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"An Introduction to EU Administrative Governance" [2006] ELECD 271; in Hofmann, C.H. Herwig; Türk, H. Alexander (eds), "EU Administrative Governance" (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2006)

Book Title: EU Administrative Governance

Editor(s): Hofmann, C.H. Herwig; Türk, H. Alexander

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

ISBN (hard cover): 9781845422851

Section Title: An Introduction to EU Administrative Governance

Number of pages: 8

Extract:

An introduction to EU administrative
governance
Herwig C.H. Hofmann and Alexander H. Türk

The discussion about the transformation of forms of government and
governance in Europe, can never avoid touching upon the role of admin-
istrations or administrative actors and with good reason ­ within the EU's
multi-level system, the activities of agenda setting, policy formulation and
implementation all involve some form of interaction between public actors
from the sub-national, national, supranational and international levels.
The interaction between administrative institutions within the EU
constitutes a core feature of today's reality of EU multilevel governance.
Co-operation amongst administrations in Europe has become the backbone
of the EU's unique system of government and governance. Yet, this feature,
as many aspects of administrative law and policy in the EU, has developed
in an evolutionary fashion and is rarely explored in a cohesive manner.


THE NOTION OF ADMINISTRATIVE ACTION IN
THE EU

Traditionally, administrative action is associated with implementation of
policies defined in laws or other government programmes. As we describe
in the chapter on implementation, the rules and procedures governing this
type of administrative action can be analysed both from what we refer to
as an `external' and an `internal' point of view.1 The `external' point of
view is the more traditional, lawyerly perspective, describing the rules and
procedures that lead to the creation of externally binding decisions and
other forms of administrative activity.
From what we describe as an `external' point of view, European
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