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Legislation, Delegation and Implementation under the Treaty of Lisbon: Typology Meets Reality
Author(s) -
Hofmann Herwig
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
european law journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.351
H-Index - 54
eISSN - 1468-0386
pISSN - 1351-5993
DOI - 10.1111/j.1468-0386.2009.00474.x
Subject(s) - typology , delegation , treaty , legislation , legislature , political science , treaty of lisbon , law and economics , relation (database) , public administration , law , member states , sociology , business , european union , international trade , computer science , database , anthropology
The Treaty of Lisbon has introduced a complex new typology of acts, distinguishing between legislative, delegated and implementing acts. This reform, the first since the Treaty of Rome, will have an impact on some of the most contested topics of EU law, touching several central questions of a constitutional nature. This article critically analyses which potential effects and consequences the reform will have. It looks, inter alia, at the aspects of the shifting relation between EU institutions, the distribution of powers between the EU and its Member States, as well as the future of rule‐making and implementation structures such as comitology and agencies.