POULLET, Yves

L'autorité de contrôle : 'vues' de Bruxelles - Paris : IIAP, janv./mars 1999

An examination of the situation in several countries (Belgium, France, Greece, Italy, Portugal and the UK) with regard to the provisions of the European directive concerning the supervisory authorities reveals the stakes involved in the directive's transposition into domestic legal order. The decision of these supervisory bodies will in future be obligatory and therefore susceptible to judicial review. Their independence, which has been reinforced, leads to prioritisation of functional as opposed to organic criteria. New challenges emerge when putting into operation these provisions: such as co-operation, technical expertise and the risk of sectorisation