Free Movement of Goods and Limits of Regulatory Autonomy in the EU and WTO

by Tamara Perisin

Overview

In every system aimed at trade liberalisation, it is necessary to balance this goal with the protection of (other) values. Not only does this have economic implications, but it also strikes at the heart of regulatory autonomy, sovereignty, division of power between levels and branches of government and constitutionalism. The optimal balance necessarily depends on the system's aims, structure, membership and level of homogeneity. This book explores this broad idea in the specific context of the EU and WTO rules on non-pecuniary restrictions on the free movement of goods and seeks to establish how to optimally interpret them. Furthermore, it demonstrates that the EU internal market rules have strong external effects which can be felt within the WTO.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9789067042901
Publisher:	T.M.C. Asser Press
Publication date:	12/31/2008
Edition description:	1st Edition.
Pages:	252
Product dimensions:	6.50(w) x 9.70(h) x 0.80(d)

About the Author

Dr Tamara Perišin is Associate Professor at the Department for European Public Law, Faculty of Law, University of Zagreb. She is also a member of the Croatian Government's Working Group for the Chapter Free Movement of Goods within EU accession negotiations and Executive Editor of the Croatian Yearbook of European Law and Policy.

Table of Contents

Non-Pecuniary Restrictions on the Free Movement of Goods in the Eu.- Positive Integration in the Eu.- Non-Fiscal Restrictions on the Free Movement of Goods in the Wto.- Concluding Remarks.

Editorial Reviews

'The author is successful in her attempt to present a well-researched, solidly argued and coherently structured analysis of trade liberalisation in the framework of the current institutional architecture in world trade and more specifically of the two of its most important actors, the EU and the WTO. … a valuable contribution … clear, comprehensible, sensible and coherent manner. … highly recommended.' International Trade Law and Regulation

'… an interesting work which offers some useful cues for reflection … makes for interesting reading, especially for students or practitioners willing to familiarize themselves with the EC and WTO rules on free movement of goods, and to understand the main differences between these two systems.' Common Market Law Review

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