Jens Blom Hansen: 2 books
The EU Comitology System in Theory and Practice
Keeping an Eye on the Commission?
Language: English
Release Date: October 18, 2011
EU law consists of several thousand acts of which the overwhelming majority are made by the Commission. The Commission is controlled by comitology, a system of committees of member state representatives that are consulted when new acts are proposed. This book looks at why the system was created, how it functions and how it has evolved.
Controlling the EU Executive?
The Politics of Delegation in the European Union
Language: English
Release Date: September 7, 2017
Every year the EU Commission issues thousands of rules based on powers delegated by the Council of Ministers and the European Parliament. But delegation is carefully controlled. Traditionally, control has been exerted through a system of committees of member state representatives ('comitology'). However,...