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Cross-border Cooperation : Obstacles to Overcome

May 2015

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In the framework of its presidency of the EU Council in the second half of 2015, the Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg placed the clearing of obstacles to cross-border cooperation at the centre of its priorities. A member of the MOT, the Grand-Duchy commissioned it to produce an analysis of the legal obstacles preventing or threatening the implementation of cross-border projects, along with potential solutions that might involve the introduction of a new European legal instrument.

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