Current political discussions on the relationship of technical standards to the Transatlantic, Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) concern the question whether TTIP can provide a transatlantic level playing field for technical standards, and whether this will negatively affect technical...

Einleitung -- Policy-Paper: "Ein zukunfsfähiger Gesellschaftsvertrag mit der Landwirtschaft: Plädoyer für eine neue Agrarpolitik" -- Kurzdarstellung der Ausgangssituation: Umwelteffekte der Landwirtschaft -- Agrarpolitische Rahmenbedingungen -- SWOT-Analyse der derzeitigen Agrarpolitik aus...

In the following paper we investigate how EU law conceptualizes the individual to whom internal market regulation is addressed. To this end, we take as an analytical point of departure a stylized information paradigm, whereby for reasons of internal market benefits, market players have to bear...

Deviating from constitutional approaches of internal market regulation, I will first provide an introduction to internal market regulation and its development from an economic perspective. I will weave the precautionary principle in this rationale of internal market regulation and highlight the...

Stakeholder groups have different interests in health claims which may be complementary but also conflicting. It is not clear on beforehand, how managers should deal with legal requirements on claims. Nor is it clear how legal authorities can adjust the present claims regime to address market,...

Services of General Economic Interest (SGEI) have been subject to long debate. The Altmark-ruling in 2003 aimed at providing clarity with respect to how SGEI should be treated in state aid. Since 2008, however, evidence was missing how these criteria are applied in practice by the CFI. As the...

The Commission's recently launched its new “farm to fork” strategy. An important input to the formulation of such kind of strategies are the reports of the scientific advisors. One of such preparatory reports for the “farm to fork” strategy is the Group of Chief Scientific Advisors'...

Im vorliegenden Forschungsvorhaben wird das Potential von Nudges für den Bereich des nachhaltigen Konsums mit Schwerpunkt auf ökologischen Konsum untersucht. Nudges sind politische Instrumente und können als "Anstupser" verstanden werden, die auf psychologischen und verhaltensökonomischen...