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"Negotiation of trade agreements" [2019] ELECD 982; in Leal-Arcas, Rafael (ed), "EU Trade Law" (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2019) 172

Book Title: EU Trade Law

Editor(s): Leal-Arcas, Rafael

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

Section: Chapter 7

Section Title: Negotiation of trade agreements

Number of pages: 37

Abstract/Description:

In this chapter, attention shall be paid, inter alia, to the Commission’s competence in commercial policy as defined by the treaties and the CJEU. According to Articles 218(3) TFEU and 101 Euratom, international treaty negotiations with respect to matters involving an element of EU competence, should be conducted a priori by the Commission, namely the EU trade commissioner, on behalf of the EU, on the basis of a mandate agreed by the EU Council.