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Technical Barriers to Trade in the European Union: Importance for Accession Countries

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  • Paul Brenton
  • John Sheehy
  • Marc Vancauteren
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With trade in industrial products between the EU and the countries of central and eastern Europe (CEECs) now essentially free of tariff and non‐tariff restrictions, the principal impact of accession to the EU on trade flows will be through access to the single market of the EU. A key element of this will be the removal of technical barriers to trade. In this article we try to highlight the potential importance of technical barriers to trade between the EU and the various CEECs, distinguishing between sectors according to the different approaches to the removal of these barriers in the EU: mutual recognition, detailed harmonization (old approach) and minimum requirements (new approach). We use two sources of information on technical regulations: a sectoral classification from a previous study of the impact of the single market and our own detailed translation of EU product‐related directives into the relevant tariff codes. The analysis suggests that the importance of technical barriers varies considerably across the CEECs. The adjustment implications of access to the single market are likely to be greatest for those most advanced in their accession negotiations.

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  • Paul Brenton & John Sheehy & Marc Vancauteren, 2001. "Technical Barriers to Trade in the European Union: Importance for Accession Countries," Journal of Common Market Studies, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 39(2), pages 265-284, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:jcmkts:v:39:y:2001:i:2:p:265-284
    DOI: 10.1111/1468-5965.00288
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