- Title Pages
- Dedication
- Foreword
- Authors’ Preface
- Abbreviations<sup>1</sup>
- Notes on the Authors
- Chronological Table of Cases of the Court of Justice of the European Union
- Table of Legal Acts
- Table of Legal Acts of the European Union
- Part I Introduction
- 1 The Idea of European Union Administration—Its Nature and Development
- 2 The Aim and Approach of this Book
- 3 Interdisciplinary Foundations of European Administrative Law
- 4 A Typology of Administrative Tasks in the European Union
- Part II The Constitutional Framework of European Union Administrative Law
- 5 Sources of European Union Administrative Law
- 6 Principles Underlying the Relationship Between the European Union and the Member States
- 7 General Principles Framing European Union Administrative Law
- 8 Delegation and the European Union Constitutional Framework
- Part III Structures, Procedures, and Methods
- 9 Organizational Arrangements for European Union Administrative Action
- 10 Budget Implementation and Programme Management
- 11 Administrative Procedures
- 12 Information and Administration
- 13 Rules and Principles Governing the Substance of Administrative Decision-Making
- Part IV Form and Effect of Administrative Acts—abstract-general Measures
- 14 Agenda Setting, Preparatory Acts, Planning, and Framework Measures
- 15 Subordinate Legislation
- 16 Administrative Rules
- 17 Rule-Making by Private Parties
- Part V Form and Effect of Administrative Acts—Single-Case Measures
- 18 Decisions in Individual Cases
- 19 Administrative Agreements
- 20 Factual Conduct by the Administration in Individual Cases
- Part VI Enforcement and Supervision of Administrative Action
- 21 Purposes and Functions of Supervision and Enforcement
- 22 Enforcement
- 23 Administrative Supervision
- 24 Political Supervision
- 25 Judicial Supervision
- Part VII Conclusion
- 26 The Present and Future Condition of European Union Administrative Law
- Appendix European Union and European Community Treaty Provisions—Table of Correspondences<sup>1</sup>
- Index
Agenda Setting, Preparatory Acts, Planning, and Framework Measures
Agenda Setting, Preparatory Acts, Planning, and Framework Measures
- Chapter:
- (p.509) 14 Agenda Setting, Preparatory Acts, Planning, and Framework Measures
- Source:
- Administrative Law and Policy of the European Union
- Author(s):
Herwig C.H. Hofmann
Gerard C. Rowe
Alexander H. TÜrk
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
This chapter addresses agenda setting and preparatory measures of specific acts as well as planning procedures. This subject matter covers an area of EU law which, in the light of the distribution of powers between the institutions, can be a prelude to both administrative measures of various kinds and legislative rule-making. In setting agenda and taking preparatory steps for other measures, whether its own or those of the legislative organs, the European Commission acts in its capacity as a political administration — indeed European executive — par excellence. The Commission's activity in this capacity is made very clear. The consideration given to the administrative determination of the course of future action and the agenda setting and the readying of future measures also raises important and interesting questions with regard to the distinction between binding and non-binding acts.
Keywords: EU law, administrative law, distribution of powers, public administration European Commission, political administration
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- Title Pages
- Dedication
- Foreword
- Authors’ Preface
- Abbreviations<sup>1</sup>
- Notes on the Authors
- Chronological Table of Cases of the Court of Justice of the European Union
- Table of Legal Acts
- Table of Legal Acts of the European Union
- Part I Introduction
- 1 The Idea of European Union Administration—Its Nature and Development
- 2 The Aim and Approach of this Book
- 3 Interdisciplinary Foundations of European Administrative Law
- 4 A Typology of Administrative Tasks in the European Union
- Part II The Constitutional Framework of European Union Administrative Law
- 5 Sources of European Union Administrative Law
- 6 Principles Underlying the Relationship Between the European Union and the Member States
- 7 General Principles Framing European Union Administrative Law
- 8 Delegation and the European Union Constitutional Framework
- Part III Structures, Procedures, and Methods
- 9 Organizational Arrangements for European Union Administrative Action
- 10 Budget Implementation and Programme Management
- 11 Administrative Procedures
- 12 Information and Administration
- 13 Rules and Principles Governing the Substance of Administrative Decision-Making
- Part IV Form and Effect of Administrative Acts—abstract-general Measures
- 14 Agenda Setting, Preparatory Acts, Planning, and Framework Measures
- 15 Subordinate Legislation
- 16 Administrative Rules
- 17 Rule-Making by Private Parties
- Part V Form and Effect of Administrative Acts—Single-Case Measures
- 18 Decisions in Individual Cases
- 19 Administrative Agreements
- 20 Factual Conduct by the Administration in Individual Cases
- Part VI Enforcement and Supervision of Administrative Action
- 21 Purposes and Functions of Supervision and Enforcement
- 22 Enforcement
- 23 Administrative Supervision
- 24 Political Supervision
- 25 Judicial Supervision
- Part VII Conclusion
- 26 The Present and Future Condition of European Union Administrative Law
- Appendix European Union and European Community Treaty Provisions—Table of Correspondences<sup>1</sup>
- Index