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SoSe 14: VL European Administrative Law

Angelos Gerontas

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FFK und Wahlveranstaltung im SB 7, USP 2

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Course Description

This course provides an analysis of the idea of the European Union administration, its foundation and the major actors involved in its establishment and operation. The module is divided into four parts. The first part explores the constitutional framework of EU administrative law. The course then analyzes the EU governance structures and procedures. Within this framework, the comitology system and the role of EU administrative agencies and private parties within the EU governance will be examined. The third part of the course concentrates on the decision-making processes of the EU administration. Finally, the course examines how the EU enforces its acts along with the administrative, political and judicial supervision of EU administrative action.
The main textbook for this course will be Administrative Law and Policy of the European Union by Herwig C.H. Hofmann, Gerard C. Rowe, and Alexander H. Türk. Lectures will be enriched with articles and court decisions.

Prerequisite

Students must have successfully completed a course on administrative law of any jurisdiction.

Method of instruction

12 x 2-hour sessions.

Exam

Evaluation occurs on the basis of a final exam.

Recommended Materials

Herwig C.H. Hofmann, Gerard C. Rowe, and Alexander H. Türk, Administrative Law and Policy of the European Union, (Oxford University Press, 2011).

Course Syllabus

Topic	Recommended materials
1. INTRODUCTION
Session 1: The Idea of European Union Administration? Its Nature and Development	Hofmann et al., pp. 3-19, EU Administrative Law? Purposes and Ambit Jürgen Schwarze, European Administrative Law in the Light of the Treaty of Lisbon 18 EUROPEAN PUBLIC LAW, (2012), pp. 285-304
EU Administrative Law- Purposes and Ambit	Jürgen Schwarze, European Administrative Law in the Light of the Treaty of Lisbon 18 EUROPEAN PUBLIC LAW, (2012), pp. 285–304
II. THE CONSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK OF EUROPEAN UNION ADMINISTRATIVE LAW
Sources of EU Administrative Law (I) Primary Law Public International Law	Hofmann et al., pp. 67-87 Joined Cases C-402/05 P & C-415/05 P, Kadi & Al Barakaat v. Council of the European Union [2008] ECR I-6351
Session 2: Sources of EU Administrative Law (II) EU legal acts Member States legal acts Comparative Law as source of EU Administrative Law	Hofmann et al., pp. 88-101/ 112-116 J-V Louis, National Parliaments and the Principle of Subsidiarity—Legal Options and Practical Limits in: I. PERNICE AND E. TANCHEV (EDS), CECI N'EST PAS UNE CONSTITUTION—CONSTITUTIONALIZATION WITHOUT A CONSTITUTION? (2009), pp. 131–154
Session 4: General Principles Framing EU Administrative Law The democracy principle and the rule of law Protection of fundamental rights Transparency Legal certainty Good administration	Hofmann et al., pp. 143-203 German Federal Constitutional Court, Lisbon Decision Koen Lenaerts, The Rule of Law and the Coherence of the Judicial System of the European Union, 44 CMLR (2007), pp. 1625-1659 Hanns Peter Nehl, Good administration as procedural right and/or general principle? in: HERWIG CH HOFMANN AND ALEXANDER H TÜRK (EDS), LEGAL CHALLENGES IN EU ADMINISTRATIVE LAW (2009), pp. 322- 351
Session 5: Delegation and the EU Constitutional Framework	Hofmann et al., pp. 222-255
II.STRUCTURES, PROCEDURES AND METHODS
Session 6: Organizational Arrangements for EU Administrative Action Direct, indirect and cooperative administration/ Composite administration Comitology system Agencies Networks Private Actors and EU Governance	Hofmann et al., pp. 259-311/325-331 PAUL CRAIG, THE LISBON TREATY, LAW, POLITICS AND TREATY REFORM (2010), pp. 48-66, 260-263
IV. ADMINISTRATIVE ACTS
Session 7: Abstract- General Measures Subordinate legislation Administrative rules (overview) Rule-Making for private parties (overview)	Hofmann et al., pp. 524-623
Session 8: Single-case Measures Decisions in individual cases Administrative Agreements	Hofmann et al., pp. 625-666 Martin Trybus, Public Contracts in European Union Internal Market Law: Foundations and Requirements” in: R. NOGOUELLOU/ U. STELKENS (EDS.), COMPARATIVE LAW ON PUBLIC CONTRACTS TREATISE (2010), pp. 81-121
V. ENFORCEMENT AND SUPERVISION OF ADMINISTRATIVE ACTION
Session 9: Enforcement of EU Administrative Action	Hofmann et al., pp. 679-706
Session 10: Administrative and Political Supervision of EU Administrative Action- An Overview	Hofmann et al., pp. 707-796 P. Nikiforos Diamandouros, The European Ombudsman and the Application of EU Law by the Member States, 1 REALAW (2008), pp. 5-37
Session 11: Judicial Supervision of EU Administrative Action (I) Action for annulment	Hofmann et al., pp. 797-847 Case T-262/10 Microban International and Microban (Europe) v Commission [2011] ECR 2011 II-07697 Case T-18/10 Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami and Others v Parliament and Council [2011] ECR 2011- II-5599
Session 12: Judicial Supervision of EU Administrative Action (II) Action for failure to act Incidental review Non-contractual liability for damages	Hofmann et al., pp. 848-906

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