Services Liberalization in the EU and the WTO
Concepts, Standards and Regulatory Approaches
1st Edition
Published on 24. September 2014
978-1-316-05768-1 (ISBN)
Description
Both in WTO law and EU law there is a dichotomy between liberalisation based on market access and targeting domestic regulation. Consequently, both regimes share the problem of distinguishing national measures impairing market access and those that do not have such effect. Looking at the provision of services, a cornerstone of EU substantive law, in the EU and the WTO this book offers a comprehensive evaluation of the current legal status quo on transnational services provision on a global level. Based on thorough analysis of both EU and WTO law, policymakers are provided with concrete proposals for fostering the consistency and effectiveness of the current regime. A final chapter discusses possible approaches to regulation such as home state rule, host state rule and mutual recognition from a comparative perspective. Written by a highly respected author team, this is essential reading for EU internal market specialists and WTO law scholars alike.
Reviews / Votes
'The present monograph is a welcome treatise on services in the EU and the WTO. The author has done enormous works having analysed two systems of services regulation not in isolation but having tried to make a systematic comparison. Both the EU and the WTO system are looked at from a different angle, which gives an opportunity to discover new constellations and issues. The present monograph is a useful and recommendable work for readers who wish to deepen their knowledge and understanding both of the General Agreement on Trade in Services and regulation of services in the European Union law.' Marina Trunk-Fedorova, Yearbook of European Law '[T]here is no doubt that Services Liberalization in the EU and the WTO: Concepts, Standards, and Regulatory Approaches contributes to the current stage of knowledge. Marcus Klamert and his co-authors have engaged in an important, in-depth comparative exercise that has resulted in deconstructing the WTO and the EU regulatory standards, delineating the sectoral coverage of the regimes, and suggesting legislative changes in the name of more clarity and systematisation, for example by finding a transparent basis for the non-discrimination test in the EU. Despite the fact that the book refers to economic and technical challenges accompanying the trade in services only sporadically, and is a purely legal exercise, it is a valuable source of reference for other scholars in the field.' Branislav Hock, International Trade Law & RegulationMore details
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Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge
United Kingdom
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Cambridge University Press
Target group
Professional and scholarly
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11 Line drawings, unspecified
File size
13685,27 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-316-05768-1 (9781316057681)
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Marcus Klamert
Services Liberalization in the EU and the WTO
Concepts, Standards and Regulatory Approaches
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10/2014
Cambridge University Press
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Person
Marcus Klamert is a legal officer with the Executive Office for Constitutional Matters of the Austrian Federal Chancellery and a lecturer at the Vienna University of Economics and Business.
Content
1. WTO Law on Services: a starter kit; 2. The relation between the EU and WTO: differentiation and participation; 3. EU Primary Law on Services: fundamentals and delimitations; 4. Deconstructing the EU Law on Services and Establishments; 5. Variatio delectat? Different regulatory approaches for different services; 6. The Services Directive: innovation and fragmentation; 7. The implementation of the Services Directive: a Herculean effort with poor results?; 8. Principles of Services Law in the EU and the WTO: comparing the comparable; 9. Quo vadit?: Conclusions and recommendations.
