Table of Contents: I. Introduction. – II. The legal framework for the protection of GIs in the EU and MERCOSUR. – II.1. European Union. – II.2. MERCOSUR. – III. Relevant rules included in the EU-MERCOSUR Agreement. – IV. Some contentious aspects of the EU-MERCOSUR agreement. – V. Concluding remarks
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Table of Contents: I. Introduction. – II. Different levels of social mainstreaming and EU law. – II.1. The relationship between the economic and social at EU level. – II.2. Art. 9 TFEU. – III. A story of hope (I): Art. 9 TFEU, EU competition law, and the Four Freedoms. – III.1. The “social exemption” for collective bargaining. – III.2. Social...
Table of Contents: I. Introduction. – II. Individual horizontal clauses as an empty vessel. – II.1. Equality concerns incorporated in EU law-making before the horizontal clauses. – II.2. No autonomous function for horizontal equality clauses. – III. The contribution of horizontal clauses to the crossing. – III.1. An aid in the case-law of the ECJ...
Table of Contents: I. Introduction. – II. The development of European consumer protection policy. – III. The limits of art. 12 TFEU. – IV. Coordination between consumer and environmental policy: a new avenue to activate art. 12 TFEU? – IV.1. The 2020 Consumer agenda. – V. Conclusion.
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Table of Contents: I. Introduction. – II. Arts 8-13 TFEU and other similar clauses of EU primary law. – III. The legal value of the horizontal clauses of arts 8-13 TFEU. – III.1. Horizontal clauses and legal obligations. – III.2. Horizontal clauses and the exercise of Union competences in the areas concerned. – III.3. Horizontal clauses and the...
Table of Contents: I. Introduction. – II. Potential for legislative differentiation: Space offered by the EU legislature. – II.1. Comparing the GDPR and the SAD. – II.2. Legislative contexts. – II.3. Zooming in: Identifying discretion. – III. Using the potential: Member States’ implementation. – IV. Alternative to differentiated integration? – IV.1...
Table of Contents: I. Introduction. – II. Basic assumptions regarding crises, soft law and differentiation. – III. The dynamics of soft law, differentiation/disintegration: Three scenarios. – III.1. Soft law, territorial differentiation, disintegration. – III.2. Soft law, territorial differentiation, integration. – III.3. Soft law, uniformly applied...
Table of Contents: I. Introduction. – II. Sources of rigidity. – II.1. Omnidirectional reciprocity as a source of rigidity. – II.2. Interconnectedness as a source of rigidity. – II.3. Effectiveness as a source of rigidity. – II.4. The clash between rigidity and the dynamics of differentiation. – III. Brexit insights for future attempts at structural...
Table of Contents: I. Introduction. – II. Setting the scene: Use and “non-use” of enhanced cooperation. – III. Legal framework for enhanced cooperation. – III.1. Establishing of enhanced cooperation. – III.2. The implementation of enhanced cooperation. – IV. On a related note: Pre-Brexit negotiations and differentiation. – V. Outlook: Dusk or dawn...
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