Original scientific paper
Gradual liberalisation of movement of goods and persons in Croatia and Macedonia - Before and after accession to the EU
Iris Goldner Lang
; Faculty of law, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
Tamara Perišin
; Faculty of law, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
Abstract
Any system aiming for free trade needs to balance this objective against the protection of other values, and member states agree to certain restrictions in their regulatory autonomy in order to strike an optimal balance of relevant interests within the entire system. In relatively heterogeneous systems, such as the World Trade Organisation, member states retain a higher degree of regulatory autonomy in order to protect their own values, to the detriment of market liberalisation. On the other hand, in relatively homogenous systems, such as the European Union, it is in the interest of member states to agree to such restrictions as it facilitates greater freedom of movement with relatively little damage to the protection of other values. It is beneficial for both Croatia and Macedonia that market liberalisation and restriction of regulatory autonomy take place gradually, over several basic stages – WTO membership, conclusion of the Stabilisation and Association Agreement, accession negotiations, and finally full membership in the EU.
Keywords
regulatory autonomy; free movement of goods; free trade; free movement of workers; freedom to provide services; freedom of establishment; European Union (EU); World Trade Organisation (WTO); Stabilisation and Association Agreement (SAA); Macedonia; Croatia
Hrčak ID:
67128
URI
Publication date:
20.3.2011.
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