Unabhängigkeitsregime im europäischen Verwaltungsverbund

Due to EU law, national authorities must act ‘independently’ and as if they are integrated into administrative networks. By means of three reference areas (telecommunications, data protection and official statistics), this study shows that this is a general development in EU administrative law.
Bearing in mind the EU’s multilevel system, the study elucidates the requirements of EU and German constitutional law. Within this framework, it becomes apparent that the EU’s legal acts neither violate the national identity nor the institutional autonomy of its Member States. In addition, the principles of democracy and rule of law at the heart of Germany’s basic constitutional law can be upheld. However, there is room for improvement when it comes to implementing the EU’s legal acts into German law.
Overall, the study portrays an up-to-date and comprehensive picture of the institutional law of independent national authorities in terms of EU administrative law.