TARN-Dialogue-Conclusions-g2.pdf
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… 29 June 2016 Group 2: Power, procedures and judicial review Chair: Giacinto della Cananea (University of ‘Tor Vergata’, Rome) Rapporteur: Merijn Chamon (University of Gent) During the discussions several issues were raised, some falling squarely within the assigned topic, other issues being (in)directly linked to the agencies’ powers, procedures and judicial review. On a preliminary note, one agency representative remarked that sufficient attention should be paid to the unique environment in which each EU agency operates: differences in legal and political context as well as differences in the national contexts in which the agencies operate and on which they depend. As a result, it would be erroneous to try and impose a one-size-fits-all solution on the agencies. The discussants agreed to this all the while noting that EU agencies also share a lot of similarities. To discover these and to identify … judicial review process of agencies’ acts may be imbued with the necessary technical expertise. Here, several remarks were made: in the past, the GC has employed certain (economic) experts, but the judges did not make use of this in-house expertise when scrutinizing contested acts since they felt this would be a delegation of their judicial authority. In any event there is a possibility for some expertise to be incorporated in the cabinets of the judges. Still it was pointed out that one should …