Which administrative procedures are followed by EU agencies? Which are the implications flowing from the principles of good administration, access and participation, for those agencies? Do their procedures strengthen their legitimacy without impairing the timeliness of administrative regulation and hence its effectiveness? This book offers an in-depth analysis of the extension of procedural constraints imposed on EU agencies and addresses the vital question of the role of procedural instruments in contributing to agencies’ input and output legitimacy.

The volume focuses in particular on some of the newest EU agencies, which are entrusted with binding (or quasi-binding) powers. The chosen fields of investigation are those of electronic communications, energy, aviation safety, banking and financial regulation. Moreover, two cross cutting issues have been selected: the use of soft law by agencies and their internal remedies, through appeals and other instruments.