The EU comitology system: Taking stock before the new lisbon regime

Journal of European Public Policy

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 607-617

  Blom Hansen, Jens ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Comitology; Delegated decision making; EU; Lisbon treaty

Indexed keywords

EID: 79957656688     PISSN: 13501763     EISSN: 14664429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13501763.2011.560493     Document Type: Article

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