Draft Model Rules on EU Administrative Procedure published
On 1 September 2014, the Research Network on EU Administrative Law (ReNEUAL) Model Rules on EU Administrative Procedure were published, marking the completion of a five-year research project, which involved ACELG members Deirdre Curtin and Joana Mendes in leading roles
About the Rules
Researchers and practitioners from Europe and beyond cooperated in creating the Model Rules on EU Administrative Procedure which have been discussed at workshops and major conferences including two at the European Parliament in Brussels.
The objective of the project is to improve implementation of European Union law and policies whilst ensuring that the constitutional values of the Union are present and complied with in all instances of exercise of public authority. The project to draft the Model Rules is to contribute to a legal framework for implementation of EU law by non-legislative means through a set of accessible, functional and transparent rules which make visible rights and duties of individuals and administrations alike.
The Model Rules on EU Administrative Procedure are proof that it is possible to draft an EU regulation of administrative procedures adapted to the sometimes complex realities of implementing EU law by Union bodies and Member States in cooperation. The ReNEUAL project sets the parameters of what needs to be taken into account and makes realistic proposals which allow the EU to move towards a simplified and more accountable and exercise of public powers.
About the project
The ReNEUAL research project was coordinated by Professors Herwig Hofmann, Luxembourg, Jens-Peter Schneider, Freiburg i.Br. and Jacques Ziller, Pavia, together with the other ReNEUAL steering committee members: Professors Jean-Bernard Auby, Paris; George Bermann, New York; Giacinto della Cananea, Rome; Paul Craig, Oxford; Deirdre Curtin, Amsterdam; Diana-Urania Galetta, Milan; Joana Mendes, Amsterdam; Oriol Mir Puigpelat, Barcelona; Ulrich Stelkens, Speyer; Marek Wierzbowski,Warsaw.
The project benefited from financial support by public research funds in Germany, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands and Spain as well as many universities and academic organisations.
Next to the online-version, book versions will be published also in English, Spanish, Italian, French, German and Polish languages.