External Dimension of EU Agencies and Bodies

Edited by Herwig C.H. Hofmann, Professor of European and Transnational Public Law, University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg, Ellen Vos, Professor of European Union Law, Law Faculty of Maastricht University and Co-director of the Maastricht Centre for European Law, the Netherlands and Merijn Chamon, Postdoctoral Researcher of the Flemish Research Foundation (FWO), Ghent University, Belgium

• Contents:IntroductionMerijn Chamon, Ellen Vos and Herwig HofmannPart I: EU agencies’ external action: the legal framework 1. Constitutional limits to the EU agencies’ external relationsMerijn Chamon and Valerie Demedts2. The cooperation between the European Border and Coast Guard Agency and third countries according to the new ‘Frontex’ Regulation: legal and practical implicationsFlorin Coman-Kund3. Cooperation of Europol and Eurojust with external partners in the fight against crime: a legal appraisalChloé BrièrePart II: EU agencies’ external action: a political science perspective4. Normative power Frontex? Assessing agency cooperation with third countriesHelena Ekelund5. EU agencies – agents of policy diffusion beyond the EUSevasti ChatzopoulouPart III: EU agencies’ external action: legitimacy and accountability6. Reinforcing EU financial bodies’ participation in global networks: addressing legitimacy gaps?Maurizia De Bellis7. Accountability challenges for EU agencies in the context of third country equivalence assessmentsPieter Van Cleynenbreugel8. EU Agencies’ External Activities and the European OmbudsmanMarco InglesePart IV: EU agencies’ external action: impact on third countries 9. Transferring the Acquis through EU Agencies: The Case of the European Neighbourhood Policy CountriesDovile Rimkutė and Karina Shyrokykh10. Third countries in EU agencies: Participation and InfluenceMarja-Liisa ÖbergIndex

'This book does pioneering work. It is, of course, common knowledge that our polities depend upon ever more finely tuned regulatory support. What this book makes us aware of is the transnational follow-up to this insight. Gaining control of globalization processes will require ever more co-operation. It is high time that we explore this irresistible development, and an important step has now been taken.'--Christian Joerges, Hertie School of Governance, Germany'The chapters in this book provide for a fuller understanding of the EU's international presence, and of the various venues and fora which contribute to the external diffusion of its acquis communautaire.'--Sandra Lavenex, University of Geneva, Switzerland