Just when the European patent community finally expected the Agreement on the Unified Patent Court (UPCA) and the Unitary Patent Regulation (UPR) to enter into force soon, the UK electorate voted in favour of “Brexit”. Among a host of other issues this raises the question of whether the UK...

The authors confront complexness and rigour of EU directives on public procurement vis-à-vis broad wording of international agreements concluded within EU neighbourhood policy. The firs reason for this comparison is ongoing spread of principles of the EU law to the third countries. The second...

The unexpected result of the referendum on the Brexit was followed by the highest number of disclosures of short-selling positions since the enforcement of the European short-selling disclosure regime in the UK. This paper analyzes the disclosures of short positions which took place around the...

The European Union’s founding treaties recognize the need for a balancing exercise between protective interests and the principles of openness, transparency, and the right of access to documents. Nowhere is that balancing exercise as evident as in the field of trade defence investigations....

This paper analyzes the efficacy of EU interventions into the elimination of racial discrimination and improvement of labor market outcomes for racial and ethnic minorities in the EU, including the Race Equality Directive of 2000, soft law measures such as the Lisbon Strategy, the European...

In June 2016, British voters did the unthinkable: by a narrow margin, they voted for the United Kingdom to leave the European Union. While this referendum was not legally binding, the new British Prime Minister, Theresa May, has left no doubt that she will abide by the outcome and declare the...

The article presents the EEA two-pillar model for gaining passports to access the single market within the EU, and argues that the UK might want to seriously consider this solution and the lessons that the EU-EEA negotiations can teach. It also argues that the EFTA EEA model is ripe for a makeover

As the EU’s competences and activities in external relations expand, more and more documents held by EU institutions potentially fall within the scope of the ‘international relations’ and ‘defence and military matters’ exception contained in the EU’s Access to Documents Regulation...

Ten Central European countries became members of the European Union in the years 2004 - 2007. They constitute 20% of the EU’s total population; and even though their economic output is much lower, it rises dynamically. New members’ impact on the EU policies has nevertheless been limited....