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Potential revenue from the extension of charging fees by EU Agencies
This study explores the potential revenue from the extension of charging fees by EU Agencies. It presents a high-level review of the current and prospective situation of fees and charges in the 33 decentralised EU Agencies, and a detailed review of fees and charges for 6 Agencies in particular: ACER, EASA, ECHA, EFSA, ERA and ESMA. The study focuses mainly on Agencies’ fees collected from industry and on fees charged for services rendered. It extends the analysis to alternative funding means where ...
International procurement instrument
Over the years, the EU has opened up its public procurement markets to third countries to a large degree, yet many of these countries have not granted the EU a similar privilege. This situation has been difficult to address through multilateral or bilateral trade negotiations alone. With this in mind, the European Commission proposed the creation of an international procurement instrument in 2012. The aim of this instrument is twofold: to improve the conditions under which EU businesses can compete ...
Il presente studio, commissionato dall’Unità tematica Diritti dei cittadini e affari costituzionali del Parlamento europeo su richiesta della commissione PETI, analizza la disciplina italiana in materia di concessioni di spiaggia, in una prospettiva europea e comparata, illustrando le diverse questioni aperte e le possibili ripercussioni della sentenza della Corte di Giustizia UE, C-458/14 e C-67/15, che sembra imporre una riforma organica del settore balneare, non più procrastinabile. L’analisi ...
Contratti di pubblico appalto
Gli enti pubblici stipulano contratti per garantire l'esecuzione di lavori e la prestazione di servizi. Questi contratti, stipulati con uno o più operatori per un dato prezzo, sono denominati «appalti pubblici» e rappresentano una quota importante del PIL dell'UE. Tuttavia, solo una piccola percentuale degli appalti pubblici è stata attribuita a imprese non nazionali. L'applicazione dei principi del mercato interno agli appalti garantisce una migliore allocazione delle risorse economiche e un utilizzo ...
Cost of Non-Europe Reports identify the possibilities for economic or other gains and/or the realisation of a ‘public good’ through common action at EU level in specific policy areas and sectors. This Cost of Non-Europe Report seeks to analyse the costs for citizens, businesses and relevant stake-holders of remaining gaps and barriers in the European Single Market, building on and updating the 1988 Cecchini Report, which quantified its potential benefits. This particular study - the second in a series ...
Reciprocal access to public procurement markets
Effective trade defence instruments are fundamental to the new EU trade policy set out in the Europe 2020 strategy for smart, sustainable and inclusive growth. The proposed regulation would establish the possibility to restrict access to the European Union’s internal market in public procurement of goods and services to entities from third countries which do not provide similar access to EU firms. The European Commission aims to create leverage for the EU in trade negotiations, and so improve conditions ...
WTO Back on Track After Bali
An agreement on trade reached through the World Trade Organisation in Bali will likely reduce global trading costs by 10-15 %. Red tape is likely to be substantially reduced. While the deal includes some new provisions on agriculture, the issue remains a thorny one among negotiating parties. The package also includes concessions on market access for developing countries. The Bali ministerial meeting marked good progress, but there remains much to be done before the WTO can conclude the Doha Development ...
The 2013 Ministerial Conference in Bali: Last Chance for the WTO?
The current round of international trade negotiations are expected to culminate in the ninth Ministerial Conference (MC9) taking place in Bali from 3-5 December 2013. These negotiations are the continuation of those launched in Doha, Qatar, in 2001. Since then, seven Ministerial Conferences have taken place, but a deal has proven elusive. There are many reasons put forward to explain this, with the principal ones being the emergence of major developing countries and their wish to rebalance the trading ...
Opening negotiations on a plurilateral Trade in Services Agreement (TiSA)
With the aim of overcoming stalemate in the Doha Round, a number of WTO members, including the EU and the US, are about to launch negotiations on a plurilateral Trade in Services Agreement (TiSA).
EU-ASEAN trade relations
This paper aims to show levels of trade between the EU and the ASEAN countries – Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Burma/Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam. It looks at their trade in both goods and services with the EU, China and the NAFTA countries (USA, Canada and Mexico), to measure the importance of EU trade for the ASEAN countries, and how important they are for the EU. It also looks at foreign direct investment (FDI) in the selected countries by EU ...