Full Description
This book explores the role of the European Union (EU) in the cooperation and regulation of the Baltic Sea Region (BSR), from both an institutional and substantive perspective. It particularly focuses on the role of the Union in advancing the broader marine governance framework in the region. Questions investigated include: in what way does the Union participate in, or otherwise influence, the activities of States, international organisations and other actors involved in BSR cooperation and regulation, and what is the importance and substantive outcome of the Union's specific role in this respect? How has the membership of eight out of nine Baltic Sea coastal States in the EU affected cooperation in the region, in terms of substance as well as procedure, and what is the influence of the BSR over the EU? These questions are discussed from different perspectives by leading experts in both the fields of EU law and the law of the BSR.
Contents
Preface
List of Contributors
List of Figures and Tables
1. Introduction
Henrik Ringbom and Allan Rosas
2. The EU and Regional and Sub-Regional Cooperation
Teija Tiilikainen
3. The Impact of the EU on the Multilevel Governance of the Baltic Sea Region: Experimental Governing and Policy Practices
Sam Grönholm
4. The EU Strategy for the Baltic Sea Region: An Experiment Entering Maturity
Helena Tuuri
5. Baltic Sea Cooperation after the Cold War: How Sub-Regional Organisations Deal with Critical Junctures
Stefan Gänzle, Nina Tynkkynen and Kristine Kern
6. Cooperation in the Baltic Sea Region and EU External Relations Law
Mirka Kuisma
7. The EU's Interaction with Institutions in the Baltic Sea Region
Viljam Engström
8. The EU and the Council of the Baltic Sea States
Allan Rosas and Petteri Vuorimäki
9. The Baltic Sea: The Law of the Sea and EU Law Perspectives
Esa Paasivirta
10. Influence of the EU on Regional Environmental Governance: Application of the Marine Directives in the Baltic Sea
Suvi-Tuuli Puharinen and Antti Belinskij
11. The EU and Baltic Shipping: With a Particular Focus on Greenhouse Gas Reductions
Henrik Ringbom
12. The Role of the EU in the Regulation of Baltic Sea Fisheries
David Langlet
Index
