The European Labour Authority (ELA): the odd one out? Investigative and enforcement powers of ELA, benchmarked against EPPO, Frontex, AMLA, Europol and Eurojust – IRCP research 58
As the European Labour Authority (ELA) reaches its five-year mark, the question arises as to whether its investigative and enforcement powers suffice to effectively address problems of a cross-border nature and to adequately support the Member States. In view of a possible revision of its mandate, this book benchmarks ELA against a selection of other EU enforcement agencies, i.e. EPPO, Frontex, AMLA, Europol and Eurojust. What are the similarities and differences?
Compared with the operations-related and information-related capabilities of the latter, ELA’s current ability to support Member States in combating fraud and abuse in a cross border context proves to be fairly limited, not to say almost non-existent. Clearly, ELA’s potential is underused. The book formulates some proposals to strengthen the mandate of ELA, granting it a more active role.
Yves Jorens is senior full professor, Faculty of Law and Criminology, Ghent university, promotor of the SIOD Chair ‘Reducing Social Fraud and Social dumping’.
Roel Van den Bossche is academic assistant, Faculty of Law and Criminology, Ghent university.
Wannes Bellaert is PhD researcher and academic assistant, Institute for International Research on Criminal Policy (IRCP), Ghent university.
Gert Vermeulen is senior full professor of European and international criminal law and data protection law, and director of the Institute for International Research on Criminal Policy (IRCP), Ghent University
The European Labour Authority (ELA): the odd one out? Investigative and enforcement powers of ELA, benchmarked against EPPO, Frontex, AMLA, Europol and Eurojust – IRCP research 58
As the European Labour Authority (ELA) reaches its five-year mark, the question arises as to whether its investigative and enforcement powers suffice to effectively address problems of a cross-border nature and to adequately support the Member States. In view of a possible revision of its mandate, this book benchmarks ELA against a selection of other EU enforcement agencies, i.e. EPPO, Frontex, AMLA, Europol and Eurojust. What are the similarities and differences?
Compared with the operations-related and information-related capabilities of the latter, ELA’s current ability to support Member States in combating fraud and abuse in a cross border context proves to be fairly limited, not to say almost non-existent. Clearly, ELA’s potential is underused. The book formulates some proposals to strengthen the mandate of ELA, granting it a more active role.
Yves Jorens is senior full professor, Faculty of Law and Criminology, Ghent university, promotor of the SIOD Chair ‘Reducing Social Fraud and Social dumping’.
Roel Van den Bossche is academic assistant, Faculty of Law and Criminology, Ghent university.
Wannes Bellaert is PhD researcher and academic assistant, Institute for International Research on Criminal Policy (IRCP), Ghent university.
Gert Vermeulen is senior full professor of European and international criminal law and data protection law, and director of the Institute for International Research on Criminal Policy (IRCP), Ghent University