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European food regulation after enlargement : facing the challenges of diversity /

Combining an empirical analysis of the evolution of EU food regulation with a theoretical study of selected mechanisms used in governing food, this book provides a critical outlook on the capacity of the regulatory system to accommodate increased post-enlargement diversity of socio-economic concerns...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Zurek, Karolina
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Leiden, the Netherlands ; Boston : Koninklijke Brill NV, ©2012.
Colección:Nijhoff international trade law series.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • EUROPEAN FOOD REGULATION AFTER ENLARGEMENT; Half Title Page; Nijhoff International Trade Law Series; Title Page; Copyright; CONTENTS; SUMMARY; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION; 1. On Food and Europe-Introductory Remarks; 1.1. Food; 1.2. Europe; 2. Research Question; 3. Outline; CHAPTER TWO: THREE REGULATORY APPROACHES TO THE DILEMMA OF THE EUROPEANISATION OF RISK REGULATION; 1. Introduction: Theoretical Framework for Analysis of Risk Regulation-Regulatory Tools as Analytical Concepts; 2. Mutual Recognition in Food Safety Regulation-Preserving Diversity or Comparative Advantage?
  • 2.1. Unity in Diversity? The Ideological Foundations of the Common Market2.2. Mutual Recognition; 3. Scientific Risk Regulation-Re-Embedding Regulation in its Social Context; 3.1. Risk in Legal Theory and Practice; 3.2. Regulating Risk in Transnational Settings; 4. Regulating Risk by the Use of Standards-the Market Implications of Safety Regulations; 4.1. Standardisation as a Regulatory Concept; 4.2. The Role of Standards in Transnational Safety Regulation; 5. Conclusions: Balancing Incentives in Regulatory Reform; CHAPTER THREE: WAYS AND MEANS OF REGULATING FOOD SAFETY IN EUROPE
  • 1. Introduction1.1. An Evolutionary Analysis of Food Safety Legislation in Europe; 1.2. The Background: The Evolution of the Common Market; 2. The Legacy of an Agricultural Past versus the Implications of the Market-Integration Rationale; 2.1. The Early Days of Regulation: Food Regulation as Part of an Agricultural Scheme; 2.2. Food As Product: Market Regulation and the Free Movement of Goods; 2.3. Between Farm and Fork: Integrating Decoupled Food Regulation; 3. The Turn Towards Consumers: Developing the Safety Paradigm; 3.1. Comitologising the Regulation of Foodstuffs
  • 3.2. The BSE Scandal and Its Regulatory Impact3.3. New Food-Safety Policy: Between BSE Trauma and Enlargement Anxiety; 4. Conclusions: Traces of the 'Social' in the European Legal Framework; CHAPTER FOUR: THE ENLARGEMENT OF THE EUROPEAN MARKET AND ITS IMPLICATIONS: THE EXAMPLE OF POLAND; 1. A Bigger Europe in a Smaller World; 1.1. Food Regulation in the Global Market; 1.2. Europe as a Global Player; 1.3. The Internal Challenges of the Bigger Europe; 1.4. Food Trade in the Enlarged Europe; 2. The Accession of the Polish Food Industry to the EU
  • 2.1. The Evolution of Polish Food Law: Towards Meeting the Terms of Accession3. Conclusions: Regulating Food in Enlarged European Union; 3.1. Becoming European?; 3.2. Some Observations from the Polish Accession Story; 3.3. Bigger Market-Bigger Problems?; CHAPTER FIVE: CONCLUSION; 1. Do the Current Trends in Regulation Require Reconsideration?; 2. Is Risk-Regulatory Reform Possible ... and Desirable?; 2.1. What Options Does the Theoretical Framework Suggest?; 2.2. Which Directions of Reform Can We Conceive of in Europe?; 2.3. Is Europe Ready for Such a Transition?