The accountability of European agencies : legal provisions and ongoing practices
| Published: | Delft : Eburon, 2010 |
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| Other titles: |
De verantwoording van Europese agentschappen: juridische kaders en dagelijkse praktijken ; (met een samenvatting in het Nederlands) |
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| Format: | Book / Printed Book / Thesis |
| Language: | English Dutch |
| Physical description: | XVI, 262 S. : graph. Darst. |
| Item Description: |
Literaturverz. S. [233] - 243 |
| ISBN: | 9789059723702 |
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| 992 | |a THE ACCOUNTABILITY OF EUROPEAN AGENCIES: LEGAL PROVISIONS AND ONGOING PRACTICES DE VERANTWOORDING VAN EUROPESE AGENTSCHAPPEN: JURIDISCHE KADERS EN DAGELIJKSE PRAKTIJKEN (MET EEN SAMENVATTING IN HET NEDERIANDS) PROEFSCHRIFT TER VERKRIJGING VAN DE GRAAD VAN DOCTOR AAN DE UNIVERSITEIT UTRECHT OP GEZAG VAN DE RECTOR MAGNIFICUS, PROF.DR. J.C. STOOF, INGEVOLGE HET BESLUIT VAN HET COLLEGE VOOR PROMOTIES IN HET OPENBAAR TE VERDEDIGEN OP VRIJDAG 4 JUNI 2010 DES MIDDAGS TE 12.45 UUR DOOR ELENA MADALINA BUSUIOC GEBOREN OP 24 FEBRUARI 1982 TE SLATINA, ROMANIA TABLE OF CONTENTS ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS VII LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS XV TABLES AND FIGURES XVII 1 IN SEARCH OF AGENCY ACCOUNTABILITY 1 1.1 EUROPEAN AGENCIES AND ACCOUNTABILITY: THE KEY ISSUE 2 1.2 CONTRIBUTION TO THE LITERATURE: A STUDY OF LEGAL PROVISIONS AND ONGOING PRACTICES 6 1.3 OUTLINE OF THE BOOK 9 2 INTRODUCING EUROPEAN AGENCIES 11 2.1 A GROWING INSTITUTIONAL PHENOMENON 11 2.1.1 DEFINITION 13 2.1.2 TYPES OF AGENCIES 13 2.2 RATIONALE FOR AGENCY CREATION 15 2.2.1 COMMUNITY AGENCIES 15 2.2.2 COUNCIL AGENCIES 21 2.3 LEGAL BASIS AND CONSTRAINTS 24 2.4 HOLDING POWER TO ACCOUNT: A TYPOLOGY OF POWER 25 2.5 BRINGING THE THREADS TOGETHER: PERTINENCE TO A STUDY OF AGENCY ACCOUNTABILITY 29 3 ACCOUNTABILITY: FROM ELUSIVE "BUZZWORD" TO CLEAR-CUT CONCEPT 31 3.1 ACCOUNTABILITY AS A THREE-STAGE PROCESS 32 3.2 ACCOUNTABILITY AND CONTROL 35 3.2.1 EX ANTE CONTROL 36 3.2.2 ONGOING CONTROL 37 3.2.3 EX POST CONTROL/ACCOUNTABILITY 37 XII I TABLE OF CONTENTS 3.3 PURPOSES OF ACCOUNTABILITY 39 3.4 ACCOUNTABILITY HOW, FOR WHAT, TO WHOM? 40 3.5 THE INTERPLAY OF VARIOUS ACCOUNTABILITY MECHANISMS 41 3.6 STUDYING AGENCY ACCOUNTABILITY 43 3.6.1 A MICRO LEVEL VIEW ON ACCOUNTABILITY 44 3.6.2 MACRO LEVEL ACCOUNTABILITY 47 4 METHODOLOGY: BEHIND THE RESEARCH SCENES 49 4.1 METHOD: CASE STUDIES 49 4.2 AGENCY SAMPLE 50 4.3 SOURCES OF DATA 54 4.3.1 LEGAL AND POLICY DOCUMENTS 55 4.3.2 INTERVIEW DATA 56 5 | ||
| 992 | |a MANAGERIAL ACCOUNTABILITY: TOO MUCH BOARD, TOO LITTLE MANAGEMENT 59 5.1 MANAGEMENT BOARDS AND DIRECTORS: FORMAL ROLES AND (ACCOUNTABILITY) RELATIONS 59 5.2 INFORMING: PROVIDING INFORMATION VERSUS THE QUALITY OF BEING INFORMED 62 5.2.1 THE INS AND OUTS OF INFORMING 62 5.2.2 A FORUM'S PERCEPTION OF THE PROVISION OF INFORMATION 67 5.2.3 THE BOARDS' PREPARATION: FALLING BELOW EXPECTATIONS 70 5.3 DEBATING: AN IMPERFECT INTERACTION 72 5.3.1 LARGE BOARDS, SMALL AGENCIES 73 5.3.2 SHORTAGES OF EXPERTISE 75 5.3.3 SUBSTANCE OF THE DEBATE: OVERLOOKED ASPECTS 78 5.3.4 PARTICIPATION IN DISCUSSIONS: AN OCCASIONAL MONOLOGUE 84 5.4 CONSEQUENCES: A DAMOCLES' SWORD 87 5.5 MANAGERIAL ACCOUNTABILITY: IN PLACE BUT NOT UP TO SPEED 92 6 POLITICAL ACCOUNTABILITY: A PATCHY PICTURE 97 6.1 ACCOUNTABILITY VIS-A-VIS THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT: PIECING TOGETHER THE PUZZLE 97 6.1.1 INFORMING AND DEBATING: DE JURE REQUIREMENTS AND DE FACTO PRACTICES 100 6.1.2 CONSEQUENCES: THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT, EMPOWERED OR 'TOOTHLESS"? 