The Services Dimension of TTIP. Paper No. 6 in the CEPS-CTR project “TTIP in the Balance’’ and CEPS Special Report No. 106, 8 May 2015

This CEPS Special Report examines the main facets of the debate about TTIP and services. First, it looks at the political and economic context and the various alternatives in terms of political support, stressing that only a partnership that ensures substantial economic gains will attract the support of the top policy-makers. Second, the paper makes the point that large economic gains in services require deep discussions on regulatory issues, and third, such discussions cannot rely on the negotiating techniques normally used for goods. There is thus a need to adopt a new approach, based on the mutual recognition and equivalence of regulations enforced in the services concerned, preceded by a mutual evaluation to grant such equivalence – all measures to be carried out by the regulatory bodies concerned, not by trade negotiators. This new game is a complex one but it has huge side benefits: it induces each TTIP partner to review the quality of their own regulations; it is at ease with the notion of a ‘living’ (evolving) agreement; and it can easily be open to third countries. All these benefits should reassure a general public that is fearful of a hastily baked deal.

Iranian-Saudi tensions: the energy dimension. EPC Policy Brief, 9 February 2016

Following the execution of Saudi Shiite cleric Nimr Baqer al-Nimr, the deep rooted rivalry between Iran and Saudi Arabia entered a new phase in January 2016. While the main objective for both countries still is regional hegemony, the Iranian-Saudi competition takes many different forms and shapes, and also extends into the field of energy. In this Policy Brief, David Ramin Jalilvand gives a detailed analysis of the energy-related aspects of the Iran-Saudi Arabia rivalry and its possible consequences for Europe’s energy market; both countries hold giant hydrocarbon reserves, so European energy will probably be affected by their competition in several regards; increased oil supplies will be available for the European market, while the cycle of low oil prices will be prolonged. According to Jalilvand, this is a mixed blessing; Europe’s energy import bill will be reduced, but its indigenous production will suffer, while Russia’s role in European natural gas will only continue to grow.

A geographic dimension for decisionmaking : conference proceedings, October 30 and 31, 1975, San Francisco, California.

Item 142-F

The 1995 OSCE meeting on human dimension issues /

"January 1996."

The fourth dimension /

Mode of access: Internet.

Europe in the fourth dimension,

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La Campana de Manfredonia : tratado mathematico, en que se resuelven las incognitas proposiciones de la dimension del Circulo en diferentes partes iguales, la triseccion del Angulo ... y otras ... /

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Submanifolds of dimension n-1 in [epsilon]n̳ with normals satisfying a Lipschitz condition.

"Paper written under Contract Nonr. 58304."

Nachweis linearer Mannigfaltigkeiten beliebiger Dimension in unserem Raume; lineare Complexe und Strahlensysteme in denselben.

"Aus den Sitzungsberichten der Kaiserl. Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien. Mathem.-naturw. Classe. Bd. CI, Abt. 2 a. Feb. 1892."

Die fünfte Dimension : Humore der Zeit, des Lebens, der Kunst /

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Organizational, direct and general support, maintenance repair parts and special tools list : container, service, ward, rigid construction, approximate expanded dimension, 10 ft, 10 3/4 inches long, 12 ft wide, 7 ft, 3 inches high, FSN 5410-809-6634.

Includes index.

Summary of the United States and European Union Seminar on the Social Dimension of Economic Integration.

"April 2000."

The social dimension of economic integration : papers submitted for discussion at a United States and European Union Seminar /

"June 2000."

Representative expenditures : addressing the neglected dimension of fiscal capacity : an information report /

"December 1990."

Lawyers and the third dimension : A Solicitor v Council of the Law Society of New South Wales

Casenote and comment on the High Court case of A Solicitor v Council of the Law Society of New South Wales which dealt with the issue of whether a solicitor, convicted of aggravated indecent assault, should be allowed to continue practicing law.