This book investigates the role of law in confronting major
societal transformations embodied by the emergence of
nanotechnologies. Taking the case of the European Union, it
explores who the key decision-makers in the regulation of
nanotechnologies are and how they take decisions. The questions are
explored through two distinct case studies: the food and chemicals
sectors. The book charts an incremental retreat of the European
Union to its executive powers, including 'soft law' measures such
as agencies' guidelines or implementing measures. This, the author
argues, results in the Union's fundamental democratic control
mechanisms, the EU legislature and the Court of Justice of the EU,
being circumvented. The book recommends several immediate proposals
to reform EU risk regulation, advocating a greater reliance on the
European Parliament and outlining measures to increase the
transparency of guidance drafting by EU agencies. This important
work provides a timely examination of how emerging technologies
pose both regulatory and democratic challenges.
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