CARNELUTTI, Alexandre

L'administration française à la règle communautaire - Paris : IIAP, oct./déc. 1988

The extension of EEC authority and norms confronts the French Government with a new situation. It is becoming increasingly involved in shaping the new norms, and having to revamp its adminstrative procedures for maximum impact upstream in the EEC decision making processes. More French expert are spending more time in Brussels. Domestic application of EEC law presupposes substantial commitments to publication and tranposition into domestic legal terms - France is all too frequently faulted for applying EEC law incompletely or not at all. The French Government should learn to adopt an EEC frame of mind when formulating national policy in future