The impact of mutual recognition--inbuilt limits and domestic responses to the single market

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ID7314916
AuthorsSusanne K Schmidt (0000-0001-7931-9935, Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies, corresponding author)
Year2002
Volume9
Issue6
Pages935-953
Publication date2002-01-01
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of European Public Policy (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1350-1763 • E-ISSN: 1466-4429
PublisherRoutledge (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/1350176022000046436
OpenAlexW2105795558
LanguageEN
Citations received7
References cited12

What have been the consequences of integrating the single market via mutual recognition? Did competitive deregulation result? Or were its implications less significant than expected? In this paper I analyse two previously highly regulated service sectors, insurance and road haulage, and study the impact of European policies in Germany and France. I find that the Council instituted mutual recognition in a restrictive way. This limits its impact on member states, which is moreover mediated by national factors. In both sectors, the use of the freedom to provide services has stayed much below expectations. Consequently, the single market rules have primarily resulted in a liberalization of national markets, where this had not already been achieved, for instance, in Germany. The domestic insurance and road haulage markets have become very competitive, but they remain largely national markets. Keywords: Domestic ChangeInsuranceLiberalizationMutual RecognitionRoad HaulageSingle Market

Business · Competition (biology · Deregulation · Economics · European union · Haulage · Industrial organization · International economics · International trade · Liberalization · Market economy · Mutual recognition · Service (business · Single market · Corporate Governance and Law · European Law and Migration · European Union Policy and Governance · Marketing

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