Administrative Regulation Beyond the Non-Delegation Doctrine: A Study on EU Agencies

Introduction: In the Trap of EU Agencies’ Powers: Perspectives for an Analysis 1
1. The Non-Delegation Doctrine and the Limits to EU Agencies’ Powers
I. Introduction
II. Pillars of the Non-Delegation Doctrine in the EU
III. The Meroni Doctrine
IV. ‘Dark Side’ of the Meroni Doctrine
V. Meroni Doctrine Revisited: ESMA Short Selling Case
VI. Competence of EU Agencies in the Shadow of Conferral
VII. Administrative Powers and the Non-Delegation Doctrine: Variables for an Enquiry
2. Killing Me Softly? The Quasi-Regulatory Powers of EU Agencies
I. Introduction
II. Diversity of EU Agencies and Taxonomy of their Powers
III. Challenges of Adjudication and Executive Rule-Making
IV. Towards a Decentralised Model for Regulation
V. Final Remarks
3. Administrative Governance Beyond the Treaties: The Challenge of Administrative Powers
I. Introduction
II. Concept of Discretion under EU Law
III. Distinctive Significance of Administrative Discretion
IV. EU Agencies and Administrative Discretion
V. Administrative Discretion and the Non-Delegation Doctrine
VI. EU Agencies and Frameworks for Administrative Governance
VII. Distinctive Model of EU Agencies’ Powers
4. Administrative Power Bundled Up: A Tenable EU Agencies’ Governance?
I. Introduction
II. Principle of Autonomy
III. Procedural Protection and the Right to Good Administration
IV. Procedural Requirements and Administrative Discretion
V. Procedural Issues of Composite Administration
VI. Internal Administrative Review of EU Agencies’ Acts
VII. Effective Judicial Protection Against EU Agencies’ Acts
VIII. Standard of Judicial Review
IX. Meroni Doctrine Going Forward
Conclusions: The ‘Long and Winding Road’ to EU Administrative Regulation