Florin Coman-Kund is Assistant Professor in European Union Law at the Erasmus School of Law (ESL) of the Erasmus University Rotterdam, the Netherlands; he is also Associate Researcher in the Academic Research Network on Agencification of EU Executive Governance (TARN).

• Introduction Part 1: Setting the General Framework 1. The legal profile of EU agencies and their international dimension according to law and practice 2. A legal blueprint for assessing EU agencies as global actors Part 2: Case Studies 3. The case of the European Aviation Safety Agency 4. The case of Frontex 5. The case of Europol 6. Cross Case-Study Observarions 7. Conclusion

Florin Coman-Kund is Assistant Professor in European Union Law at the Erasmus School of Law (ESL) of the Erasmus University Rotterdam, the Netherlands; he is also Associate Researcher in the Academic Research Network on Agencification of EU Executive Governance (TARN).

• Introduction Part 1: Setting the General Framework 1. The legal profile of EU agencies and their international dimension according to law and practice 2. A legal blueprint for assessing EU agencies as global actors Part 2: Case Studies 3. The case of the European Aviation Safety Agency 4. The case of Frontex 5. The case of Europol 6. Cross Case-Study Observarions 7. Conclusion

Florin Coman-Kund is Assistant Professor in European Union Law at the Erasmus School of Law (ESL) of the Erasmus University Rotterdam, the Netherlands; he is also Associate Researcher in the Academic Research Network on Agencification of EU Executive Governance (TARN).

• Introduction Part 1: Setting the General Framework 1. The legal profile of EU agencies and their international dimension according to law and practice 2. A legal blueprint for assessing EU agencies as global actors Part 2: Case Studies 3. The case of the European Aviation Safety Agency 4. The case of Frontex 5. The case of Europol 6. Cross Case-Study Observarions 7. Conclusion