Professor Marco Bronckers


Telephone number: +31 (0)71 527 7760
E-Mail: m.c.e.j.bronckers@law.leidenuniv.nl
Faculty / Department: Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid, Instituut voor Publiekrecht, Afd Europees Recht
Office Address: Kamerlingh Onnes Gebouw
Steenschuur 25
2311 ES Leiden
Room number GEEN
 
Curriculum Vitae
Marco Bronckers (1956) received his legal education in the Netherlands (University of Amsterdam, J.D. 1979; Ph.D. 1985) and the United States (University of Michigan, LL.M. 1980).

He practiced law in the United States and the Netherlands, following an internship with the European Commission's Legal Service. Since 1990 he is based in Brussels. Having been a partner in leading Dutch and American law firms, Mr. Bronckers created his own firm with Vermulst Verhaeghe Graafsma & Bronckers in the summer of 2009. His legal specialties are European law, international trade law, and competition law.

During his career as a practicing lawyer, Mr Bronckers has published and lectured widely. He is a professor of law at the University of Leiden, where he holds the chair of WTO and EC external trade relations law. In addition, he is a regular lecturer at the World Trade Institute, University of Bern (MILE program), and the University of Barcelona (IELPO program).  He is a member of the Scientific Advisory Board at the Max Planck Institute für ausländisches öffentliches Recht und Völkerrecht in Heidelberg. He is also an associate editor of the Journal of International Economic Law (published by Oxford University Press).
Courses
WTO
Selected publications
Books 
  • WTO Jurisprudence and Policy: Practitioners' Perspectives,  836 pages (Cameron May, London, 2004) (various authors; co-edited with Gary Horlick).
  • A CROSS-SECTION OF WTO LAW, 300 pages (Cameron & May, London, 2000) 
  • NEW DIRECTIONS IN INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC LAW: Essays in Honour of Professor John H. Jackson, 593 pages (Kluwer, Deventer and Boston, 2000) (various authors; co-edited with Reinhard Quick).  
  • SELECTIVE SAFEGUARD MEASURES IN MULTILATERAL TRADE RELATIONS: Issues of Protectionism in GATT, European Community and United States Law, 306 pages (Kluwer, Deventer and Boston, 1985)   
 

Articles 
  • Bronckers, M.C.E.J. (2008)
    From 'Direct effect' to Muted dialogue': Recent developments in the European Courts' case law on the WTO and beyond. 11 Journal of International Economic Law (No. 4, 2008)
  • Bronckers, M.C.E.J., co-authored with Pierre Larouche (2008)
    A Review of the WTO Regime for Telecommunications Services. The World Trade Organisation and Trade in Services (Alexander & Andenas eds., Martinus Nijhoff, 2008), pp. 319-379
  • Bronckers, M.C.E.J. (2008)
    Private Appeals to WTO Law: An Update. 42 Journal of World Trade  (No. 2, 2008), pp. 245-260
  • The EU’s Responses to Foreign Subsidies: An Overview, in The WTO Trade Remedy System: East Asian Perspectives 145-157 (Matsushita, Ahn & Chen eds., Cameron May, 2006) (co-authored with Martin Goyette)
  • WTO Law in the European Court of Justice, 42 Common Market Law Review 1313-1355 (No. 5, 2005); an earlier version was published in Dutch in 52 Sociaal-Economische Wetgeving 450-466 (November 2004) (co-authored with Pieter Jan Kuijper)
  • The Effect of the WTO in European Court Litigation, 40 Texas International Law Journal 443-448 (No. 3, Spring 2005)
  • The WTO Regime for Telecommunications Services, in I The World Trade Organization: Legal, Economic and Political Analysis  989-1040 (Appleton & Macrory eds., 3 volumes,  Springer, 2005) (co-authored with Pierre Larouche)
  • Exceptions to Liberal Trade in Foodstuffs : The Precautionary Approach and Collective Preferences, in the EFTA Court 10 Years On 105-114 (Baudenbacher, Tresselt & Orlygsson eds., Hart Publishing, 2005)
  • REACH Reviewed under WTO Law, 2 Journal for European Environmental & Planning Law 184-194 (No. 3, 2005) (co-authored with Pablo Charro)
  • Protection of Regulatory Data in EU and WTO Law: the Example of REACH, 8 Journal of World Intellectual Property 579-598 (No.5, 2005); a German version was published as Schutz von Registrierdaten im EU- und WTO-Recht: Das Beispiel von REACH, 2 Zeitschrift für Stoffrecht 2-13 (No. 1, 2005)   (co-authored with Petr Ondrusek)
  • Financial Compensation in the WTO: Improving Remedies in WTO Dispute Settlement, 8 Journal of International Economic Law 101-126 (No. 1, 2005)  (co-authored with Naboth van den Broek)
