The book explores the phenomenon of application of EU law beyond the EU borders. It considers the legal and institutional foundations of the extraterritorial application of EU law in third countries. It also analyses the results of legal approximation and regulatory convergence with regard to the EU's eastern neighbours, the countries of the Eastern Partnership and Russia. The conclusions reached are highly informative as to the effectiveness of present and future EU external regional policies aimed at the promotion of EU common values and EU legislation into the legal orders of third countries.

1. Setting the Scene: Legislative Approximation and Application of EU Law in the Eastern Neighbourhood of the European Union, Peter Van Elsuwege and Roman Petrov Part 1: The Process of Legislative Approximation and Application of EU Law Beyond the EU Borders: Instruments and Mechanisms 2. Anatomy of EU Norm Export Towards the Neighbourhood: The Impact of Article 8 TEU, Christophe Hillion 3. Differentiating the Methods of Acquis Export: The Case of the Eastern Neighbourhood and Russia, Aaron Matta 4. The Issue of Values, Dimitry Kochenov 5. The EU-Ukraine Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Area: A Coherent Mechanism for Legislative Approximation, Guillaume Van der Loo 6. Differentiated Integration and the Prospects of a Neighbourhood Economic Community between the EU and its Eastern Partners, Sieglind Gstöhl 7. Between Dream and Reality: Challenges to the Legal Rapprochement of the Western Balkans, Adam Lazowski and Steven Blockmans Part 2: The Experience of Legislative Approximation and Application of EU Law in the EU's Eastern Neighbournhood: Country Reports 8. Legislative Approximation and Application of EU Law in Ukraine, Roman Petrov 9. Legislative Approximation and Application of EU Law in Moldova, Anna Khvorostiankina 10. Legislative Approximation and Application of EU Law in Georgia, Gaga Gabrichidze 11. Legislative Approximation and Application of EU Law in Armenia, Narine Ghazaryan and Anna Hokobyan 12. Legislative Approximation and Application of EU Law in Azerbaijan, Narine Gjazaryan 13. Legislative Approximation and Application of EU Law in Belarus, Maksim Karliuk 14. Legislative Approximation and Application of EU Law in Russia, Paul Kalinichenko 15. Concluding Remarks, Peter Van Elsuwege and Roman Petrov

Roman Petrov is Jean Monnet Chair in EU Law at the National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy, Ukraine.

Peter Van Elsuwege is Professor in EU law at Ghent University Law School, Belgium