exploring the Possibility of Interplay between Different Types of Control: Connecting Political and Judicial Accountability in the Case of EASA’. More and more agencies have been created at both EU and national levels, which cooperate
New TARN Working Paper on ‘Energy Trading and its Multiplicity of Supervisors: Effectiveness of Fragmented Supervision and Information Sharing in View of Reporting Obligations for Energy Trading Companies’
Liebrich Hiemstra, ‘Energy Trading and its Multiplicity of Supervisors: Effectiveness of Fragmented Supervision and Information Sharing in View of Reporting Obligations for Energy Trading Companies’ Energy companies trading in derivatives which have a value based on an energy product (“Energy
New TARN Working Paper on ‘EU agencies in banking and energy between institutional and policy centralisation’
Sandra Eckert, ‘EU agencies in banking and energy between institutional and policy centralisation’. This working paper suggests to analyse agencification as a double process of institutional and policy centralisation. To that end, it develops a categorisation of agencies that incorporates
Book publication: Controlling EU Agencies – The Rule of Law in a Multi-Jurisdictional Legal Order
By Miroslava Scholten and Alex Brennikmeijer This blogpost introduces the book ‘Controlling EU Agencies The Rule of Law in a Multi-jurisdictional Legal Order’ which launches the debate on how to build a comprehensive system of controls in light of
New TARN Working Paper on ‘Frontex actions: out of control? The complexity of composite decision-making procedures’
Sarah Tas, ‘Frontex actions: out of control? The complexity of composite decision-making procedure’. Frontex operations can have important consequences on an individual’s life, and they should consequently be subject to an efficient control in order to offer adequate legal protection
New teaching seminar on EU Agencies at the College of Europe (Bruges)
As of next academic year, TARN members Ellen Vos and Merijn Chamon (both Maastricht University) will be Visiting Professors at the College of Europe (Bruges), teaching a seminar on ‘EU agencies: shifting paradigms of EU administration’. Together with the students,
New TARN Working Paper on ‘Public international law as a means to empower EU bodies: The case of the Single Resolution Board (SRB)’
Paul Weismann, ‘Public international law as a means to empower EU bodies: The case of the Single Resolution Board (SRB)’. The Single Resolution Board (SRB) is a European agency entrusted with a varied pouvoir by the EU-Regulation establishing the Single
New TARN Working Paper on ‘The EBA’s relationship with member states in the banking union framework: Supportive or disruptive?’
Marta Božina Beroš, ‘The EBA’s relationship with member states in the banking union framework Supportive or disruptive?’. The establishment of the Banking Union (BU) and of the Single Supervisory Mechanism (SSM) have pressured the EBA into an ‘existential search’ (Ferran
The appeal to expertise in Frontex
by Trym Nohr Fjørtoft In 2015, many European states experienced a massive influx of migrants and refugees seeking protection within their borders. The European Refugee crisis was a crisis in many respects—first and foremost for the people forced to flee
New TARN blog post: Trym Nohr Fjørtoft “The appeal to expertise in Frontex” (10 April 2020)
Trym Nohr Fjørtoft: “The appeal to expertise in Frontex” (10 April 2020)