We will

a) compare case studies on the effects of EU soft law in France and Germany in seven policy sectors (Police- and justice cooperation, Sustainable Agriculture, Financial Regulation, State Aid, Pharmaceutical Regulation, Common Foreign- and Security Policy & Food Safety)

b) discuss descriptive results and preliminary interpretations from the running survey on soft law usage in administration and by courts as well as

c) develop the analytical framework for our research on feedback effects of soft law.