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Book Title: The Role of the EU in Transnational Legal Ordering

Editor(s): Cantero Gamito, Marta; Micklitz, -W. Hans

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

Section Title: Acknowledgements

Number of pages: 2

Extract:

Acknowledgements
This edited volume is a collaborative venture of the editors and the contribu-
tors. It all started while examining the role of the EU in international stand-
ardization. During the years 2015­18, we have discussed standardization with
prominent legal scholars working on standardization as well as with experts
in different economic fields. An initial conceptual discussion about interna-
tional standardization and its contribution to regulatory and policy diffusion
took place in Florence in June 2016. Already then, we realized that the main
challenge was what to single out as a `standard'. Back in Helsinki that autumn,
we continued exchanging ideas on whether and how the EU participates in
international standardsetting. As time went by, the problems in identifying
what constitutes a `standard' became more acute. From the discussions with
contributors and experts in the field, we learned that a standard, understood as
a rule or practice within a specialized community, could take manifold shapes,
such as technical standards, standard contract terms or codes of conduct. This
is how we decided to broadly focus on standards, contracts and codes.
We would like to truly thank and acknowledge here our debt to all the book's
contributors, not only for the work they put into preparing and revising their
contributions, but also for their commitment to the whole project. The exami-
nation of the role of the EU in the manifold manifestations of private regulation
requires empirics and, therefore, illustrating the dynamics behind each sector
has been a timeconsuming and ...