The Cost of Non-Europe in the Single Market I – Free Movement of Goods

Cost of Non-Europe Reports identify the possibilities for economic or other gains and/or the realisation of a ‘public good’ through common action at EU level in specific policy areas and sectors. This Cost of Non-Europe Report seeks to analyse the costs for citizens, businesses and relevant stake-holders of remaining gaps and barriers in the European Single Market, building on and updating the 1988 Cecchini Report, which quantified its potential benefits.

Part I – Free Movement of Goods
This particular study – the first in a series – uses an econometric model to estimate the potential benefits of removing existing barriers to foreign direct investment and non-tariff trade barriers within the European Union. The removal of existing trade barriers could boost total intra-EU merchandise exports up to 7 per cent in the long-term. These effects will vary by Member State, and by sector of the internal market.

European Parliament: Directorate-General for Internal Policies of the Union: Publications available via the EU Bookshop http://bookshop.europa.eu/en/directorate-general-for-internal-policies-of-the-union-cbf.cKABstF7wAAAEjwYYY4e5K/

European Parliament: European Parliamentary Research Service: European Added Value Unit: Study: The Cost of Non-Europe in the Single Market I - Free Movement of Goods http://www.europarl.europa.eu/EPRS/EPRS_STUDY_536353_CoNE_Single_Market_I.pdf

EP: EPRS: Blog, 26.09.14: The Cost of Non-Europe in the Single Market. Part I – Free Movement of Goods http://epthinktank.eu/2014/09/26/the-cost-of-non-europe-in-the-single-market-part-i-free-movement-of-goods/

European Commission: SEC (1988)524: Europe 1992: the overall challenge [summary of the Cecchini report] (via AEI) http://aei.pitt.edu/3813/

AEI: Find the original 16 reports of the 'Research on the 'Cost of Non-Europe' (Cecchini Report), 1988 through the Archive of European Integration (add 'Research on the 'Cost of Non-Europe' in Title field) http://aei.pitt.edu/cgi/search/advanced

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