European trade defence law has expanded sufficiently in the last few years to require a new edition of this definitive work‎,‎ last revised in 2004‎.‎ As trade law practitioners and scholars have come to expect from the Brussels law firm Van Bael and Bellis‎,‎ the fifth edition provides comprehensive‎,‎ up‎-to‎-date analysis and critical commentary on EU trade defence instruments dealing with anti‎-dumping measures‎,‎ countervailing measures‎,‎ and safeguard measures‎,‎ as well as measures under the Trade Barriers Regulation‎.‎ It gives detailed attention to all EU cases and other developments at WTO level that have occurred up to December 2010‎.‎ The emphasis throughout is on practical application of the rules‎.‎ The authors cover every issue likely to arise in any trade defence matter‎,‎ including all of the following and more‎:‎ determining the dumping and injury margins‎;‎ determining the subsidy margin‎;‎ determining the causal link between dumping or subsidy and injury‎;‎ determining if ‎'‎Union interest‎'‎ calls for intervention‎;‎ differences between anti‎-dumping and anti‎-subsidy legislation‎;‎ procedural rules applicable to complaints‎,‎ initiation of proceedings‎,‎ investigations‎,‎ protective measures‎,‎ reviews‎,‎ and refunds‎;‎ conditions for accepting an undertaking‎;‎ measures that may be taken to prevent ‎'‎circumvention‎'‎ of anti‎-dumping measures‎;‎ rules for the determination of permissible adjustments‎;‎ rules governing the standing of various interested parties before the European Courts‎;‎ rules and procedure applicable to non‎-market economy countries‎;‎ special rules on products originating in a developing country‎;‎ allocation and administration of quantitative quotas‎;‎ surveillance measures‎;‎ and whether and to what extent safeguard measures are subject to judicial review‎.‎ For each of the four major categories of trade defence instruments‎,‎ chapters deal with the substantive rules of the trade defence instruments concerned‎,‎ the relief that may be ordered under these instruments‎,‎ and the procedural provisions‎.‎ The important changes in the EU decision‎-making process for trade defence cases to be introduced in March 2011 are taken fully into account‎.‎ An extensive battery of tables and annexes leads the practitioner to all the essential primary source material in the field‎.‎ As a detailed and practical commentary on the international trade legislation of the Union as actually applied by the Union Institutions‎,‎ this is the preeminent work in the field‎.‎ Lawyers and academics involved with trade contracts or disputes need have no doubt that it is still without peer as a guide to EU trade defence instruments‎.‎

• Author‎:‎ Van Bael & Bellis
• Publisher‎:‎ Kluwer Law International
• ISBN‎:‎ 9789041131171