117 TABLE OF CONTENTS | XIII 6.2 POLITICAL ACCOUNTABILITY VIS-A-VIS THE COUNCIL 118 6.2.1 INFORMING AND DEBATING IN THE COUNCIL ECHELONS: FLUID PRACTICES 118 6.2.2 CONSEQUENCES: POSSIBLE BUT NOT LIKELY 129 6.3 POLITICAL ACCOUNTABILITY: AT AN ARM'S LENGTH BUT NOT TOO ALOOF FROM SCRUTINISING EYES 130 7 FINANCIAL ACCOUNTABILITY: MORE THAN JUST NUMBER CRUNCHING 133 7.1 THE RELEVANT LEGAL REGIME 133 7.2 INTERNAL AUDIT BODIES: ACCOUNTABILITY FORUMS IN THEIR OWN RIGHT 136 7.3 EXTERNAL AUDIT: THE EUROPEAN COURT OF AUDITORS AND THE JOINT AUDIT COMMITTEE 140 7.3.1 INFORMING: EXTENSIVE ACCESS TO INFORMATION 142 7.3.2 DEBATING: TALKING NUMBERS 143 7.3.3 AUDIT REPORTS AS (INFORMAL) CONSEQUENCES 151 7.4 THE DISCHARGE PROCEDURE: AT THE CROSSROADS OF POLITICAL AND FINANCIAL ACCOUNTABILITY 152 7.4.1 INFORMING AND DEBATING: MULTIPLE SOURCES AND TESTIMONIES 152 7.4.2 CONSEQUENCES: FINANCES AND GOVERNANCE INTERTWINED 155 7.5 | ||
| 992 | |a AGENCIES' FINANCIAL ACCOUNTABILITY: A BALANCE SHEET 158 8 (QUASI-)JUDICIAL ACCOUNTABILITY: LIFE WITHIN AND BEYOND LEGALITY 163 8.1 ACCOUNTABILITY VIS-A-VIS THE COURT: LIFE WITHIN LEGALITY 163 8.1.1 A FULL -BLOWN ACCOUNTABILITY RELATION: INFORMING, DEBATING AND CONSEQUENCES 164 8.1.2 JUDICIAL REVIEW OF AGENCIES'ACTS 167 8.1.3 EUROPEAN AGENCIES: OUTSIDE THE TREATY BUT NOT ABOVE THE LAW 189 8.2 THE EUROPEAN OMBUDSMAN: "LIFE BEYOND LEGALITY" 191 8.2.1 THE COMPLEMENTARY ROLE OF THE EUROPEAN OMBUDSMAN 192 8.2.2 THE EUROPEAN OMBUDSMAN AS AN INSTITUTION OF ACCOUNTABILITY 193 8.2.3 THE EUROPEAN OMBUDSMAN AND AGENCIES: FURTHERING AGENCY ACCOUNTABILITY 197 8.3 (QUASI-)JUDICIAL ACCOUNTABILITY: THE FULL PICTURE 203 XIV I TABLE OF CONTENTS 9 AGENCY ACCOUNTABILITY: BETWEEN DEFICITS AND OVERLOADS 205 9.1 INDIVIDUAL ACCOUNTABILITY ARRANGEMENTS: THE MICRO LEVEL 206 9.1.1 MANAGERIAL ACCOUNTABILITY: FULLY FLEDGED BUT NOT FULLY IMPLEMENTED 206 9.1.2 POLITICAL ACCOUNTABILITY: POCKETS OF ACCOUNTABILITY 208 9.1.3 FINANCIAL ACCOUNTABILITY: FULL TIME ACCOUNT HOLDERS 210 9.1.4 (QUASI-)JUDICIAL ACCOUNTABILITY: SIGNS OF LIFE WITHIN AND BEYOND LEGALITY 212 9.2 A BIRD'S EYE VIEW OF AGENCY ACCOUNTABILITY: THE MACRO LEVEL 214 9.2.1 THE ARRAY OF ACCOUNTABILITY MECHANISMS IN PLACE 214 9.2.2 THE INTERPLAY BETWEEN THE VARIOUS ACCOUNTABILITY MECHANISMS 217 9.2.3 DE FACTO OPERATION AND INSTITUTIONAL DESIGN: THE "UNUSUAL" SUSPECTS 220 9.3 ACCOUNTABILITY: THEORETICAL INSIGHTS 223 9.4 EUROPEAN AGENCIES AND ACCOUNTABILITY: "QUO VADIST 225 9.4.1 THE IMPACT OF THE LISBON TREATY 226 9.4.2 NOT MORE BUT BETTER ACCOUNTABILITY 228 9.4.3 BEYOND THE "ONE-SIZE-FITS-ALL" APPROACH 230 BIBLIOGRAPHY 233 LIST OF OFFICIAL DOCUMENTS AND REPORTS 245 LIST OF CASES 251 LIST OF RESPONDENTS 253 SAMENVATTING (SUMMARY IN DUTCH) 257 CURRICULUM VITAE 263 | ||
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