  • Trade retaliation is a poor way to get even, Financial Times (op-ed page, 24 June 2004, p.15) (co-authored with Naboth van den Broek)
  • Towards Remedies that Expand rather than Contract Trade, 5 Journal of World Investment & Trade 353-356 (No. 2, 2004)
  • The Special Safeguard Clause in respect of China: (How) Will It Work?; in WTO and East Asia: New Perspectives 39-50 (Matsushita and Ahn eds., Cameron May, London, 2004); a Chinese version of the article was published in Political Science & Law at Page 147 (Column Exotic Laws), with the National Category Number DF 96, and Article Number 1005-9512 (2005) 02-0147-04;  an earlier version was published as The EU’s Special Safeguard Clause in respect of China: (How) Will It Work?, 30 Legal Issues of Economic Integration 123-131 (No. 2, 2003) (co-authored with Martin Goyette)
  • Trade Policy and Intellectual Property: An Example of Global Governance, in Europa und die Globalisiering III (Referate des Dritten Wiener Globalisierungs-Symposiums) 183-187, 210-211 (Baudenbacher & Busek eds., Verlag Österreich 2003)
  • Where Should WTO Law Go on the Exhaustion of Intellectual Property Rights?, in Intellectual Property: Trade, Competition and Sustainable Development 231-234 (Cottier & Mavroidis eds., University of Michigan Press, 2003)
  • The Impact of the WTO on Educational Policy, 87 Economische Statistische Berichten D30-D32 (No. 4359, 2002) (in Dutch) (co-authored with Axel Desmedt).
  • The European Court’s PreussenElektra judgment: Tension between EU principles and national renewable energy initiatives, to be published in EUROPEAN COMPETITION LAW REVIEW (2001)  (co-authored with Rosalinde van der Vlies) 
  • La jurisprudence des juridictions communautaires relatives à l’OMC demande réparation: Plaidoyer pour les droits des Etats-membres, 37 CAHIERS DE DROIT EUROPEEN 3-14 (NO. 1-2, 2001) 
  • The EU Trade Barriers Regulation Comes of Age, to be published in the Festschrift for WTO Appellate Body Member C.-D. Ehlermann (Von Bogdandy & Mavroidis, eds., Kluwer, 2001) , and the Journal of World Trade (August 2001) (co-authored with Natalie McNelis) 
  • More Power to the WTO?, 4 JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC LAW  41-65 (NO. 1, 2001) 
  • The WTO Reference Paper on Telecommunications: A Model for WTO Competition Law?, in NEW DIRECTIONS IN INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC LAW: Essays in Honour of Professor John H. Jackson 371- 389 (Bronckers & Quick, eds., Kluwer, 2000).  
  • A Practical Guide to the Enforcement Rules of the TRIPS Agreement (EC Commission, Luxemburg, 2000) (co-authored with Feer Verkade & Natalie McNelis)  
  • Rethinking the 'Like Product' Definition in WTO Law: Anti-dumping and Environmental Protection, in REGULATORY BARRIERS AND THE PRINCIPLE OF NON-DISCRIMINATION IN WORLD TRADE LAW 345-385 (Cottier and Mavroidis eds., University of Michigan Press, 2000);published in part as Rethinking the 'Like Product' Definition in WTO Anti-dumping Law, in 33 JOURNAL OF WORLD TRADE 73-91 (No. 3, 1999 (co-authored with Natalie McNelis) . 
  • Better Rules for a New Millennium: A Warning Against Undemocratic Developments in the WTO, 2 JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC LAW 547-566 (NO. 4, 1999); a French version is published as Une mise en garde contre des tendances antidémocratiques à l'OMC - De meilleures règles pour un nouveau millénaire, REVUE DU MARCHÉ COMMUN ET DE L'UNION EUROPÉENNE 683-695 (NO. 433, novembre-décembre 1999); a Dutch version is published as Betere regels voor een nieuw millennium: Een waarschuwing tegen ondemocratische ontwikkelingen in de WTO, 47 SOCIAAL-ECONOMISCHE  WETGEVING  414-423 (november 1999) 
  • Fact and Law in Pleadings Before the WTO Appellate Body, 5 INTERNATIONAL TRADE LAW AND REGULATION 118-123 (No. 5, 1999); also included in IMPROVING WTO DISPUTE SETTLEMENT PROCEDURES: Issues and Lessons from the Practice of other International Courts and Tribunals 321-333 (Weiss ed., Cameron May, London, 2000) (co-authored with Natalie McNelis) 
  • Trade and Competition Interlinkages: The Case of Telecom, working paper 68.99 KNOW/PRIV, published  by the Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei (September 1999) 
  • Editorial Comment: Outside Counsel in WTO Dispute Process, 2 JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC LAW 155-158 (No. 1, 1999) (co-authored with John Jackson).  
