This Working Paper analyses the development of the interpretation that the European Commission has given to the TFEU provision concerning mechanisms for extensions of collective agreements. The paper examines how the Commission has reinterpreted these provision and the challenges this poses for...

The paper aims at comparing the formal and informal labour markets in the Central and Eastern European new EU Member States and candidate countries of the European Union. First, the current situation of the labour market is described, focusing on the recent developments since the breaking up of...

Der Vorschlag der EU-Kommission zur Deregulierung Freier Berufe von 2003 sieht vor, reglementierte Berufe in einer Kategorie zusammenzufassen. Dadurch sollen Berufe verschiedenster Art mit Freiberufen regulatorisch zusammengefügt werden, die weder die bisher üblichen Voraussetzungen der...

The empirical analysis of the determinants of institutional development in transition countries as well as the qualitative country studies summarized in this publication allow for some optimism concerning a potential impact of the EU on institution building and governance quality in CIS...