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ntroduction. – 1.1. Some remarks on possible means of giving effectiveness to the subsidiarity and proportionality principles. – 1.2. Integration (through networks) and democracy (through discourse). – 1.3. The subsidiarity principle, the role of National Parliaments and the new control of proportionality. – 1.4. ECJ, Grand Chamber, 12 July 2005 Joined Causes C 154-04 and C-155/04: are subsidiarity and pro- portionality really instruments for decentralisation? – 1.5. Horizontal subsidiarity. – 1.6. The Independent Administrative Authorities in the European network: cooperation amongst them. – 1.7.1 Competition law. – 1.7.2 Electronic communications. – 1.7.3. Supervisory Authority on the Protection of Individuals with regard to the processing of Personal Data 1.7.4 The financial supervisory system. – 1.7.5 In brief... – PART II: 2.1. L. 241/1990 and its application on Agencies’ decision-making. – 2.2. Participatory rights in Agencies’ legislation. – 2.2.1. Antitrust Authority. – 2.2.2. Authority for Communications (AGCOM). – 2.2.3. Regulatory Authority for Electricity and Gas (AEEG). – 2.2.4. Italian Data Protec- tion Authority. – 2.2.5. Supervisory Institute for Control of Private In- surance Companies (ISVAP). – 2.2.6. National Commission for Compa- nies and Stock Exchange (CONSOB). – 2.3. Conclusion.