Expertengruppen in der europäischen Rechtsetzung

»Expert Groups in European lawmaking. Expert advice of the European Commission in an area of conflict between functionality and public interest orientation - a study of the regulatory framework« The European Commission includes about 1000 expert groups in the European lawmaking processes. This study intends to disclose risks and potential of this system of advisory committees for the European legal order. It therefore assesses the legal framework of external cooperation in the early stages of lawmaking in the light of the principles of democracy, transparency and the EC's obligations to serve the general interest. Hereupon the author evaluates the regulation of expert groups in the context of the different regulatory structures of the knowledge regime of public policy.