Free Movement of Goods and Limits of Regulatory Autonomy in the EU and WTO

In every system aimed at trade liberalisation, it is necessary to balance this goal with the protection of (other) values. Not only does this have economic implications, but it also strikes at the heart of regulatory autonomy, sovereignty, division of power between levels and branches of government and constitutionalism. The optimal balance necessarily depends on the system’s aims, structure, membership and level of homogeneity.

This book explores this broad idea in the specific context of the EU and WTO rules on non-pecuniary restrictions on the free movement of goods and seeks to establish how to optimally interpret them. Furthermore, it demonstrates that the EU internal market rules have strong external effects which can be felt within the WTO.

A useful tool for academics, practitioners and those with an interest in trade liberalisation.

Dr. Tamara Perišin is Associate Professor in the Department for European Public Law, Faculty of Law, University of Zagreb, Croatia.

With a foreword by Professor Derrick Wyatt QC.