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• Agencies

  AMLA and the Common Approach – Rethinking EU Agencification, by Merijn Chamon

  Published on

  19 Dec 2025

  8–11 minutes

  

  The creation of the European Anti-Money Laundering Authority (AMLA) in 2024 marks not just the latest chapter in EU agency proliferation, but also a moment to reflect again on the framework that was meant to guide the agencification process: the 2012 Common Approach on EU Decentralised Agencies. Intended to bring…

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• Administrative cooperation, EU Law, Taxation

  Combatting the adverse consequences of divergent national administrative and judicial decisions in EU law: A perspective from the field of Value Added Tax, by Mathijs Klemm

  Published on

  12 Dec 2025

  8–12 minutes

  

  Harmonised rules, decentralised authorities EU law frequently relies on harmonised rules that are applied by decentralised national authorities. Value Added Tax (VAT) provides a clear example of this phenomenon. The relevant legal framework here is Council Directive 2006/112/EC which establishes the common VAT system and lays down largely mandatory provisions…

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• Asylum

  When the floods rise, the law stands still: the EU’s responsibility to protect climate-displaced people, by Adeodata Kanyamihanda

  Published on

  5 Dec 2025

  8–12 minutes

  

  This piece argues that EU asylum law remains ill-equipped to address cross-border climate displacement, leaving significant protection gaps.  To clarify how and why these gaps persist, the piece proceeds in four steps. First, it contextualises the EU’s fragmented response to climate-related mobility and the absence of a coherent protection strategy.…

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• Accountability, Digitalisation, Standardisation

  From Consensus to Exceptionality – What the EU’s AI Standards Crisis Reveals About Delegated Technical Governance, by Marta Cantero Gamito

  Published on

  28 Nov 2025

  7–10 minutes

  

  CEN-CENELEC’s decision to accelerate the drafting of harmonised standards under the EU AI Act has sparked debate in Brussels and beyond. A process designed for consensus has entered crisis mode and reveals that the EU’s delegated model of technical governance struggles to find the balance between speed and legitimacy that…

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• EU Agencies Corner

  Let’s Make Good Troubles: Former EFSA Executive Director Bernhard Url Reflects on Past Terms and Challenges for the Future

  Published on

  21 Nov 2025

  21–31 minutes

  

  By Bernhard Url, Guido Bellenghi, Alessandro Cuomo, Luca Knuth, and Ellen Vos. For the EU Agencies Corner of REALaw, we sit down with Bernhard Url to reflect on the past, present, and future of the European Food and Safety Authority (EFSA), drawing on his insights from over a decade as…

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