European Union Agencies as Global Actors A Legal Study of the European Aviation Safety Agency, Frontex and Europol

2.2.1 The principle of institutional balance and the doctrine of delegation of powers as legal yardsticks for evaluating the international dimension of EU agencies -- 2.2.2 The relevant legal framework governing the EU agencies' policy areas -- 2.2.3 The EU external action area -- 2.2.3.1 Conceptual clarifications -- 2.2.3.2 The EU external action area after Lisbon -- 2.2.3.3 Some relevant aspects regarding the Union's external competences and instruments -- 2.2.3.3.1 The Union's external competences -- 2.2.3.3.2 The Union's external action instruments -- 2.2.3.4 Institutional balance and delegation of powers in the EU external action area -- 2.2.3.4.1 The management of the EU external action area -- 2.2.3.4.2 Treaty-making and non-legally binding instruments -- 2.2.3.4.3 The international cooperation instruments concluded by the Commission and other EU institutions and bodies -- 2.2.3.5 European agencies and institutional balance in EU external relations -- 2.3 The international law dimension -- 2.3.1 The concept of 'international agreement' -- 2.3.1.1 Definition and criteria -- 2.3.1.2 The category of 'international administrative agreements' -- 2.3.1.2.1 Administrative agreements in international and state practice -- 2.3.1.2.2 International administrative agreements at the EU level -- 2.3.2 International legal personality -- 2.3.2.1 Concept and criteria -- 2.3.2.2 International legal personality of the EU agencies -- 2.4 Conclusion: a general legal-analytical framework for assessing EU agencies as global actors -- PART II Case studies -- 3 Common methodological aspects -- 4 The case of the European Aviation Safety Agency -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 The policy and legal-institutional environment of EASA -- 4.2.1 The Union's legal and institutional framework in the aviation area -- 4.2.2 The international (external) dimension of the EU aviation area