The Notion of “Transnationality” in Administrative Law: Taxonomy and Judicial Review

Abstract

This Article deals with the issues related to the judicial review of transnational acts which are adopted particularly within the context of the European integration process. The European Union is a privileged playground for the development of administrative acts of this type, primarily because of the existence of various and diverse administrative cooperation mechanisms. Transnational administrative acts are, either because of their adoption process or because of their conditions of enforcement, governed by at least two national legal orders. The question of the availability of judicial review in the context of transnational administrative acts is a complex one, because the presence of one exogeneous element may disrupt the straightforward path toward the right of access to courts—as both the determination of the competent court and the scope of the review carried out by the court seized become uncertain. This Article first draws up a typology of transnational administrative acts. Second, on the basis of this typology, this Article analyzes the solutions developed by the case law of the Court of Justice and assesses them in the light of the principles of territoriality of administrative law and the right to effective judicial protection.

Las caras del derecho administrativo transnacional

“…Este último se define generalmente como el derecho que tiene por objeto situaciones privadas internacionales, es decir, situaciones jurídico-privadas con un componente extranjero 50 . Escalando la aplicación del mismo criterio, el derecho transnacional sería, en esta tercera concepción, el derecho que tiene por objeto situaciones jurídicas con un elemento extranjero 51 . Para la delimitación del alcance del derecho transnacional habría, pues, que partir de la definición del concepto del derecho internacional privado y suprimir de su objeto el elemento relativo al carácter privado de la situación o relación jurídica internacional.…”