Die Diskussion um die Erweiterung der Europäischen Union (EU) hat neuen Schub bekommen. Vor dem Hintergrund des russischen Angriffskriegs gegen die Ukraine hat der Europäische Rat im Juni 2022 der Ukraine und der Republik Moldau jeweils den Status eines Beitrittskandidaten sowie Georgien den...

The review of the Solvency II framework is the biggest and most important regulatory change of the EU insurance regulation since 2014. It tackles both level 1 and level 2 regulations. It has been long awaited and was significantly delayed because of the pandemic. Ultimately, the European...

The collective monograph is devoted to the actual issues concerning the implementation of the Association Agreement between Ukraine and the member states of the European Union. In particular, the monograph examines the theoretical and practical aspects of various spheres of joint activities, as...

We offer a comprehensive general equilibrium analysis of the EU-Mercosur agreement considering tariffs, quotas, non-tariff measures in goods and services, as well as a usually neglected component, namely, government procurement. We use the well-known GTAP model and cover the results for 36...

Due to the rise in the demand for information communication technologies (ICT), the need for operational risk resilience within the European insurance market sector has grown exponentially. This study aims to use the case of blockchain to evaluate whether the five characteristics determined from...

This paper was presented at the 2019 Oxford Conference: Transplanting the EU Competition Framework – Trends and Challenges: Eastern Europe, https://www.law.ox.ac.uk/events/transplanting-eu-competition-framework-trends-and-challenges-eastern-europeThis paper assesses the procedural rules of...

This paper analyses the trade balance effects of Europe agreements (EA) between the EU-15 and four new EU members from Central and Eastern Europe (CEEC-4) using both static and dynamic panel data approaches. Specifically, the system Generalized Method of Moments (GMM, Blundell and Bond, 1998)...

Apart from the differentiation of productive capacity it brings about, industrial development also contributes to the employment and the redistribution of income among people, social classes and areas. Agricultural industries, in particular, usually located in rural areas, do not only contribute...

This study presents quantitative and qualitative assessments of potential consequences of the trade agreement between the EU and Mercosur countries. It is embedded in a wider Association Agreement and was made public in summer 2019. The focus is on Austria. One objective of the agreement is to...

The topic of this report is the effort of EU and Mercosur countries (Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay) to improve trade relations and to use the momentum of induced economic growth to achieve goals of common interest that go beyond improving the flow of goods. It explores the state of...

This paper examines the prospects and feasibility of using the Association Agreement between Ukraine and the EU as a roadmap for reorienting the Ukrainian brown economy toward a green economy, making use of green financial instruments in the process. The first chapter is dedicated to the concept...

The collective monograph is devoted to the actual issues concerning the implementation of the Association Agreement between Ukraine and the member states of the European Union. In particular, the monograph examines the theoretical and practical aspects of various spheres of joint activities, as...

The Association Agreement (AA) concluded in 2014 between the European Union (EU) and Ukraine will have far-reaching consequences for the future of private law in Ukraine, a topic which will be explored in this paper. It will set out with a general survey of the Association Agreement (I.), then...

Increasing cyber and hybrid risks will test the European Union’s system of fragmentation on issues of security but centralisation on financial and other economic issues. This asymmetry was not an obstacle in a world in which security threats were more contained or of a different nature. But...

The empricial study of farmers concludes that majority of the male farmers of South Gujarat are in ancestral occupation of farming. Farmers possess preliminary education level, they hold on an average 10.48 vighas of land. Farmes have age-old experience in cultivation of sugarcane. Surprisingly,...

European authorities have given and increased attention to rural areas. Still in Agenda 2000, the European Commission has included "coherent sustainable rural development policies". Moldova is "condemned" to pay more attention to rural areas, as the majority of the population is located here....

Recent political changes in Eastern Europe will help to cement improving economic relations with the European Communities (EC). Hungary has little alternative but to seek to continue strengthing these ties. It faces important supply constraints and needs injections of fresh capital to help it...

The objective of this note is to provide insights into the potential effect of the adaptation protocol (AP) on imports of European Union (EU) agricultural, food and fisheries products into Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH). We adapt and calibrate the Tariff Reform Impact Simulation Tool (TRIST), a...

This article examines an important development in the field of corporate social responsibility, namely the adoption of a 2014 European Union Directive (“2014 EU Directive”) mandating non-financial reporting by certain large companies. Such disclosure has traditionally been provided by...

The article evaluates the financial convergence criteria of Ukraine with the major countries of the Commonwealth of Independent States: Russia, Kazakhstan and Belarus. It also studies the criteria of financial convergence of Ukraine with its main trading partners in Europe: the Eurozone, Poland,...

This paper analyses the EU Association Agreement (AA) with Ukraine. It argues that this new legal framework, the objective of which is to establish a form of close political association and economic integration, is important for several reasons. First, the AA replaces the outdated Partnership...

It is widely accepted that the ECJ judgments on the Ankara Agreement, the Additional Protocol and the Decisions of the Association Council (hereinafter: EU-Turkey association acquis) are crucial points of reference for migration law and wider bilateral relations. While many contributions rightly...

This article analyzes the legal preconditions for the harmonization of Ukrainian legislation in the field of competition law with the law of the European Union. Due to its evolution, it is noticeable that competition law has been, and remains, a priority in the harmonization process of Ukrainian...

Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of figures; List of tables; List of abbreviations; PART I Analysing the EU's behaviour in complex Association Agreement negotiations; 1 Introduction: The EU in increasingly complex international negotiations; 2 Foreign Policy Analysis and EU...

This research investigates whether financial institutions that have gained a good reputation in relation to their CSR activities also engage in significant corporate support for the arts (CSA). Using a sample composed of the 42 largest listed European financial institutions, data from 2004 to...

On 1 September 2014, the Association Agreement (AA) between the EU and Georgia partially came into force. Its main pillar is a "deep and comprehensive free trade agreement" (DCFTA). It provides for the full liberalisation of trade in industrial products and substantial reduction of barriers in...

The economic impact of the compulsory grading legislation imposed by the EC is analysed. It is shown that the system imposed certain and immediate costs on producers and consumers, while any possible benefits were uncertain and distant. The system imposed bore no relation to the realities of the...