Rulemaking by the European Commission

Carl Fredrik Bergström is Professor of European Law at Uppsala University. He has a background as researcher at the European University Institute in Florence, lecturer at Stockholm University, and Head of Legal/Deputy Director at the Swedish Institute for European Policy Studies (SIEPS). ; Dominique Ritleng is a Professor of Law at the University of Strasbourg where he has also been Vice President. He has a background as legal secretary at the Court of Justice of the EU and before that as a professor at the University of Nancy.

• 1. Introduction ; 2. The Evolution of the Approach to Executive Rule-making in the EU ; 3. The Reform of Comitology and Delegated Acts: from an Executive's View ; 4. Delegation of Powers and Parliament: Political Problems, Legal Solution? ; 5. Interinstitutional Tensions in the New System for Delegation of Powers ; 6. The Contest for Power in Delegated Rule-making ; 7. The Reserved domain of the Legislature: The Notion of 'Essential Elements of an Area' ; 8. Is there a Hierarchy of Legislative, Delegates, and Implementing Acts? ; 9. Comitology, Rule-making, and the Lisbon Settlement: Tensions and Strains ; 10. Judicial Protection for Private Parties in European Commission Rule-Making ; 11. The Making of Delegates and Implementing Acts: Legitimacy Beyond Institutional Balance ; 12. Conclusion