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Belgium’s origin labelling of products from Israeli – occupied territories. A...
The Belgian Government has published its ‘notice to retailers concerning origin labelling of products from Israeli occupied territories’. The initiative got a lot of press, in Belgium at least, the...
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Landmark judgment in the making. High Court refers to Luxembourg, demarcation...
How exactly is the EU bound by public international law? What is the justiciability of acts of foreign sovereign nations in EU courts? To what extent can an individual rely on customary or other...
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Neither extraterritoriality questions nor WTO concerns unsettle the CJEU....
The last part of this title is a bit of a stretch, apologies: soundbite beats nuance. I reported earlier on the High Court’s referral to the CJEU in the Cosmetics Regulation case, C-592/14 . The Court...
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Is it me, or is it getting chilly? The EC and endocrine disruptors.
Do the newly negotiated EU rules on endocrine disruptors illustrate regulatory chill /the ‘freezing effect’ of international trade law? The new European Commission proposals on endoctrine disruptors...
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Trading Together For Strong and Democratically Legitimized EU International...
I am happy to post here the link to the statement which I signed together with 62 colleagues from various walks of (trade) life, on the EU’s modus operandi for the signature of trade agreements....
View ArticleWTO examiners: at ease! Canadian Supreme Court holds in R. v. Comeau (New...
Fellow faculty about to examine students on the Law of the World Trade Organisation, have their exam sorted (especially if it is an oral exam). In 2018 SCC 15 R v Comeau the Canadian Supreme Court held...
View ArticleUS Iran sanctions renew the spotlight on the EU’s blocking regulation: A rare...
Ross Denton at Baker & McKenzie has a gem of a briefing on the EU’s ‘blocking Regulation’ and what it would mean in light of the US’ mooted sanctions on Iran. Steptoe had earlier also pondered the...
View ArticleRequest for consultations under the Trade and Sustainable Devlopment chapter...
Update 16 January 2019 the first such trigger was quickly followed by a second: the EU have requested consultations with Ukraine over the country’s ban on the export of unprocessed woods. This is a...
View ArticleInspection of SPS standards by ricochet. The CJEU on extra-EU enforcement of...
The CJEU (General Court) held in Case T-429/18 BRF SA et al v European Commission this week. I need to think a bit more about the implications of the judgment, particularly as I am keen to submit a...
View ArticleFree movement of capital and sustainable forest management. The CJEU in...
Disclosure I represented the Flemish Region at the Court of Justice. I wrote this post on 11 December 2018. Given that the interpretation of the judgment has a bearing on the proceedings in the...
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