Deepening EUGeorgian Relations
Deepening EUGeorgian Relations
What, why and how?
Second edition
Edited by
Michael Emerson
and
Tamara Kovziridze
CEPS contributors Steven Blockmans Michael Emerson Hrant Kostanyan Guillaume Van Der Loo | Reformatics contributors Giorgi Akhalaia David Bolkvadze Zaza Chelidze Giorgi Chitadze Gvantsa Duduchava Lali Gogoberidze Alexandre Kacharava Helen Khoshtaria Tamara Kovziridze Vakhtang (Vato) Lejava Natia Samushia George Zedginidze |
One of a trilogy of Handbooks explaining the EUs Association Agreements and DCFTAs with Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine
Centre for European Policy Studies, Brussels
Reformatics, Tbilisi
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CONTENTS
List of Tables, Figures and Boxes
Table S 1. Overview of political principles, rule of law and foreign policy
Table S 2. Overview of the DCFTA
Table S 3. Overview of EU-Georgian economic cooperation
Table S 4. Overview of legal and institutional provisions
Table 4.1 Trade turnover between Georgia & EU countries ($ mn), 200817
Table 4.2 EUGeorgia trade structure by commodity (top 10 products by volume), exports to the EU, 2017 ($ millions)
Table 4.3 EUGeorgia trade structure by commodity (top-ten products by volume), imports, 2017
Table 4.4 Georgias trade structure by country or region ($ mn), 2013 and 2017
Table 9.1 Reservations with regard to national treatment or MFN for establishment in service sectors
Table 9.2 Reservations with regard to market access and national treatment for cross-border supply of services
Table 9.3 EU trade in services with Georgia, 2013-2015 (billion )
Table 10.1 Thresholds for the application of public procurement rules
Table 10.2 Indicative time schedule for approximation of public procurement rules
Table 14.1 Georgias main economic indicators, 2005-17
Table 21.1 EU company law directives applicable to Georgia
Table 22.1 Agriculture as a share of GDP, sown area and livestock numbers, 19902017
Table 22.2 Food imports to Georgia, 2000-17
Table 22.3 Food exports from Georgia, 200017
Table 25.1 Main thematic priorities of Horizon 2020
Figure 22.1 Real growth rate of agriculture in Georgia
Box 9.1 Summary of commitments and reservations of the EU and Georgia for service sectors
Box 17.1 European-funded investment in the Georgian energy sector
Box 23.1 Relationship between EU employment and social directives and ILO conventions
Box 26.1 EU agencies open to Ukraine, Moldova and Georgia*
Box 26.2 EU programmes open to Ukraine, Moldova and Georgia*
Box 27.1 Selected GeorgiaArmenia cross-border projects
Box 27.2 Selected Georgia-Azerbaijan cross-border projects