Table of Contents

The European Union and International Law.- Legal Personality of the European Union — International and Institutional Aspects.- Suspension of Rights by International Organisations: The European Union, The European Communities and Other International Organisations.- The European union and International Human Rights Instruments.- The Relationship Between The European Convention on Human Rights and The EU Charter of Fundamental Rights.- The European Communities and the International Legal Order.- Thirty Years of Case-Law by the European Court of Justice on International Law: A Pragmatic Approach Towards Its Integration.- Decisions of Bodies Established by International Agreements and the Community Legal Order.- Individual Third Countries, Member States, the European Community and the World at Large: How Do They Fit Together?.- How Safe Is Safe? The EU, The USA and the WTO Codex Alimentarius Debate on Food Safety Issues.- Regulating Scientific Expertise with Regard to Risks Deriving from Genetically Modified Organisms: Procedural Rules on Risk Assessment Committees under European Community and International Law.- The International Government Procurement Agreement and the EC Legal Order.- The European Community, the WTO — Trips Agreement and the WIPO Conventions.- EC Liability for Non-Implementation of Adopted WTO Panel and Appellate Body Reports.- Extraterritoriality and International Cooperation: The State of Play in EC-USA Relations in Competition Matters.- International and Community Obligations of the Member States in the Field of Social Security Schemes: Which Impact for Migrant Workers?.- A Hurdled Admission: The Integration of the Candidate Countries Into the Area of Freedom, Security and Justice.- Common Foreign and Security Policy and the International Legal Order.- The Conclusion of International Agreements Under Article 24 of the Treaty on European Union.- Common Foreign and Security Policy: International Law Aspects of The Association of Third States with theCommon Positions of The Council of the European Union.- The European Union as an Actor within the United Nations General Assembly.- The EU as a Black Widow: Devouring the WEU to Give Birth to a European Security and Defence Policy.- Inter-Pillar Approaches to the European Security and Defence Policy: The Economic Aspects of Security.- European Union Practice in the Field of International Humanitarian Law: An Overview.- Justice and Home Affairs, Police and Judicial Co-operation in Criminal Matters and the International Legal Order.- The United Nations Convention Against Transnational Organised Crime and the European Union.- A Treaty Labyrinth of Legal Co-Operation in Criminal Matters: Can Europe Find Ariadne’s Thread?.- International Conventions and EU Law on the Illegal Trafficking of Cultural Goods: Complementarity and Conflicts.- Legal and Technical Aspects of Co-Operation Between Europol, Third States, and Interpol.

About the Author

Vincent Kronenberger, Surveillance Officer at the European Free Trade Association Surveillance Authority, Brussels.