Accountability… Nemo censetur ignorare legem: the dilemma regarding the access to ISO standards referenced into EU law, by Marie Gérardy 23 Nov 202123 Nov 2021 EU public actors increasingly use copyright-protected private technical standards in the operationalisation of EU law. This post suggests that the responsibility to work out the tension between the right to…
Accountability… Assessing Assessors – How to Evaluate the Scientific Performance of a Pesticide Regulatory Authority, by Sari Autio 22 Oct 202112 Oct 2021 A scientific performance evaluation is a valuable means for organizational learning and for strengthening the accountability of regulatory authorities. At the request of the Dutch Competent Authority for authorisation of…
Administrative oversight… Overseeing Trilogues: What Is the Impact of Administrative and Judicial Watchdogs?, by Maarten Hillebrandt 19 Oct 202112 Oct 2021 An analysis of the interventions of the European Ombudsman and of the Court of Justice of the EU in the area of trilogue (in)transparency suggests that institutional structures and dependencies…