Standardisation in the Internal Market for Services: An Effective Alternative to Harmonisation? (2018)
Journal Article
Van Leeuwen, B. (2018). Standardisation in the Internal Market for Services: An Effective Alternative to Harmonisation?. Revue internationale de droit économique, 32(3), 319-332

The New Approach gives an important role to European standardisation in the improvement of the internal market for goods. Such a New Approach does not exist for services. For services, it is more difficult to maintain the distinction between law and... Read More about Standardisation in the Internal Market for Services: An Effective Alternative to Harmonisation?.

Euthanasia and the Ethics of Free Movement Law: The Principle of Recognition in the Internal Market (2018)
Journal Article
Van Leeuwen, B. (2018). Euthanasia and the Ethics of Free Movement Law: The Principle of Recognition in the Internal Market. German law journal, 19(6), 1417-1436

The free movement provisions enable EU citizens to follow their own ethical preferences by going to a Member State that has made a different ethical choice from their home Member State. However, UK citizens who have assisted suicide or euthanasia abr... Read More about Euthanasia and the Ethics of Free Movement Law: The Principle of Recognition in the Internal Market.

Position Paper on the Fitness Check of EU Consumer Law (2018)
Journal Article
Colombi Ciacchi, A., Hodges, C., Van Leeuwen, B., Mak, V., Micklitz, H., Rueda, I., …Weatherill, S. (2018). Position Paper on the Fitness Check of EU Consumer Law. European Review of Private Law, 26(5), 703-706

The liability of notified bodies under the EU's New Approach: the implications of the PIP breast implants case (2018)
Journal Article
Verbruggen, P., & Van Leeuwen, B. (2018). The liability of notified bodies under the EU's New Approach: the implications of the PIP breast implants case. European law review, 43(3), 394-409

In this article, we analyse the consequences of the CJEU’s judgment in Schmitt , a preliminary reference concerning the potential liability of the notified body TÜV Rheinland vis-à-vis women who had received breast implants produced by the French man... Read More about The liability of notified bodies under the EU's New Approach: the implications of the PIP breast implants case.