Law and Practice of the Common Commercial Policy provides a critical analysis of the European Union (EU)âs trade law and policy since the Treaty of Lisbon. In particular, it analyses the salient changes brought by the Treaty of Lisbon to the Common Commercial Policy (CCP), focussing on the relevant case law of the Court of Justice of the European Union (ECJ), EU free trade agreements, investment protection, trade defence, institutional developments and the nexus between the CCP and other EU policies.
The volume brings together a group of distinguished authors, including former and current members of the ECJ, practitioners, officials from EU institutions and Member States and leading scholars in the area of EU trade and external relations law.
Michael Hahn is Professor of European and International Economic Law at the University of Bern and its World Trade Institute as well as an Honorary Professor at the University of Waikato School of Law. He teaches, researches and consults on international trade law, Swiss-EU bilateral relations and EU external relations law.
Guillaume Van der Loo, Ph.D. (Ghent University, 2014), is a research fellow at the European Policy Centre (Brussels) and Egmont â the Royal Institute for International Relations (Belgium) and is Visiting Professor EU Trade Law at Ghent University. He was previously a postdoctoral researcher at the Centre for European Policy Studies and the Leuven Centre for Global Governance Studies. His research focuses on the law and policy of EU external relations. He also consults on EU trade law and policy.
Forewords by Sabine Weyand (Director-General for Trade, European Commission) and Bernd Lange (Chair of the Committee on International Trade, European Parliament)
Acknowledgements
List of Illustrations
List of Abbreviations
Notes on Contributors
Introduction
â10 Years Common Commercial Policy Since the Treaty of Lisbon
ââMichael Hahn and Guillaume Van der Loo
PART 1 The Scope of the CCP
1âMixity and the Common Commercial Policy after Opinion 2/15
âAn Overview
ââAllan Rosas
2âDefining the Scope of the Common Commercial Policy
ââMarise Cremona
PART 2 The EUâs Investment Policies
3âThe First 10 Years of the European Unionâs Policy on Investment Dispute Settlement
âFrom Initial Reforms to the Multilateral Investment Court
ââColin M. Brown
4âOpinion 1/17
âLegitimising the EUâs Investment Court System but Raising the Bar for Compliance with EU law
ââGuillaume Van der Loo
5âNever Get High on your Own Supply â âAutonomy of the EU Legal Orderâ and Effective Treaty-Based Dispute Settlement Mechanisms
ââMichael Hahn
6âInvestment Screening â a New Era of European Protectionism?
ââMarc Bungenberg and Fabian Blandfort
PART 3 The Scope of the EUâs Free Trade Agreements
7âTrade and Sustainable Development Post-Lisbon
ââBarbara Cooreman and Geert Van Calster
8âTechnical Barriers to Trade in the New Generation of EU Trade Agreements
ââIsabelle Van Damme
9âPublic Procurement in EU FTAs
ââStephen Woolcock
10âPrudential Carve-outs for Financial Services in EU FTAs
ââBregt Natens and Claus D. Zimmermann
12âThe EUâs Anti-Subsidy Practice During the Last Decade
âIncreasingly Aggressive Application
ââEdwin Vermulst and Juhi Dion Sud
13âThe Devil is in the Detail â a First Guide on the EUâs New Trade Defence Rules
ââFrank Hoffmeister
14âThe EUâs Amended Basic Anti-dumping Regulation â a Practitionerâs View
ââPhilippe De Baere
PART 5 The Nexus between the CCP and Other EU External Policies
15âTightening the EUâs Trade-Development Nexus
âA Strategic Turn in Search for Enhanced Effectiveness
ââSieglinde Gstöhl
16âThe Nexus between the CCP and the CFSP
ââTamara PeriÅ¡in and Sam Koplewicz
17âThe Nexus between the Common Commercial Policy and Human Rights
âImplications of the Lisbon Treaty
ââPeter Van Elsuwege
18âThe European Union and the Multilateral Trade Regime
âReciprocal Influences
ââPieter Jan Kuijper and Geraldo Vidigal
PART 6 The Institutional and Procedural Dimension of the CCP
19âThe Legitimacy of âEU-onlyâ Preferential Trade Agreements
ââDavid Kleimann
20âEU Trade Policy after Opinion 2/15
âInternal and External Threats to Broad and Comprehensive Free Trade Agreements
ââReinhard Quick and Attila Gerhäuser
21âThe Integration of EU Trade Defence in the Horizontal Comitology Regime
ââJacques Bourgeois and Merijn Chamon
22âThe Role of the Member States in the CCP
ââSophie Gappa and Martin Lutz
23âThe Council, the Common Commercial Policy and the Institutional Balance
âRecent Developments
ââBart Driessen
24âThe Role of the European Parliament in the Shaping of the Common Commercial Policy
âAndrej Auersperger Matic
25âProvisional Application of EU Free Trade Agreements
âJoni Heliskoski
Index
This book is essential reading for trade practitioners, members of the civil service of the EU institutions and of ministries in charge of dealing with the EU, as well as for academics and students working on EU trade law and EU external relations.