Services Liberalization in the EU and the WTO

Concepts, Standards and Regulatory Approaches

Marcus Klamert

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Year: 2014
• Print ISBN:
  9781107034594
• eBook ISBN:
  9781316057681
• Topic: Law
• Subtopic: International Law
• Index: Law

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.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half-title
• Series information
• Title page
• Copyright information
• Table of contents
• Series editors’ preface
• Preface
• Table of case law
• Table of materials
• Introduction
• 1 WTO law on services
• 2 The relationship between the EU and the WTO
• 3 EU primary law on services
• 4 Deconstructing EU law on services and establishments
• 5 Variatio delectat?
• 6 The Services Directive
• 7 The implementation of the Services Directive
• 8 Principles of services law in the EU and the WTO
• 9 Quo vadit?
• References
• Index