The Day After: Access to the Single Market in Times of Brexit, Equivalence and Extraterritoriality

Michael Hahn

doi:10.5771/1435-439X-2018-4-409

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- 405–406 Titelei/Inhaltsverzeichnis 405–406
- 407–408 The Professional Vita of Werner Meng Torsten Stein Torsten Stein 407–408
- 409–420 The Day After: Access to the Single Market in Times of Brexit, Equivalence and Extraterritoriality Michael Hahn Michael Hahn 409–420
- 421–436 The Changing Structure of International Trade Law Thomas Cottier Thomas Cottier 421–436
- 437–454 Legal Issues Regarding The Representation Of The Euro Area In The International Monetary Fund (IMF) Maria Meng-Papantoni Maria Meng-Papantoni 437–454
- 455–470 Freedom of Exporting in Germany – At the Discretion of Courts and Export Agency BAFA? Some recent developments Harald Hohmann Harald Hohmann 455–470
- 471–498 The Trade Wars of President Trump as a Threat to the Rule Of Law and to Constitutional Democracy Ernst-Ulrich Petersmann Ernst-Ulrich Petersmann 471–498
- 499–510 Small tensions: EU state aid and international investment law Marc Bungenberg Marc Bungenberg 499–510
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ZEuS Zeitschrift für Europarechtliche Studien , page 409 - 420

The Day After: Access to the Single Market in Times of Brexit, Equivalence and Extraterritoriality

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Michael Hahn

DOI
- doi.org/10.5771/1435-439X-2018-4-409
- ISSN: 1435-439X
- ISSN online: 2942-3589
Abstract

In this paper the author deals with the legal possibilities for non-Member States to gain access to the internal market of the European Union. In particular, a comparison is made between Switzerland - which was never part of the Union - and the UK, which after almost 50 years of membership has decided to leave the EU and will soon take the place of another third country. Although Switzerland recently rejected participation in the EEA in a referendum, it is one of the best integrated countries in Europe: more than 150 treaties exist between Switzerland and the EU; Switzerland implements many directives autonomously faster and better than most Member States, which means that Switzerland now enjoys advantages normally reserved for Member States. In contrast, the UK is leaving the EU, and although it is trying to „have the cake and eat it too“, it is likely to fall out of the internal market. The author therefore explores various ways in which products from the UK could regain access to the internal market after Brexit. He also describes how Brussels regulates and supervises the economic activities of third countries through so-called "equivalence clauses" - after the principle "If what you do has an effect on us then our law will apply“. In this way, too, the UK will remain influenced by EU law after Brexit as a trading partner of the EU-27 - but without the possibility of legislative participation in it.
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