Mercosur: ‘Organised Crime, Money Laundering and Harmonisation of Legislation’

1999 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 63-65
Author(s):  
Pedro R. David

Section 1 of the Asuncion Treaty sets up the Common Market of the Southern Cone (Mercosur). It establishes, inter alia, ‘the commitment of the Member Parties to harmonize their laws in the relevant areas, with a view to strengthening the integration process’. Such a harmonisation implies an intention to establish increasingly common criteria and similar patterns at a sub‐regional level to deal with a specific set of rules that are currently dissimilar.

2014 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 146-169
Author(s):  
Cairo Gabriel Borges Junqueira

Com as novas configurações do ordenamento internacional nos últimos anos, os Estados nacionais passaram a dividir espaço com outros atores, dentre eles os blocos regionais e os atores subnacionais. No Mercado Comum do Sul (Mercosul), a Rede Mercocidades e o Foro Consultivo de Municípios, Estados Federados, Províncias e Departamentos (FCCR) configuram-se como as duas principais instâncias que levam as demandas locais para o âmbito regional. No presente artigo, objetiva-se analisar ambos os órgãos com vistas a discriminar suas formas de institucionalização e vínculos com o processo de integração, interpretar a formulação de suas agendas temáticas e caracterizar suas principais iniciativas. Parte-se da hipótese de que ainda há uma baixa, porém crescente, participação subnacional no nível institucional do Mercosul. Ademais, com os resultados obtidos, a conclusão atesta a importância das Mercocidades e do FCCR tanto para a articulação subnacional no bloco quanto para o próprio fortalecimento da integração regional para muito além dos anseios econômicos.   Abstract: With the new configurations of the international order in recent years, the nation states began to share space with other actors, among them the regional blocs and subnational actors. In the Southern Common Market (Mercosur), the Mercocities and the Committee of Municipalities, States, Provinces and Departments (CCRM) constitute the two main instances that bring local demands for the regional level. This article aims to analyze both institutions with the intention to distinguish their forms of institutionalization and links with the integration process, investigate the formulation of their thematic agendas and characterize their main initiatives. It is assumed that there is still a low, but increasing, subnational participation in Mercosur's institutional level. Furthermore, with the results obtained, the conclusion underlines the importance of Mercocities and CCRM for the subnational articulation in the block and the strengthening of regional integration beyond economic anxieties.


Author(s):  
Catherine Barnard

This book focuses on the rules interfering with movement across EU Member States. This chapter places these rules in context. It discusses the importance of free trade; the different stages of integration; understanding the integration process; and the principles underpinning the common market.


2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 93-105
Author(s):  
Naila Maier-Knapp

In December 2015, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) celebrated the official establishment of the ASEAN Community. Having emerged in 1967 as a regional grouping of developing countries with minimal shared interests—beyond the common concern of economic growth and national resilience, ASEAN now has established regional structures which have been vital in enhancing development and dialogue on a broad range of issues across the Southeast Asian region. Over the years, the institutional development at the regional level has been accompanied by various efforts to promote regional unity and identity. The more recent years have also displayed that the international community has been supporting these efforts for ASEAN unity and identity by showing greater recognition of ASEAN as an international actor in its own right, for example, through the establishment of numerous country delegations to ASEAN.


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