This paper deals with the EU's trade policy with two objectives: on the one hand, we study the performance of EU … assessment of protection is carried out for the enlarged EU. Overall, it appears that notwithstanding the rhetoric about … preferential access, several developing countries are the ones facing the highest hurdles in getting into the EU markets. Both …

-liberalism'. Against this background, the present paper is focussed on the following point. With the EU bench-marking system being … appropriate statistical techniques and indicators, the benchmarking system provided by EUROSTAT seems to be sufficiently effective … feasibility. The European Union benchmarking exercise is embedded in the context of the Open Method(s) of Co-ordination (OMC …

relations, benchmarking and 'soft' forms of regulation are increasingly to the fore. This article traces the origins of … benchmarking from management tool to regulatory instrument, in particular analysing its functioning at the levels of the Euro …, benchmarking is likely to prove no more effective a means of co-ordination than the traditional Community method …