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Supervision in the EEC, OECD, and Benelux— a Difference in Degree, but also in Kind?

SUPERVISION is an aspect of the law and society which is receiving growing attention. Whilst during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries international supervision was treated almost as a taboo, the situation is now very different—no doubt due in part to the tendency of States to co-operate more and more in international organisations. This implies the creation of international frameworks within which, according to previously established procedures, certain tasks are carried out by or on behalf of international bodies or institutions. The member States agree to fulfil the obligations contained in the constitutive treaty and those deriving from the acts of the bodies of an international organisation. These acts result from political moves which are cast into some juridical form or other. They may vary from (juridically non-binding) recommendations and opinions to directly binding decisions. As to the treaty contents, the co-operation may also range from pure consultation and information to the pursuit of a co-ordinated or even common policy. It is almost self-evident that it is in the interest of all the parties to ascertain what becomes of these obligations. This checking (verification or review) therefore forms in general a fixed element of the co-operation. In other words, supervision is also institutionalised and exercised according to previously established procedures. As practice shows, the exercise of supervision varies greatly from one organisation to the other. A systematic analysis is a difficult undertaking; so too is a concise comparative study such as this. The reasons for the choice of the three organisations, and their