Research on implementation in the European Union (EU) is characterized by a strong focus
on legal conformance with EU policy. However, this focus has been criticized for …

The EU has become increasingly involved in enforcing European Union (EU) law, including
directly vis-à-vis private actors.(Multilevel implementation) research has so far neglected the …

In the last decades, an increasing number of EU institutions and agencies have been given
the power to conduct administrative inspections. While the legal literature has traditionally …

Abstract The European Union has acquired enforcement competences in areas where it
previously only had regulatory authority. This expansion of competences from one step in …

Aimed at establishing an effective and consistent enforcement of market abuse regulation,
the regime introduced by Regulation (EU) No. 596/2014 ('MAR') and Directive 2014/57/EU …

Abstract The three European Supervisory Authorities (ESAs) are, for almost a decade now,
part of the financial landscape, arbiters as well as players in what has turned out to be a …

Many scholars predict that European integration will foster adversarial legalism in Europe. In
this article, I empirically assess the Eurolegalism thesis by examining EU regulatory …

Abstract Directive 2005/60/EC on the prevention of the use of the financial system for the
purpose of money laundering and terrorist financing is currently one of the main instruments …

We investigate the effects of securities regulation, enacted by the European Union
(EU)(namely, the Transparency Directive–TPD) to improve the quality of financial reporting …

The European Banking Union (EBU) is one of the greatest achievements of the European
Union (EU). It aims at the centralization of supervisory and resolution practices vis-à-vis euro …