Marloes van Rijsbergen, currently works as Senior Policy Advisor at the Dutch Authority for the Financial Markets in the Netherlands

• Contents: 1. Setting the scene 2. Guiding principles for EU agencies’ soft law-making 3. Defining the legal basis for ESMA’s soft law-making powers 4. Initiation of ESMA’s soft law-making powers 5. ESMA’s decision-making process 6. Transparency with regard to ESMA’s soft law instruments 7. Transposition of ESMA’s soft law instruments 8. Compliance with ESMA’s soft law instruments 9. Enforcing ESMA’s soft law instruments vis-à-vis national authorities 10. Reviewing ESMA’s soft law instruments 11. Conclusions and recommendation Bibliography Index

’Van Rijsbergen makes a crucial contribution to the research on EU agencies and EU soft law. Adopting a much-needed empirical approach, her book makes important recommendations allowing a balance to be struck between legitimacy and effectiveness in soft-law making and application. As the field is currently subject to increasing litigation, the book is a must read not only for academics, but also for policy-makers, administrators, judges, and lawyers at all levels of governance.’

Marloes van Rijsbergen, currently works as Senior Policy Advisor at the Dutch Authority for the Financial Markets in the Netherlands

• Contents: 1. Setting the scene 2. Guiding principles for EU agencies’ soft law-making 3. Defining the legal basis for ESMA’s soft law-making powers 4. Initiation of ESMA’s soft law-making powers 5. ESMA’s decision-making process 6. Transparency with regard to ESMA’s soft law instruments 7. Transposition of ESMA’s soft law instruments 8. Compliance with ESMA’s soft law instruments 9. Enforcing ESMA’s soft law instruments vis-à-vis national authorities 10. Reviewing ESMA’s soft law instruments 11. Conclusions and recommendation Bibliography Index

’Van Rijsbergen makes a crucial contribution to the research on EU agencies and EU soft law. Adopting a much-needed empirical approach, her book makes important recommendations allowing a balance to be struck between legitimacy and effectiveness in soft-law making and application. As the field is currently subject to increasing litigation, the book is a must read not only for academics, but also for policy-makers, administrators, judges, and lawyers at all levels of governance.’

Marloes van Rijsbergen, currently works as Senior Policy Advisor at the Dutch Authority for the Financial Markets in the Netherlands

• Contents: 1. Setting the scene 2. Guiding principles for EU agencies’ soft law-making 3. Defining the legal basis for ESMA’s soft law-making powers 4. Initiation of ESMA’s soft law-making powers 5. ESMA’s decision-making process 6. Transparency with regard to ESMA’s soft law instruments 7. Transposition of ESMA’s soft law instruments 8. Compliance with ESMA’s soft law instruments 9. Enforcing ESMA’s soft law instruments vis-à-vis national authorities 10. Reviewing ESMA’s soft law instruments 11. Conclusions and recommendation Bibliography Index

’Van Rijsbergen makes a crucial contribution to the research on EU agencies and EU soft law. Adopting a much-needed empirical approach, her book makes important recommendations allowing a balance to be struck between legitimacy and effectiveness in soft-law making and application. As the field is currently subject to increasing litigation, the book is a must read not only for academics, but also for policy-makers, administrators, judges, and lawyers at all levels of governance.’