Research Handbook on the Enforcement of EU Law: (Research Handbooks in European Law series)

This comprehensive Research Handbook investigates the success of EU law enforcement processes. Going beyond traditional analyses of administrations and courts in isolation, it focuses on the increased cooperation seen between national and EU authorities, and on the widening variety of means used to enhance compliance with EU norms. Bringing together leading experts from law, political science, economics and socio-legal studies, this Research Handbook provides a state-of-the-art analysis of EU enforcement laws, policies, and scholarship. It presents conceptual, institutional, and sectoral perspectives on EU law enforcement, advancing existing knowledge on why, when, and how laws are being followed or disobeyed. Contributors explore enforcement in specific EU policy areas, including foreign relations, economic policy, the internal market, competitiveness, and citizen rights. It argues that an overarching EU enforcement strategy would be more successful than the current model of diverse methods of enforcement in different policy areas. Employing multi-dimensional and comparative approaches, the Research Handbook on the Enforcement of EU Law will be a valuable resource for scholars of European law and politics, public administration, governance, and compliance. It will also be a useful guide for public officials seeking to (re)design and assess effective and enforceable policies.

Table of Contents:
Contents: Foreword xii Acknowledgements xiv PART I ENFORCEMENT OF EU LAW FROM A CONCEPTUAL POINT OF VIEW 1 Introduction to Research Handbook on the Enforcement of EU Law 2 Miroslava Scholten and Leander Stähler 2 Private enforcement of EU law 19 Olha O Cherednychenko 3 Administrative law enforcement of EU law 38 Ton Duijkersloot and Rob Widdershoven 4 Criminal law enforcement of EU law and the impact of Europeanization 56 Frank Meyer and Dimitrios Tsilikis 5 Enforcement concepts and strategies in the EU 76 Jeroen van der Heijden and Olga Batura 6 Challenges in EU law enforcement and the digital age 91 Asya Zhelyazkova PART II ENFORCEMENT OF EU LAW FROM AN INSTITUTIONAL PERSPECTIVE 7 European Commission 107 Urszula Jaremba 8 The Court of Justice of the European Union and national courts as enforcers of EU law 123 Frans van Dijk and Kees Sterk 9 National enforcers and European networks as engines for enforcement cooperation 139 Eva Ruffing 10 EU enforcement agencies 152 Miroslava Scholten 11 The choice of EU agencies or networks of national authorities: exploring the relevance of regulated industry characteristics 167 Laurens van Kreij PART III ENFORCEMENT OF EU LAW FROM A SECTORAL PERSPECTIVE 12 The Common Commercial Policy and customs union 186 Thomas Verellen 13 Public and private enforcement possibilities within the EU’s Common Foreign and Security Policy 199 Graham Butler 14 Economic and monetary union 215 Ton van den Brink and Luca Collazzo 15 European banking union 231 Argyro Karagianni and Laura Wissink 16 Anti-money laundering 246 Christy Ann Petit 17 A power to fine: establishing negligence and intent in infringements by credit rating agencies and trade repositories 265 Jonathan Foster 18 The internal market 281 Olivier Linden 19 Labour law and social policy 298 Frans Pennings 20 Environmental law 315 Florentin Blanc, Paola Coletti, Campbell Gemmell and Carola Bertone 21 Food law 333 Florentin Blanc and Luca Megale 22 The enforcement of EU consumer law 349 Christine Riefa and Mateusz Grochowski 23 Energy law 364 Julius Rumpf and Catherine Banet 24 Enforcing common fisheries and agricultural policies 380 Federica Cacciatore, Mariolina Eliantonio and Joseph A McMahon 25 Competition law 397 Maciej Bernatt and Laura Zoboli 26 EU procurement and concessions law 414 Roberto Caranta and V’tězslava Fričov‡ 27 State aid in the European Union 430 Allard Knook 28 Intellectual property law 444 Peter Blok and Willemijn Kornelius 29 Data protection 460 Herwig Hofmann and Lisette Mustert 30 Area of freedom, security and justice 475 Stefano Montaldo 31 The Common European Asylum System 491 Salvatore Fabio Nicolosi 32 Protection of the financial interests of the EU 508 Michele Simonato and Andon Tashukov 33 Challenges and successes of enforcement of EU law 524 Miroslava Scholten Index

About the Author :
Edited by Miroslava Scholten, Associate Professor of EU law enforcement, Utrecht Centre for Regulation and Enforcement in Europe (RENFORCE), Department of International and EU law, Faculty of Law, Economics and Governance, Utrecht University, the Netherlands

Review :
‘The Research Handbook on the Enforcement of EU Law is a must-read and standard reference for anyone studying how EU laws and policies are put in practice. This truly interdisciplinary, comprehensive collection of fine, in-depth scholarly contributions covers all relevant aspects of EU enforcement in many different sectors.’ ‘Offering an excellent and comprehensive overview, this Research Handbook deepens our understanding of enforcement. Using a multi-level perspective with a focus on policy sectors, it convincingly shows that enforcement is shaped by many factors, most importantly our conceptual understanding of enforcement including ideas about policy, the institutional context and the possibly conflicting interests of political actors involved. The Research Handbook enriches the current literature and forms an exciting starting point for further research.’