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Nach einem Überblick über die Beziehungen zwischen den europäischen Institutionen und Marokko seit 1957 beschreibt der Autor die langjährigen Verhandlungen, die im November 1995 zum Abschluß eines neuartigen Assoziierungsabkommens zwischen der EU und Marokko führten. Hauptschwierigkeiten bildeten das für Spanien wichtige Fischereiabkommen sowie der Zugang marokkanischer Agrarprodukte zum europäischen Markt. Am Ende waren die marokkanischen Konzessionen an die EU größer als die europäischen an Marokko. (DÜI-Cls)

It is over 35 years since the Association Agreement between Turkey and the EC was signed, and only slow progress has been made towards the accession of Turkey to the Community. However, the benefits of the Agreement in terms of the rights bestowed on Turkish workers in the Community cannot be negated. The Agreement and its subsidiary legislation now provide the most established rights of third country nationals in Community law. This volume provides an essential reference to the provisions of the Agreement and subsequent Council of Association decisions as they affect migrant workers from Turkey. It also contains an up-to-date analysis of the ECJ rulings in the field. It includes: - the relevant texts of the Agreement and the Council of Association decisions; - the texts of all the ECJ judgments in the field; detailed analysis of the provisions and ECJ judgments. This comprehensive guide to the EC-Turkey Association Agreement is useful to both practitioners and academics

This paper provides an overview of some legal aspects of the EU-Georgia Association Agreement (AA) in the system of European Union law as an important foreign policy instrument for the regulation of bilateral relations. It outlines the history and mechanisms of the political and economic cooperation between the European Union and Georgia prior to the conclusion of the Association Agreement. The article also examines the implication of the AA for the process of European integration of Georgia and analyses some legal challenges and results of the implementation process. In addition, the Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Area (DCFTA), which forms an integral part to the AA, is scrutinized as particularly significant forthe economic integration of Georgia in the EU and for the mutual liberalization of trade.

Association agreement between the EU and Georgia, unlike the prior similar agreements, takes into account very important mechanisms of real convergence with European Union, European legislation and standards. Association Agreement with the European Union does not imply affiliation, (ex. Turkey an association agreement was signed in 1960, but the country is still not an EU member). However, an Association Agreement with the EU legislation implies such a high level of convergence that the effective implementation of the Europeanization process is irreversible. In addition, the Association Agreement with the European Union is the real mechanism of political association and gradual economic integration. However, it should be understood that the agreement is contributing to a lot of things, many of which gives rise to liability. For the proper execution of agreement relevant levers like many aspects of Georgian economy, trade policy and legislation, which we will discuss in this paper, are required.

This paper analyses the EU-Ukraine Association Agreement (AA). It argues that this new legal framework, which has the objective to establish a unique form of political association and economic integration, is characterised by three specific features : comprehensiveness, complexity and conditionality. After a brief background of the EU-Ukraine relations, the following aspects are scrutinised: legal basis and objectives, institutional framework and mechanisms of enhanced conditionality and legislative approximation. In addition, constitutional challenges for the effective implementation of the EU-Ukraine AA are discussed. Based upon a comparison with other EU external agreements, it is demonstrated that the AA is an innovative legal instrument providing for a new type of integration without membership.

The objective of this paper is to elaborate current and capital provisions in the European Union Association Agreements with the Mediterranean countries and their compatibility with the EC Treaty and the international multilateral agreements. These provisions can be classified into two categories. The first has fully liberalised current payments and demanded the progressive liberalisation of capital movement. The second has liberalised capital movements and demanded the progressive liberalisation of current payments. Accordingly, the outcome of this classification is that the Association Agreements, firstly, could not promote the liberalisation of current payments and capital movements in the Mediterranean countries. Secondly, they lag behind the virtual free movement of capital and payments among the parties. Finally, they could not recognise the relationship between current/capital transactions and the IMF, GATS and GATT.