European Agencies Flashcards
What are European Agencies?
Decentralized units entrusted with fulfilling tasks belonging to EU institutions.
To what doctrine is the creation of European Agencies still subject to?
Maroney’s doctrine.
What is the Maroney’s doctrine?
It is possible to delegate powers under condition that delegation includes clearly defined implementing powers.
What are the tasks of most European agencies?
- collection and exchange of information
- the coordination of the activities of the Member states authorities
- providing necessary knowledge and scientific support to EU institutions
What is the organizational structure like?
Each agency has a collective body, a board administrative council. composed of representatives of the member states representatives of the European Commission and sometimes also representatives of other institutions of other entities.
What do most agencies have considered they are an expert base for the EU institutions?
Scientific commissions.
By which standards are European agencies bound in carrying out their tasks?
They are bound by standards of conduct resulting from the right to good administration referred to in article 42 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights.
Who exercises the administrative and political control over the activies of the European agencies?
The Member States and the EU institutions.
How shall be governed the agency’s contractual liability?
By the law applicable to the contract in question.
How shall be governed the agency’s noncontractual liability?
According to the general principles common to the laws of the Member States.
What is the European Union’s intellectual property office?
The office responsible for managing the EU trademark and the registered Union design.
What kind of legal capacity does the intellectual property office enjoy in each of the Member States?
It enjoys the most extensive legal capacity accorded to legal persons under their laws.
In which languages should the application for an EU trademark be filled?
English, French, German, Italian, and Spanish.
What is the organizational structure of the office like?
The office has its bodies, executive director and management board.
What is the European Community plant variety office?
An EU agency responsible for the management of the community plant variety right system.
What is the organizational structure of the European Community plant variety office like?
The office has its bodies, the president and the administrative council. One or two Boards of Appeal may be established within the office.
What is the implementation of EU law by the agencies from the point of view of Member States?
It is an expression of the centralization of the process of administrative law enforcement at the EU level.
What are agencies set up to manage sometimes?
They are set up to manage the exchange of information between national authorities or to collect information from national authorities organized in the form of a European Network.
What do European networks express?
They express links within a multi-level EU administration between the EU and national levels reflecting characteristic methods of administrative law enforcement in EU.
What are the agencies created to ensure within the framework of the so-called integrated administration?
They are created to ensure the effective implementation of EU policies in an increasingly complex context of regulatory actions.
When were created the first European agencies?
In the 1970s.
When was the next stage of the creation of European agencies?
In the 1990s.
When was the third stage of the creation of European agencies?
It falls on the last decade.
Define European agencies.
They can be defined as bodies established on the basis of secondary legislation; bodies with legal personality having their own administration and equipped with their own competences, financially in abandoned and entrusted with tasks covered by EU competence.
On what principle do European agencies perform tasks entrusted to EU institutions under the treaties?
On the principle of delegation of powers.
What are executive agencies?
Agencies whose task is to support the European Commission in the implementation of EU financial support programs.
What are regulatory agencies?
Agencies actively involved in the implementation of EU law by issuing instruments contributing to the regulation of a given sector.
Are there agencies with decision-making competences?
Yes, but they still remain in the minority.
How do agencies contribute to regulation of a given sector?
By preparing scientific opinions which are an indispensable prerequisite for the European Commission to take an administrative decision or are an important point of reference for the development of binding legal regulations.
Who manages the agency’s work?
Executive director, sometimes called administrative director; appointed by the board.
Can the agency include other bodies in addition to the director and board?
Yes.
Which agencies have appeal boards?
Agencies with decision-making competences.
What is the characteristic feature of the agencies as an element of the so-called integrated EU administration?
The agencies often coordinate the activities of the Member States in a given field.
Who adopts the procedural rules for the operation of European agencies?
The competent bodies of the agency.
How is the transparency of the activities of the European agencies guaranteed?
It is guaranteed by treaty provisions and specific provisions included in legislative acts, establishing an EEO agency.
