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Deepening EU-Georgian Relations

Deepening EU-Georgian Relations

Michael Emerson | Tamara Kovziridze

(2018)

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Abstract

For Georgia, the signing of the Association Agreement and the DCFTA with the European Union in 2014 was an act of strategic geopolitical significance. Of all the EU’s eastern partners, the country has distinguished itself since the Rose Revolution of 2003 by pushing ahead with a radical liberalisation and economic reform agenda. Georgia is also unique among the countries in the region for having largely cleansed its economy and political system of corruption.

The purpose of this Handbook is to make the complex political, economic and legal content of the Association Agreement readily understandable. This second edition, published two years into the Agreement’s implementation, adds new value. The Handbook now reflects Georgia’s progress in putting the Agreement into effect.

Two teams of researchers from leading independent think tanks, CEPS in Brussels and Reformatics in Tbilisi, collaborated on this project, with the support of the Swedish International Development Agency (Sida). This Handbook is one of a trilogy examining similar Association Agreements made by the EU with Ukraine and Moldova.


Michael Emerson is Associate Senior Research Fellow at the Centre for European Policy Studies in Brussels.

Tamara Kovziridze is co-founder of Reformatics in Tbilisi.
These Handbooks offer a one-stop guide to the Association Agreements – the authors have painstakingly analysed the incredibly complex Agreements to deliver a compact and accessible overview to all those who need to grasp their contents. The national teams also shed light on the salience of the content for domestic reforms. Even though the Handbooks are not meant to be read like a book, the reader who does so is rewarded with a panoramic overview of the sheer scale and ambition of the AA-DCFTA. The Handbooks offer a plethora of pivotal insights into the Agreements while at the same time they throw up a number of important questions. A ‘bible’.
Kataryna Wolczuk, Centre for Russian, European and Eurasian Studies, University of Birmingham

Table of Contents

Section Title Page Action Price
Deepening EU–Georgian Relations Cover
CONTENTS v
List of Tables, Figures and Boxes vi
Abbreviations vii
Preface ix
Summary 1
Part I. Political Principles, the Rule of Law and Foreign Policy 11
1. Political principles 12
2. Rule of law and movement of people 21
3. Foreign and security policy 29
Part II. Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Area 35
4. Market access for goods 36
5. Trade remedies 45
6. Customs and trade facilitation 48
7. Technical standards for industrial goods 56
8. Food safety regulations 67
9. Services 76
10. Public procurement 87
11. Intellectual property rights 98
12. Competition policy 105
13. Statistics 110
Part III. Economic Cooperation 114
14. Macroeconomic context and financial assistance 115
15. Financial services 121
16. Transport 131
17. Energy 141
18. Environment 153
19. Digital sector 164
20. Consumer protection 172
21. Company law 176
22. Agriculture 182
23. Employment and social policy 189
24. Education, training and culture 197
25. Science and technology 202
26. EU agencies and programmes 206
27. Cross-border cooperation 212
28. Civil society 215
Part IV. Legal and Institutional Provisions 220
29. Dispute settlement 221
30. Institutional provisions 226