Interests, Instruments and Institutional Preferences in the EU Comitology System: The 2006 Comitology Reform

European Law Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 344-365

  Blom Hansen, Jens ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

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EID: 79955049273     PISSN: 13515993     EISSN: 14680386     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0386.2011.00554.x     Document Type: Article

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