Prof. dr. sc. Tamara Perišin, MJur (Oxon)
- COURSE REQUIREMENTS
- attendance
- short presentation in class - to be confirmed on the basis of students in the class
- short paper* or exam (alternatively, to be chosen by each student).
*The paper is specially recommended for students who would afterwards like to develop the paper into a dissertation.
READING MATERIAL
Please note that the assigned reading material which are not available through this website (e.g. book excerpts) are available at our Merlin e-learning website http://moodle.srce.hr/course/enrol.php?id=978.
UNITS
Unit 1 – Introduction - Representing the European Union in the World Trade Organization
Monday, 24 Oct 2016, 12.00, Ćirilometodska 4, classroom no. II (ground floor, left)
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Dr. Mislav Mataija, LLM (Columbia), PhD (EUI) European Commission Legal Service - WTO Team Representing the European Union in the World Trade Organization
Reading: - T. Perišin, EU Identity from the Perspective of the WTO – The Spillover Effects of the Union’s Internal Market in the International Trading Arena - see organisation of the European Commission Legal Service
Please notice that this week exceptionally the class is scheduled for 12.00-14.00. In other weeks, the class will start at 11.00. |
No class on 31 October.
Unit 2 - EU trade disputes and the export of values
Monday, 7 November 2016, 11.00-13.00, Ćirilometodska 4, classroom no. II (ground floor, left)
Unit 3 – EU public health standards and world trade
Monday, 21 Nov 2016, 11.00, Ćirilometodska 4, classroom no. II (ground floor, left)
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Objetives: to understand how EU's health standards affect world trade, the interpretation of WTO rules and the globalization of standards.
- EC Hormones, AB Report, WT/DS26/AB/R, WT/DS48/AB/R, 16 January 1998, see facts; paras 188-209. - EC – Asbestos, AB Report, WT/DS135/AB/R, 12/03/2001; see facts, paras 88-141; 149-154 - Memorandum of Understanding between the US and the EC, 2009 - Memorandum of Understanding between Canada and the EC, 2011 - EC - Biotech, Panel Report, see p. 28-38; and p. 1067-1076. |
Unit 4 – EU environmental, climate change and energy standards and trade disputes
Monday, 28 Nov, 2016, 11.00, Ćirilometodska 4, classroom no. II (ground floor, left)
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Objectives: to understand how EU internal rules on energy and climate change affect the world, especially to understand their trade effects as seen in disputes before the CJEU and in the WTO; to asses the coherence of EU's unilateral, plurilateral and multilateral action in these fields.
Reading: - C-366/10, Air Transport Association of America - Perišin, Pending EU Disputes in the WTO: Challenges to EU Energy Law and Policy - Scott, Rajamani, EU Climate Change Unilateralism, EJIL (2012) p. 469 |
Unit 5 – EU, US and WTO rules on protectionism
Monday, 5 Dec 2016, 11.00, Ćirilometodska 4, classroom no. II (ground floor, left)
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Objectives: comparative study of EU, US and WTO rules preventing protectionm
Reading: discussion questions distributed in class |
Unit 6 – European and global companies - NOTICE THE CHANGE OF TIME AND VENUE!!!
Wednesday, 14 Dec 2016, 17.00-20.30 Ćirilometodska 4, classroom no. VII (2nd floor)
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Guest professor: Prof. dr. Karsten Sorensen, University of Aarhus
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Unit 7 – EU energy rules and global goverance
Monday, 19 Dec 2016, 11.00, Ćirilometodska 4, classroom no. II (ground floor, left)
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Reading: - continued from 28 Nov 2016 |
Unit 8 – EU animal welfare standards and trade disputes
Monday, 9 Jan 2017 11.00, Ćirilometodska 4, classroom no. II (ground floor, left)
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Reading:
- Seal Products (WTO AB Reports, WT/DS4008401/AB/R, 22/05/2014 -- (Links to an external site.)overview of the disputes initiated by Canada and Norway (Links to an external site.) 2015/177 (New) Seal Products Regulation (Links to an external site.) - T. Perisin, "Is the EU Seal Products Regulation a Sealed Deal? . . ." - R. Howse and J. Langille, "Permitting Pluralism: The Seal Products Dispute and Why the WTO Should Permit Trade Restrictions Justified by Non-Instrumental Moral Values"
Economist, “After the Horse Has Been Bolted” (Links to an external site.) Compare with Cavel Intern., Inc. v. Madigan |
Unit 9-10 - Guest professor Joanne Scott
- NOTICE THE CHANGE OF TIME AND VENUE FOR BOTH LECTURES!
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Prof. Joanne Scott University College London & European University Institute
Global Reach of EU Law Tuesday, 17 January 2017, 17.30-19.00 Ćirilometodska 4, classroom no. VII (2nd floor)
Reading: J. Scott, Extraterritoriality and Territorial Extension in EU Law ________
EU Climate Change Unilateralism Wednesday, 18 January 2017, 17.30-19.00 Ćirilometodska 4, classroom no. VII (2nd floor)
Reading: Scott, Rajamani, EU Climate Change Unilateralism, EJIL (2012) p. 469
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Unit 11 - Bilateral trade agreements
Monday, 23 January, 11.00, Ćirilometodska 4, classroom no. II (ground floor, left)
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Objectives: to understand the effects that the new generation of bilateral agreements such as the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (EU and US) and the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (EU and Canada) could have; to analyze the possible effects on global regulatory standards and global welfare; to understand the pros and cons of different modes of solving investor - state disputes.
Reading: - T. Perišin, Transatlantic Trade Disputes... - Background information on the Investment Court System - CETA - just have a look at the Table of Contents to get an idea about the agreement's coverage. |