SIEDENDOPF, Heinrich

L'application des directives communautaires par les administrations nationales (étude comparative) - Paris : IIAP, oct./déc. 1988

Ths article describes a systematic comparative study of how EEC legislation has been applied by member governments, and shows that the considerable inconsistencies of application result from the same obstacle and bureaucratic resistance facing national legislation. The study begins by mapping governmet administrative areas of responsability and stresses the need for adequate administrative resources to implement EEC law. It then distinguishes between pragmatic and legislative government administrations, and between private interest groups whose relatioships with governments are based on eiher conflict or consensus