The EU-Ukraine Association Agreement and deep and comprehensive free trade area: a new legal instrument for EU integration without membership
In: Studies in EU external relations volume 10
'Integration agreements' concluded by the EU : a useful but tricky legal concept -- The conditio sine qua non : the obligation to apply, implement or incorporate a predetermined selection of EU acquis -- Criteria to ensure the uniform interpretation and application of the EU law -- Overview EU integration agreements -- Background of the EU-Ukraine AA : the PCA and ENP -- Legal and political hurdles towards the signing and conclusion of the EU-Ukraine AA -- A legal analysis of the EU-Ukraine AA -- The EU-Ukraine DCFTA : a "deep" and "comprehensive" FTA? -- The 'traditional' scope of the DCFTA : trade in goods and flanking measures -- The DCFTA : market access conditionality and mechanisms to ensure the uniform interpretation and application of the EU acquis -- Horizontal DCFTA provisions and mechanisms -- An assessment of the EU-Ukraine DCFTA -- Sectoral integration agreements in the ENP : the energy community treaty and the common aviation area -- Conclusion