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Beschrijving

This book assesses the role of EU agencies and networks of regulators from a legal perspective, thus linking the role of law to the debates on network governance. Two case studies form the core of the research EU energy and electronic communications regulation.The institutional design of EU energy and electronic communications regulation has evolved in the last two decades. Mechanisms to encourage cooperation between national regulatory authorities have progressively been established first, loose networks of regulators, then enhanced networks of regulators and eventually stronger and more formal forms of coordination, through European agencies or other new institutional models. In the energy field, a true networked European agency has been created the Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators ACER. In telecoms, a two-tier institutional structure has been set up the Body of European Regulators for Electronic Communications BEREC and the Office. The features of ACER and BEREC clearly show the intention to institutionalise the existing networks of regulators and confer a higher status upon them, with a strengthened and recognised position in the EU. However, the transformation of regulatory networks into European agencies and other hybrid institutional network models raises concerns of legitimacy and accountability.About the authorMarco Zinzani holds a law degree cum laude 2005 from the University of Rome Tor Vergata Italy. From 2001 to 2005, he was a student at the University College Lamaro-Pozzani in Rome, with a scholarship of the Federazione Nazionale dei Cavalieri del Lavoro. In 2007, as a Rotary Foundation Ambassadorial Scholar, he completed cum laude the Advanced Professional Master MIC Programme-LL.M. in Comparative, European and International Law at Maastricht University the Netherlands, specializing in European Economic and Social Regulation. From 2007 to 2011, he was a doctoral researcher in European Union Law at the Law Faculty of Maastricht University, where he also taught EU Law courses.Marco Zinzani was admitted to the Bar in Italy in March 2010. In 2012 he joined Studio Legale Padovan in Milan Italy, where he practices in the areas of international trade law, European Union law and construction law.