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Publishers Abstract:
The European Union (EU) has in recent years expressed its interest in enhancing its bilateral and regional relations with its neighbouring countries in the Mediterranean. In return for enhanced political stability, security, sustainable economic development, shared prosperity, and more liberalised trade regimes, and resultant improved access to the European market, offered by the European Neighbourhood Policy, the EU would expect, inter alia, its neighbouring countries to align their legislation, to an extent yet to be determined, with its acquis communautaire. Such approximation of laws by the Mediterranean countries may bring them, their companies and citizens much benefit, but may, on the other hand, prove to be challenging, complex, problematic, and disadvantageous, in normative, legal, practical and political terms. The purpose of this article is to critically examine this theme.
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