Governance of the EU: The Reform Debate on European Agencies Reignited. EPIN Working Papers No. 19, October 2008
(2008) Governance of the EU: The Reform Debate on European Agencies Reignited. EPIN Working Papers No. 19, October 2008.
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Abstract
Agencies of the European Union have been developed in response to the deepening of the internal market, which caused a significant expansion of tasks in various policy areas and engendered strain on the functioning of the Commission as the engine of the integration process. But the system of European agencies is ambiguous and lacks a common framework. Instead, the system has been developed on a case by case basis, resulting in a very heterogeneous situation concerning, inter alia, European agencies’ functions, decision-making powers and structures. Delegating powers to agencies also raises questions about their accountability and the legitimacy of their actions. The Commission, being aware of these problems, made reform proposals, but to no avail. The objective of this paper is to outline the situation of European agencies and its inherent problems. The first part provides an overview of the different stages in the development of European agencies, while the second part looks more closely at the agencies’ characteristics and how they can be defined. The following section addresses the main issues related to European agencies and the final part offers proposals for reform that are now being scrutinised.
| Item Type: | Working Paper |
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| Remote Resource Image: |  |
| Public Domain: | No |
| Refereed: | No |
| Status: | Published |
| Authors, Individual: | Andoura, Sami and Timmerman, Peter. |
| Title: | Governance of the EU: The Reform Debate on European Agencies Reignited. EPIN Working Papers No. 19, October 2008 |
| Language: | English |
| Journals and Series: | Series > Centre for European Policy Studies (Brussels) > EPIN Working Papers |
| Pages: | 37 |
| Year: | 2008 |
| Subjects: | EU policies and themes > Policies & related activities > political affairs > governance: EU & national level EU policies and themes > EU institutions & developments > institutional development/policy > general |
| Alternative Locations: | http://shop.ceps.eu/BookDetail.php?item_id=1736 |
| ID Code: | 11474 |
| Deposited By: | Wilkin, Phil |
| Deposited On: | 03 September 2009 |
