EU Agencies Before the Court of Justice

Edited by Annalisa Volpato, Associate Professor of European Union Law, Università degli Studi di Padova, Italy, Mariolina Eliantonio, Professor of European and Comparative Administrative Law and Procedure, Maastricht University, the Netherlands and Herwig C.H. Hofmann, Professor of European and Transnational Public Law, University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg

‘With remarkable insight and breadth, this volume offers a compelling account of the unfinished constitutionalisation of EU agencies and the CJEU’s pivotal role in constantly recalibrating their status. By addressing the intensity of judicial review, composite responsibility, and persistent procedural uncertainties, it is a must-read for these mushrooming bodies navigating vague accountability, technical-scientific complexities, and effective legal protection.’

• ContentsIntroduction to EU Agencies Before the Court of Justice 1Mariolina Eliantonio, Herwig C.H. Hofmann and Annalisa VolpatoPART I THE INTENSITY OF JUDICIAL REVIEW OF EUAGENCIES’ ACTS1 The variable geometry of the review of EU decision-makingagencies’ acts 19Annalisa Volpato2 Judicial review of actions by EU financial agencies: EuropeanSupervisory Authorities and the Single Resolution Board 56Menelaos Markakis3 Reviewing the ECB: deference and its justifications 86Michael IoannidisPART II THE REVIEW OF COMPOSITE PROCEDURESINVOLVING EU AGENCIES4 Judicial review of EU and national action in networkedenforcement mechanisms 109Lisette Mustert5 Un carrefour d’impasses: judicial review of EU agency softlaw in composite procedures 133Nathan de Arriba-Sellier6 Opening at the close: Union agencies and the duty to providereasons in composite decision-making 158Filipe Brito Bastos7 Hybrid EU administration and judicial review of EU agencies’enforcement powers: lessons from Frontex and the EuropeanPublic Prosecutor’s Office 178Florin Coman-Kund and Melanie FinkPART III PROCEDURAL ASPECTS OF EU AGENCIES’ LITIGATION8 EU agencies and bodies, public interest, and expertise in EUjudicial review 214Michał Krajewski and Sarah Tas9 A silent revolution: EU agencies’ right to intervene in directactions 238Merijn Chamon10 Litigation of actions for damages against EU agencies:challenges and implications for accountability 257Katri Havu