European financial regulation consistently gives governments privileged access to private investors, reflecting the anchor role assigned to sovereign securities as safe and liquid assets for the financial system. Legislative reforms after the financial crisis of 2008 further expanded the...

The paper discusses the flexibilization of the sui generis system of supplementary protection certificates (SPCs) under European law recently introduced to allow for the manufacturing, stockpiling and export of covered products. Against this background, it examines the viability under the...

Examining fisheries, Brexit, the Trade and Cooperation Agreement (TCA) and its consequences for the fishing industry in the UK and the EU, this book explores key issues within the complex topic of fisheries after Brexit. Assessing the new fishing relationship between the UK and the EU, which...

Since its inception in 1995, more than 330 disputes have been raised under the WTO Dispute Settlement System. The major players in world trade - the EU and the USA - are also the busiest users of this instrument. After looking at links between economic integration and WTO involvement and a...

Der Zugelassene Wirtschaftsbeteiligte (AEO) wurde mit Wirkung vom 1. Januar 2008 geschaffen. Zehn Jahre sind vergangen, nach denen es nun erneut gilt, eine Zwischenbilanz zu ziehen (die Jubiläumsbilanz) - wurden die Erwartungen und Antragszahlen erreicht, was gibt es an Neuerungen und welche...

Die Europäische Kommission hat mit dem Bericht „über die Umsetzung des Zollkodex und der Ausübung der Befugnis zum Erlass delegierter Rechtsakte gemäß Art. 284“ vom 22.1.2018 – COM (2018) 39 final an das Europäische Parlament und den Rat die Verschiebung einiger der künftigen...

The main aim of this paper is to examine how the current European Commission guidelines issued in 2004 on the application of Article 101(3) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU) (hereinafter: Commission guidelines) could be improved to allow undertakings to assess their...