Does the EFTA Court Interpret the EEA Agreement as if it were the EC Treaty? Some Questions Raised by the Restamark Judgment

1996 ◽  
Vol 45 (1) ◽  
pp. 198-212 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vincent Kronenberger
Keyword(s):  
Free Trade ◽  
European Community ◽  
Free Trade Area ◽  
European Economic Area ◽  
Member States ◽  
European Economic ◽  
Trade Area ◽  
Economic Area ◽  
European Court ◽  
Homogeneous Area

The European Economic Area (EEA) Agreement signed in May 1992 between the European Free Trade Area (EFTA) States, the European Community (EC) and the EC member States' seeks to establish “a dynamic and homogeneous” area by extending provisions which apply within the European Community to the EEA.2 The first decision of the EFTA Court,3 interpreting the EEA Agreement to determine its application within the legal orders of the EFTA States, concerned the Finnish alcohol monopoly. The Restamark decision was awaited with great interest to know to what extent the EFTA Court would follow the European Court of Justice's interpretation of the EC Treaty in order to achieve the aims of the EEA Agreement.

scholarly journals The Nordea Bank Denmark Case (C-48/13)

2014 ◽  
Vol 2014 (2) ◽  
pp. 231-242
Author(s):  
Anders Nørgaard Laursen
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
European Court Of Justice ◽  
Tax Law ◽  
European Economic Area ◽  
Member States ◽  
European Economic ◽  
Court Of Justice ◽  
Economic Area ◽  
European Court

Abstract This paper reports on an investigation of a recent decision by the European Court of Justice (ECJ) in case C-48/13, Nordea Bank Denmark, concerning the Danish rules for reincorporation of losses from permanent establishments situated in European Union/ European Economic Area (EU/EEA) member states other than Denmark. The article includes comments on various EU tax law aspects of the case - namely the restriction test applied by the ECJ, the justifications brought forward by the intervening governments and the question of proportionality - and examines the consequences of the Danish tax law going forward.

scholarly journals Protectionist vs liberalised maritime cabotage policies: a review

2018 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 210-242 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ana Cristina Paixão Casaca ◽  
Dimitrios V. Lyridis
Keyword(s):  
Latin American ◽  
Methodological Approach ◽  
Policy Instruments ◽  
Free Trade Area ◽  
European Economic Area ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Member States ◽  
Content Type ◽  
European Economic ◽  
Economic Area

Purpose The development of the current European economic area maritime cabotage market occurred when, at a policy level, the European Union forced the opening of its member-states cabotage markets to Community shipowners and extended this openness, in 1997, to the european free trade area countries. A two-tier cabotage market emerged, where a European economic area legislative framework co-exists with the legislative acts of each member-state. With such a unique background, this paper aims to investigate both the European economic area member-states and the rest of the world cabotage regimes and identify a list of reasons and policy measures used to implement cabotage policies. Design/methodology/approach By means of a desk research methodological approach, this paper analyses, from a geographical perspective, different countries’ cabotage policies and classifies them, and identifies in a systematically way a set of reasons and policy instruments that support each of chosen policies approach. Findings The outcome indicates that only a few countries promote free liberalised cabotage services and that most countries favour protectionist cabotage policies, whose governments can control the number of foreign vessels participating in these trades. Cabotage regimes have been categorised and the reasons behind both policies and respective policy instruments have been identified. Originality/value Quite often, researchers only focus on the cabotage policies of the European economic area countries, the USA, Australia, Japan and South Korea. This paper value rests on its ability to incorporate cabotage policies from other African, Asian and Latin American countries and to update existing information on the subject. Overall, this paper paves the way to broaden the cabotage knowledge.

The free trade area of the EAEU-Vietnam: preliminary analysis of effects of trade integration

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Эдуард Джагитян ◽  
Eduard Dzhagityan ◽  
Виктория Перская ◽  
Viktoriya Pyerskaya ◽  
Николай Ревенко ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Free Trade ◽  
Free Trade Area ◽  
Trade Integration ◽  
Legal Analysis ◽  
Socialist Republic ◽  
Member States ◽  
Economic Relations ◽  
Trade Area ◽  
Short Period ◽  
The Government

In the collective monograph, written by the authors of the Financial University under the government of the Russian Federation and Banking Academy of Vietnam identified key problematice economic ties of the EEU member States and SVR. It States that the Agreement on free trade between the member States of the Eurasian economic Union and the Socialist Republic of Vietnam even for a short period of operation has allowed to deepen cooperation in almost all areas which are the subject of the interaction. A comparative assessment of different types of free trade agreements was made. The problems preventing the intensification of interaction between the EAEU countries and Vietnam in the areas of trade, foreign direct investment, intellectual property, tourism and regulation of migration flows are identified, the legal analysis of the articles of the Agreement is carried out. The efficiency of the EAEU-Vietnam free trade zone is estimated using the gravity model.The main recommendations on strengthening the interstate partnership within the framework of the current Agreement are formulated. For managers and specialists in foreign economic activity, researchers, postgraduates, students studying international economic relations.

Organization for European Economic Cooperation

1959 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 169-173 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Free Trade ◽  
European Economic Community ◽  
Free Trade Area ◽  
Economic Cooperation ◽  
Economic Community ◽  
European Economic ◽  
Trade Area ◽  
Real Progress ◽  
Tariff Reductions

The Intergovernmental Committee of Ministers engaged in negotiating the proposed free trade area met in Paris, July 24–25, 1958. It was reported that following the session, the chairman of the group, Mr. Reginald Maudling, expressed hope for a definite agreement on most major issues. He stated that if real progress toward an accord were attained, less importance would be attached to the much-discussed proposal to extend to the members of OEEC the 10 percent tariff reductions to be made among the members of the European Economic Community.

scholarly journals Preparing the European Union for the next pandemic – half way there

2007 ◽  
Vol 12 (51) ◽  
Author(s):  
A Nicoll ◽  
P Kreidl ◽  
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Influenza Pandemic ◽  
The Other ◽  
European Economic Area ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Member States ◽  
European Economic ◽  
Economic Area

In early 2005, the institutions and member states of the European Union (EU), together with the other European Economic Area (EEA) member states of Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway, started preparing in a concerted manner for the next influenza pandemic.

Mayday—Brexit

2021 ◽  
Vol 22 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Bertil Wiman
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
United Kingdom ◽  
Income Tax ◽  
European Economic Area ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Member States ◽  
European Economic ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Economic Area

On 31 January 2020, the United Kingdom left the European Union Brexit. A number of tax consequences both in the United Kingdom as well as in other member States will follow from leaving as a member of the European Union and the European Economic Area. This Article analyzes some of the income tax consequences, from a Swedish perspective, that follow from Brexit.

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