 Defining a European Vehicle: Community Standards as Integration Tools or Trade Barriers for European Enterprises?Marine Moguen-Toursel
A chapter in The European Enterprise, 2008, pp 67-80 from Springer Abstract: Abstract This paper is intended to examine the progressive and chaotic emergence of European specifications for vehicles since the 1960s. How did European institutions select, in connection with economic partners such as carmakers, the criteria for defining European products? How did they implement a decision-making process to adopt Community standards for these products? In what sense did negotiations on a gradual opening of the European market for Japanese imports imply a renewed approach to the definition of a European vehicle? Additionally, a question underlies the whole paper: are Community vehicles specific products that stand apart from national and global ones? This is connected to the question of pre-existing models: predominant national models inside the European Communities, and strong models outside, whether international or American ones. Keywords: European Commission; World Trade Organisation; Road Safety; Commercial Vehicle; European Institution (search for similar items in EconPapers) There are no downloads for this item, see the EconPapers FAQ for hints about obtaining it. Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:spr:sprchp:978-3-540-74038-4_5 Ordering information: This item can be ordered from DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-74038-4_5 Access Statistics for this chapter More chapters in Springer Books from Springer |
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