The legal framework for delegated and implementing powers ten years after the entry into force of the Lisbon Treaty

Abstract This Article gives an overview of the legal framework governing exercise delegated and implementing powers foreseen in Articles 290 291 TFEU light most recent jurisprudence EU Courts this field. It clarifies what essential elements are under TFEU, how test requirement it relates to that a delegation must also be specific. The article subsequently discusses compares control regimes place noting post-Lisbon institutional practice they have evolved towards each other. Linked is question differ. In Court’s concludes up legislature make distinction can create executive outside grant them agencies. by flagging some open questions which Court has not resolved yet.