Países Bajos
In recent years, the European Union Agency for Asylum (EUAA) has been variously involved in thedecision-making processes of national authorities deciding on individual asylum applications. In spiteof its capability of affecting national asylum procedures and the circumstances in which they are car-ried out, holding EUAA accountable for its action is prevented by the lack of clear allocations oftasks and the consequent inadequacy of the judicial remedies available. By analysing and comparingthe main role played by the Agency in Italy and Malta, this article sheds some light on the differentproblems of effective judicial protection, which vary and arise differently depending on the tasksperformed by EUAA in each national legal system