ADMINISTRATIVE JUSTICE AND THE BOARDS OF APPEAL OF EU AGENCIES

The European Union's regulatory agencies make thousands of binding decisions every year. Most never reach the Court of Justice — they are definitively resolved by Boards of Appeal, hybrid bodies that combine administrative reconsideration with quasi-judicial adjudication. The EU established these bodies for a clear reason: to provide fast, expert and cost-effective review of complex technical and regulatory decisions, relieving the Court of Justice of a caseload it was never designed to absorb. Decades of practice have proven the model works. This book provides a comprehensive cross-agency analysis of these institutions. Examining EUIPO, CPVO, ECHA, EASA, the ESAs Joint Board, ACER and ERA, it argues that Boards of Appeal are autonomous actors in EU administrative justice that shape regulatory outcomes and protect individual rights in ways courts rarely see. Drawing on primary sources, empirical data and comparative analysis, the book covers institutional design, procedural frameworks, standards of review, independence, and the impact of the 2019 reform introducing Article 58a of the Statute of the Court of Justice. Essential reading for scholars and practitioners of EU administrative and regulatory law.