Paul Demaret (

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, 24 September 1941) is a university professor and former rector of the

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, located in

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) and

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Biography

Demaret holds a PhD in law from the

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, an LL.M. from

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and a JSD from

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. He defended his doctorate of law at the University of Liège. He was Professor of Law (ordinary until 2003, extraordinary 2003–2006) at the

, where he held the

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Chair in European Economic Law, and was the Director of the Institut d'Etudes Juridiques Européennes Fernand Dehousse. At the College of Europe he was Director of Legal Studies from 1981 until 2003. He became rector in 2003, succeeding to

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. He was a

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Professor at

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Law School (EU-China Higher Education cooperation programme) in 1999 and he served on two

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panels. His teaching subjects included: *European economic law *Comparative economic law EU-US *the external dimension of the EU internal market. From November 2008 until June 2009, Demaret served as member of a six-member panel of EU experts advising the Bulgarian government. Set up by Bulgaria's

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, the advisory board was chaired by

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and mandated to recommend ways to help the country adjust to EU membership.Tony Barber (21 June 2009)
Bulgaria risks shifting into Moscow's orbit, EU is told
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''.

Publications

* ''Mondialisation et accès aux marchés. L'accès au marché des services réglementés: la libéralisation du commerce des services dans le cadre du traité CE'', in: Revue internationale de droit économique 2002/2-3 (t. XVI) His publications are mainly in the fields of * European Community law (European intellectual property law, European competition law, free movement of goods, Free movement of persons, Common commercial policy) * International Trade Law (Regional Integration Agreements/GATT/WTO). In 1999, he was awarded a Robert Schuman professorship at Peking University (). He served on two WTO panels.

References

External links

College of Europe on Paul Demaret
{{DEFAULTSORT:Demaret, Paul 1942 births College of Europe faculty Columbia Law School alumni Living people Walloon people University of Liège alumni Rectors of the College of Europe University of Liège faculty