  • The Exhaustion of Patent Rights under WTO Law, 32 JOURNAL OF WORLD TRADE 137-159 (No. 5, 1998). 
  • Competition Law and WTO: Not so Futuristic, in CONTEMPORARY INTERNATIONAL LAW ISSUES: NEW FORMS, NEW APPLICATIONS, Proceedings of the Fourth Hague Joint Conference of the American Society of International Law and the Nederlandse Vereniging van Internationaal Recht 299-302 (TMC Asser Institute, The Hague, 1998). 
  • The Enforcement of WTO Law through the EC Trade Barriers Regulation, 3 INTERNATIONAL TRADE LAW & REGULATION 76-84 (no. 3, 1997). 
  • Telecommunications Services and the World Trade Organization, 31 JOURNAL OF WORLD TRADE 4-48 (no. 3, 1997) (co-authored with Pierre Larouche). 
  • Les télécommunications et l'Organisation mondiale du commerce, 53 L'ACTUALITE JURIDIQUE DROIT ADMINISTRATIF 267-269 (no. 3, 1997). 
  • Rehabilitating Antidumping and other Trade Remedies through Cost-Benefit Analyses, 30 JOURNAL OF WORLD TRADE 5-37 (no. 2, 1996). 
  • Private Participation in the Enforcement of WTO law: The New EC Trade Barriers Regulation, 33 COMMON MARKET LAW REVIEW 299-318 (no. 2, 1996). 
  • The Position of Privatized Utilities under WTO and EC Procurement Rules, 22 LEGAL ISSUES OF EUROPEAN INTEGRATION 145-160 (1996/1); an updated version is published in LAW AND POLICY IN PUBLIC PURCHASING: THE WTO AGREEMENT ON GOVERNMENT PROCUREMENT 243-259 (Hoekman & Mavroidis eds., University of Michigan Press, 1997).  
  • WTO Implementation in the European Community: Dumping, Safeguards, and Intellectual Property, 29 JOURNAL OF WORLD TRADE 73-95 (No. 5, 1995). 
  • The Impact of TRIPS: Limitations of Intellectual Property Protection in the European Community, in CONTEMPORARY INTERNATIONAL LAW ISSUES: CONFLICTS AND CONVERGENCE, Proceedings of the Third Joint Conference of the American Society of International Law and the Nederlandse Vereniging van Internationaal Recht 230-233 (TMC Asser Institute, The Hague, 1995). 
  • The Quarrel about TRIPS: Intellectual Property Protection in Developing Countries, 43 SOCIAAL-ECONOMISCHE WETGEVING 623-640 (1995) (in Dutch). 
  • Voluntary Export Restraints and the New GATT Safeguards Agreement, in THE URUGUAY ROUND RESULTS: A EUROPEAN LAWYER'S PERSPECTIVE, 273-279 (Bourgeois, Berrod & Gippini-Fournier eds., European Interuniversity Press, Brussels, 1995). 
  • The Impact of TRIPS: Intellectual Property Protection in Developing Countries, 31 COMMON MARKET LAW REVIEW 1245-1281 (No. 6, 1994). 
  • Cross-Subsidization in EEC Competition Law, in STATE ENTREPRENEURSHIP, NATIONAL MONOPOLIES AND EUROPEAN COMMUNITY LAW, 103-112 (Stuyck & Vossestein eds., Kluwer, 1993). 
  • The Potential and Limitations of the Community's New Trade Policy Instrument, in TRADE LAWS OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY AND THE UNITED STATES IN A COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVE 133-164 (Demaret, Bourgeois & Van Bael eds., College of Europe, Bruges, 1992). 
  • Antidumping Law and Consumer Interests, in TRADE LAWS OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY AND THE UNITED STATES IN A COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVE 261-265 (idem). 
  • Private Remedies against Foreign Subsidization: A European View, in SUBSIDIES IN INTERNATIONAL TRADE 187-202 (Bourgeois ed., Kluwer, 1992). 
