Poche normative dell’Unione europea hanno causato, negli anni, controversie tanto accese quanto le diverse direttive in materia di lavorazione, presentazione e vendita dei prodotti del tabacco e dei prodotti correlati sul mercato interno europeo. Non…
Research note by Ixchel Pérez Durán The European Union’s increased powers regarding the public policies implemented in all Member States have led to the creation of European Union agencies (EUAs). To date, there are 35…
by Stijn van Voorst. Original source: European Union Studies Association The European Commission is often said to be a frontrunner in the field of ex-post evaluation (Stern, 2009, 69). Not only has it developed its…
Embed from Getty Images British Prime Minister David Cameron pledged to renegotiate the UK’s relations with the European Union. The renegotiation will be followed by a referendum by the end of 2017, to decide…
In May 2015, the European Commission presented a set of measures to deliver better rules for better results. This Better Regulation Agenda included the proposal for a new Interinstitutional Agreement on Better Law-Making to help the…
È stato pubblicato il nuovo fascicolo della rivista “Risk&Regulation”, edita dal Centre for Analysis of Risk and Regulation (CARR) della London School of Economics (LSE). Gli argomenti trattati spaziano dalle implicazioni della “governance by numbers”…
Il 18 novembre 2011 il Comitato affari costituzionali del Parlamento europeo ha pubblicato un nuovo rapporto sulla trasparenza, accountability e integrità delle attività di lobbying presso le istituzioni dell’Unione europea. Il rapporto suggerisce l’introduzione del…
Nineteen EU member states, which between them represent over three-quarters of EU citizens and over 80% of EU GDP, have written to European Commission Vice President Frans Timmermans calling for the Commission to adopt clear targets for reducing the overall burden of EU regulation on…
Abstract by Olha Cherednychenko The instrumental use of private law, in particular contract law, by the EU raises a complex issue concerning the relationship between contract-related regulation and traditional private law and underlines the need for…
Research note by Katrin Auel and Thomas Christiansen ‘Maybe not formally speaking, but at least politically speaking, all national parliaments have become, in a way, European institutions’ (Van Rompuy 2012). As the statement suggest, the former…