External Trade Relations of the EC and its Member States: Admissible General Exceptions
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| Year of publication | 2008 |
| Type | Article in Proceedings |
| Conference | Europeanization of the national law, the Lisbon Treaty and some other legal issues |
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| Field | Law sciences |
| Keywords | External trade; exclusive competences; restrictive measures; international trade; GATT |
| Description | This article reviews the legal regulation of international trade in the Community law. The problem is that competences of the EC in this area are mostly exclusive which excludes Member states. The question which is whether a Member states may legally adopt a protective measure in order to hinder imports of goods from third states if they have potential to harm some important interests of respective Member state like protection of public morality, public policy or public security, etc. The answer is that there is such possibility notwithstanding the exclusivity of competences of the EC in the sphere of common commercial policy. |