  • Can the European Community Lawfully Impose Origin Requirements on Trade from Overseas Countries and Territories?, special edition of TIJDSCHRIFT VOOR ANTILLIAANS RECHT - Justicia 34-50 (November 1991) (co-authored with Professor R.H. Lauwaars) (in Dutch, with a summary in English). 
  • Non-Judicial and Judicial Remedies in International Trade Disputes: Some Reflections at the Close of the Uruguay Round, 24 JOURNAL OF WORLD TRADE 121-125 (No. 6, 1990). 
  • Case Note on Fediol v. Commission (cases 187-188/85) and Fediol v. Commission (case 70/87), judgments of the European Court of Justice, 38 SOCIAAL-ECONOMISCHE WETGEVING 159-173 (1990) (in Dutch). 
  • Private Enforcement of 1992: Do Trade and Industry Stand a Chance Against the Member States?, 26 COMMON MARKET LAW REVIEW 513-533 (No. 3, 1989). 
  • What is a Countervailable Subsidy under EEC Trade Law?, 23 JOURNAL OF WORLD TRADE 5-31 (No. 6, December 1989) (co-authored with Dr R. Quick). 
  • National Trade Policy Instruments and the GATT: An EC Lawyer's Perspective, in CONFLICT AND RESOLUTION IN US-EC TRADE RELATIONS 143-151 (Rubin & Jones eds., Oceana Publications, 1989). 
  • La Protection contre les Importations dans la Communauté Européenne: Quelques Recommendations pour des Initiatives Privées, REVUE DU MARCHE COMMUN 10-18 (no. 323, January 1989) (Protection against Imports in the European Community: Some Recommendations for Private Initiatives). 
  • The EEC New Trade Policy Instrument (Reg. 2641/84): Some Comments on its Application, 22 JOURNAL OF WORLD TRADE 19-38 (No. 6, December 1988) (co-authored with M.I.B. Arnold); published in summary form in 2 LEIDEN JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL LAW 96-107 (1989). 
    - Comments on Business Strategies for a Unified Market, in EEC-EFTA: MORE THAN JUST GOOD FRIENDS? 61-67 (Jamar & Wallace eds., College of Europe, Bruges, 1988). 
  • A Legal Analysis of Protectionist Measures Affecting Japanese Imports into the European Community - Revisited, in PROTECTIONISM AND THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY 57-120 (Völker ed., 2d ed., Kluwer, 1987). 
  • Blocking Legislation in the Netherlands, 1 ABA INTERNATIONAL LITIGATION QUARTERLY 240-245 (no. 3, 1985) (co-authored with Professor B.H. ter Kuile). 
  • Protection of Exports, Chapter I of the Annual Report "Private Enterprise and Trade Policy" to the Joint Meeting of the Dutch and Belgian Society of European Law, 33 SOCIAAL-ECONOMISCHE WETGEVING 599-673 (October 1985) (co-authored with Professor B.H. ter Kuile and Dr J. Steenbergen) (in Dutch). 
  • Private Response to Foreign Unfair Trade Practices: US and EC Complaint Procedures, 6 NORTH-WESTERN JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL LAW & BUSINESS 651-759 (Winter 1984). 
  • A Legal Analysis of Protectionist Measures Affecting Japanese Imports into the European Community, in PROTECTIONISM AND THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY 53-98 (Völker, ed., Kluwer, 1983); published in summary form in Dutch in 30 SOCIAAL-ECONOMISCHE WETGEVING 670-692 (1982).  
  • Reconsidering the Non-Discrimination Principle as Applied to GATT Safeguards Measures, A Rejoinder, 9 LEGAL ISSUES OF EUROPEAN INTEGRATION 113-137 (1983/2). 
  • Case Note on Polydor v. Harlequin (case 276/80), judgment of the European Court of Justice, 76 AMERICAN JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL LAW 857-862 (1982). 
  • Case Note on Dürbeck v. Hauptzollamt (case 112/80), judgment of the European Court of Justice, 30 SOCIAAL-ECONOMISCHE WETGEVING 184-190 (1982) (in Dutch). 
  • Introduction to the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, in I.B. INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION AND INTEGRATION 1-21 (Kapteyn et alia eds., Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, 1982). 
  • The Non-Discriminatory Application of Article XIX GATT: Tradition or Fiction?, 7 LEGAL ISSUES OF EUROPEAN INTEGRATION 35-76 (1981/2). 
  • Trademarks and Medicines: European Case Law and Dutch Practice, Parts I and II, 28 ARS AEQUI 59-73, 119-122 (1979) (in Dutch).