The Maastricht Collection comprises a broad selection of legal instruments and provisions that have proven to be particularly relevant and useful to students and practitioners of international, European, and comparative law. The compilation is based on the long-standing expertise in teaching and researching European, international, and comparative national law at Maastricht University’s Faculty of Law. It includes codes and statutory legislation from France, Germany, the Netherlands, and th...

Europeanisation of Public Law? (second edition) is a study about the relation between European and national public law. Familiar EU doctrines on ?procedural autonomy?, ?direct effect?, ?consistent interpretation?, ?ex officio application of European law? and ?state liability? are used as a starting point for examining the effects of these doctrines in the various Member States. Consideration is also given to important questions concerning the enforcement of European law in the national legal ...

Language Law of the European Union gives a comprehensive account of all language regulations and arrangements which currently exist in EU law. First and foremost, it covers the various explicit and implicit language regimes of EU institutions, bodies and agencies, explaining how and why they came about. It also explores numerous other EU language provisions in the area of freedom, security and justice, relating to quite diverse topics such as road traffic offences, recognition of national cou...

Het mededingingsrecht is niet meer weg te denken uit onze economie en de maatschappij in het algemeen. Elke dag wordt wel ergens staatssteun uitgekeerd, een fusie aangemeld, een kartel opgerold of nagedacht over de vraag of er meer of minder concurrentie moet plaatsvinden in een bepaalde sector. Al deze vragen spelen in een weinig toegankelijk rechtsgebied waarin de beoefenaar een gedegen kennis van het recht moet combineren met economische, technische en politieke inzichten. Dit boek biedt e...

Dit boek is geschreven voor studenten en andere belangstellenden die indringend willen kennismaken met de grote leerstukken van het Europese recht. Het is geen naslagwerk en streeft niet naar uitputtende behandeling, maar naar kennis en begrip van hoofdzaken in hun verband. Het boek benut de historische, de politieke en de maatschappelijke achtergrond van het Europese recht voor zover deze bijdragen aan overzicht en inzicht. Europees recht heeft een centrale plaats in vrijwel elk aspect van d...

This leading monograph on European Environmental Law is now completely updated and revised. This book provides an in-depth analysis of important legal issues of European environmental law. What are the legal grounds for EU environmental policy and on what principles are directives and regulations based upon? To what extent precludes EU environmental regulation more stringent national environmental standards? What are the requirements the Court of Justice has imposed on the Member States imple...

The Maastricht Collection comprises a broad selection of legal instruments and provisions that have proven to be particularly relevant and useful to students and practitioners of international, European, and comparative law. The compilation is based on the long-standing expertise in teaching and researching European, international, and comparative national law at Maastricht University’s Faculty of Law. It includes codes and statutory legislation from France, Germany, the Netherlands, and th...

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Since the 1970s, the Black Sea has been suffering a severe pollution from excessive input of nutrients and chemicals. To improve the situation, the Convention on the Protection of the Black Sea Against Pollution (Bucharest Convention) was signed in 1992 and the Black Sea Commission (BSC) was established. Environmental protection by the Black Sea Commission: Organisation and performance in comparison with the Baltic Marine Environment Protection Commission (HELCOM) provides a c...