Mapping the scope for flexible implementation in EU legislative acts

PRINCEN, Sebastiaan, Hubert SMEKAL and Robert ZBÍRAL. Mapping the scope for flexible implementation in EU legislative acts. In Integrating Diversity in the European Union Online Mid-term Conference. 2020.

Basic information

• Original name: Mapping the scope for flexible implementation in EU legislative acts
• Name in Czech: Mapování prostoru pro flexibilní implementaci v unijním právu
• Authors: PRINCEN, Sebastiaan, Hubert SMEKAL and Robert ZBÍRAL.
• Edition: Integrating Diversity in the European Union Online Mid-term Conference, 2020.

Other information

• Type of outcome: Presentations at conferences
• Confidentiality degree: is not subject to a state or trade secret
• WWW: URL
• Keywords (in Czech): flexibilní implementace; diferencovaná integrace; směrnice; uvážení
• Keywords in English: flexible implementation; differentiated integration; directives; discretion
• Tags: differentiated integration, directives, discretion, flexible implementation
• Tags: International impact

Abstract

This paper gives a provisional and preliminary overview of results from the coding for the Flexible Implementation in the European Union (FIEU) dataset. These results are based on 85 coded directives that were adopted in the period 2006-2009. The FIEU dataset maps the occurrence of provisions granting discretion to member states in the implementation of EU law (so called ‘flexibility provisions’), and associated constraints on discretion. The paper outlines the background to and coding scheme for the dataset, and sketches some descriptive statistics drawn from the dataset so far. Based on these observations, a number of striking findings are identified, and an agenda for further analysis and study is outlined.

Links

• 822304, interní kód MU: Name: InDiv-EU: Integrating Diversity in the EU (Acronym: InDiv-EU)

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