EU Agencification? A New Framework for the Functioning of Decentralized Agencies of the European Union

Abstract

EU decentralized agencies multiplied over the years in response to new challenges and developing needs of the EC/EU� The process has been intensified since the 1990s as a result of creation of the internal market� However, this multiplication was so chaotic and uncoordinated that significant differences in the status and functioning principles of the agencies emerged� At the beginning of the 2000s, a need to create minimum standards common to all such entities became apparent� Activity initiated at that time led to the presentation by the European Commission in 2012 of the so-called Roadmap to regulate matters related to establishment, scope of activity and competences of EU decentralized agencies� In recent years, especially in English-language literature, the new term agencification is gaining popularity� This concept is used not only in the context of EU agencies, but has a wider application and refers — ABSTRAKT —