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From Legislators to the End-User - Practical Difficulties of Implementing European Directives
von: Manfred Fuchs
VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften (GWV), 2011
ISBN: 9783531927879 , 379 Seiten
Format: PDF, OL
Kopierschutz: DRM
Preis: 53,49 EUR
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From Legislators to the End-User - Practical Difficulties of Implementing European Directives
Contents
6
Abbreviations
10
1 Introduction: The “insider’s” view
12
2 “Stayin’ alive, stayin’ alive” –Interaction, problem solving conceptsand “European” actors
25
2.1 Organisations, institutions and individual actors
25
2.2 Organising and stabilising interaction
31
2.3 European and national actors
39
2.3.1 The EU level and the European Commission as a communication andbargaining system
39
2.3.2 The Commission as an actor in its own role
40
2.3.3 Member State authorities – the national/transnational actors
44
2.3.4 Federations57 – industry’s “early-warning system”
53
2.3.5 Technical specification writers – the Men in Black?
59
2.4 “After the dust has settled …” – the implementationof EU legislation by national actors
63
2.5 Knowledge, lack of knowledge, trust
72
3 The practical implementation of the CPD
82
3.1 Researching one’s own backyard
82
3.1.1 EU Directives as research topics
82
3.1.2 Research on the CPD from the EU level to the “construction-site” level
86
3.1.3 Risks and advantages of researching in one’s own field of work
90
3.2 The EU level
95
3.2.1 The European Commission
99
3.2.2 Member States authorities
108
3.2.3 Federations
124
3.2.4 Certification Bodies, Test laboratories – the Group of Notified Bodies(GNB)
128
3.2.5 The technical specification writers (CEN and EOTA)
130
3.2.6 Other European bodies
137
3.3 The assumptions of actors at EU level
139
3.3.1 The European Commission
140
3.3.2 MS authorities
149
3.3.3 Federations
159
3.3.4 Certification Bodies (Notified Bodies) –the Group of Notified Bodies (GNB)
171
3.3.5 The technical specification writers (CEN and EOTA)
174
3.4 Conclusions at EU level
184
3.4.1 Working at EU level: The “power” of the few …
184
3.4.2 … the real input of the few …
191
3.4.3 … and the output
197
3.5 The national level
205
3.5.1 Member State authorities
209
3.5.2 Federations
220
3.5.3 The technical specification writers
230
3.5.4 Notified Bodies
234
3.5.5 Other national bodies
235
3.6 The assumptions of actors at national level
236
3.6.1 Member State (national and regional) authorities
237
3.6.2 Federations/ standardisation work
246
3.6.3 Certification Bodies/Notified Bodies
267
3.7 Conclusion at national level
270
3.7.1 … and still: the “power” of the few?
272
3.7.2 … the real input of the few …
275
3.7.3 … and the output
279
3.7.4 Technical standards, CE marking and other marks: “marketinstruments” or practical instruments for the construction sector?
281
3.7.5 National approaches
285
3.7.6 Trust at national level?
288
3.8 The “construction site” level
290
3.9 The assumption of actors at the construction site level
297
3.9.1 Manufacturers
298
3.9.2 Distributors
300
3.9.3 Architects/designers
302
3.9.4 Contractors/construction companies
304
3.9.5 www.CE – The invisible actor on the “construction site” level
307
3.10 Conclusion construction site level
308
4 Conclusion: Lessons to be learned?
311
4.1 “I had a dream …”
312
4.2 “Brussels” – setting the stage
315
4.3 The information flow to (and from) national actors –setting the national level
323
4.4 The “construction site” level –The quest for the “missing link”
326
4.5 Good news and bad news for Eurosceptics …
336
4.6 … and Europhiles
338
4.7 Research on European Directives –“Gaps” and future fields of research?
340
4.8 “Here is my brilliant plan! You work out the details!”
343
5 Bibliography
361
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