Despite the signifi cance of regulatory intervention in EU economies, there is little formal analysis of regulatory cooperation in the integration literature. The following paper attempts to fill this gap by developing a simple model that allows us to consider why member states would want to integrate their regulatory systems, to identify the potential costs and benefi ts, to shed light on the national features which may infl uence the determination of the common regulatory values and to analyse compliance issues that arise from the application of international agreements.
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