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The Regulation of Water Services in the EU Internal Market

Delimatsis, Panos - 2015

Water is an exhaustible natural resource. Access to clean, safe and affordable water must be managed nowadays not only … to avoid any unnecessary use of water, but also allow for continuous supply of such an important factor of public well …-being. In recent years, water-related activities acquired significant economic characteristics and competition in the sector has …

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Sustainable Standard-Setting, Climate Change and the TBT Agreement

Delimatsis, Panos - 2016

The increased importance of environmental protection led to the introduction of sustainability-related criteria in standard-setting practices. A discomfort with the functioning, working methods and certain rigidities of the global standardizing bodies such as the ISO led to a mushrooming of a...

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Promoting Renewable Energy Through Adaptive Prudential Regulation in Financial Services

Delimatsis, Panos - 2015

Promotion of renewable energy has become one important priority in the political agenda worldwide. However, financing of renewable energy projects, especially the small-scale ones, is not always streamlined and banks may not always be willing to invest in such projects. This fact is accentuated...

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The Evolution of the EU External Trade Policy in Services - CETA, TTIP and TiSA after Brexit

Delimatsis, Panos - 2017

The conclusion of the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) constitutes a priority and key component of the external trade policy of the European Union (EU). It is also an immediate follow-up to several years of regulatory cooperation between the two global trade powers. In an...

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Standard-Setting in Services – New Frontiers in Rule-Making and the Role of the EU

Delimatsis, Panos - 2015

Due to legislative and judicial developments, standard-setting has come to the forefront of public debates. Being for a long time considered as a 'no passing zone' for everyone but engineers and technical experts, standard-setting organizations (SSOs) have produced a rowing solid body of...

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A Theory of Global Trade Law and the WTO

Delimatsis, Panos - 2015

Trade regulation may never have been in more flux than it is now. Other than the emergence of ‘megaregionals' (such as the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership-TTIP or the Trans-pacific Partnership-TPP) and the difficulties in finalizing the Doha Development Agenda, increased...

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Continuity and Change in International Standardization

Delimatsis, Panos - 2015

Standards reflect preferences and values of a given society which may – and usually do – diverge, thereby inflating compliance costs for companies. If developed internationally, then substantial gains can be made through the diminution of such costs and by addressing network externalities,...

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Services of General Interest and the EU External Energy Policy

Delimatsis, Panos - 2015

Services of general interest (SGI) are a key component of the EU economy, accounting for 26% of GDP and 30% of employment within the EU. They cover economic and noneconomic activities alike. They are to be distinguished from services of general economic interest (SGEI), which are economic...

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Negotiating Services Liberalization within TTIP - The EU External Trade Policy at Crossroads

Delimatsis, Panos - 2016

The conclusion of the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) constitutes a priority and key component of the new external trade policy of the European Union (EU) and an immediate follow-up to several years of regulatory cooperation between the two global trade powers. In an era of...

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Global Standard-Setting 2.0 : How the WTO Spotlights ISO and Impacts the Transnational Standard-Setting Process

Delimatsis, Panos - 2018

Transnational technical standard-setting has grown in prominence in recent years. The World Trade Organization (WTO) requires the use of international standards but adopts a deferential approach towards international standards. However, practice shows that several international standards are...

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