Legislative Approximation and Application of EU Law in the Eastern Neighbourhood of the European Union: Towards a Common Regulatory Space? (Routledge Research in EU Law) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0415640431 ISBN 13: 9780415640435

Publisher: Routledge, 2014

Synopsis

This book explores the exportation and application of European Union legislation beyond EU borders. It clarifies the means and instruments of the voluntary application of the EU’s norms by third countries and analyses in detail the process of legislative approximation between the EU and its East European neighbours. It also assesses the extent to which the EU is successful in promoting its legal standards abroad.

The first part of the book addresses the EU’s mechanisms and instruments promoting the export of its own laws and practices to other countries. Key issues include the post-Lisbon constitutional basis for the EU’s engagement with its Eastern neighbours (Art. 8 TEU); the different methods of acquis export and the impact of a new generation of Association Agreements providing for the establishment of Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Areas (DCFTAs) and, ultimately, a Neighbourhood Economic Community (NEC) between the EU and its Eastern partners.

The second part of the book includes substantive country reports that analyse the process of legislative approximation and application of EU law in the Eastern Partnership countries and Russia, authored by leading academics from the countries concerned. While currently these countries are not working towards full EU membership, the EU encourages them to approximate and converge their legislation with the EU acquis. The book also offers a unique picture of current practice of the application of EU law by judiciaries in the countries of the Eastern Partnership and Russia.

The book concludes with reflections on the multi-faceted character of legislative approximation and the challenges surrounding the application of EU law in the EU’s Eastern neighbourhood. The conclusions reached are highly informative as to the effectiveness of present and future EU external regional policies aimed at the promotion of EU common values and EU legislation into the legal orders of third countries.

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About the Author

Roman Petrov is Jean Monnet Chair in EU Law at the National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy, Ukraine.

Peter Van Elsuwege is Professor in EU law at Ghent University Law School, Belgium

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0415640431
• ISBN 13: 9780415640435
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 298
• Editor: Petrov Roman, Van Elsuwege Peter