@article{2022:hoffmeister:the_europe,
title = {The European Regulatory Approach on Supply Chain Responsibility},
year = {2022},
note = {The article presents four categories of EU approaches on regulating
supply chain responsibility. Sometimes, like in the case of the
Kimberley process for conflict diamonds or with respect to illegally
fished fishery products, the EU enacts restrictions or prohibitions
that are specifically targeted at the import of foreign products.
These import regimes are distinguished from marketing prohibitions for
unethically produced goods. The prime examples are the European bans
on cat and dog fur and seals products, as well as a possible future
ban on goods made from forced labour. While these categories impose
negative duties for EU importers and producers, the author also looks
at EU regulations imposing positive obligations of EU companies. They
may either be required to report about supply chain responsibility or
need to entertain due diligence with respect to their import
activities. For the latter category, the author discusses the EU
regulations on tropical timber, conflict minerals, deforestation and
general due diligence. Hoffmeister shows how these regimes fit into
the normative framework of the European Union’s foreign policy
objectives and argues that they are WTO compatible. He also provides a
short comparative assessment about their effectiveness.},
journal = {ZEuS Zeitschrift für Europarechtliche Studien},
pages = {221--250},
author = {Hoffmeister, Frank},
volume = {25},
number = {2}
}