Dr. L.J. (Laurens) Ankersmit
Assistant professor
Faculty of Law
European Public Law
Visiting address
- Nieuwe Achtergracht 166
- Room number: 10.18
Postal address
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Postbus 15859
1001 NJ Amsterdam
Contact details
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Profile
Laurens Ankersmit is Assistant Professor European Law at the Faculty of Law of the University of Amsterdam. His research focusses on environmental aspects of international and European economic law. In 2017 he published the book Green Trade and Fair Trade in and with the EU: Process-based Measures within the EU Legal Order with Cambridge University Press. This book is about regulating green and fair trade products on the EU internal market and extraterritorial aspects of market liberalisation and regulation. He defended his PhD in 2015 at VU University Amsterdam and worked as a legal advisor at ClientEarth on European trade policy, notably in relation to the EU's negotiations with Canada and the United States on CETA and TTIP respectively.
Laurens Ankersmit is founder and editor of the European Law Blog.
Main publications
Books
- Laurens Ankersmit, Green Trade and Fair Trade in and with the EU: Process-based measures in the EU Legal Order (Cambridge, Cambridge University Press 2017)
Chapters in Collective Books
- Laurens Ankersmit, ‘Judging international dispute settlement: from the Investment Court System to the Aarhus Convention’s Compliance Committee’ in Sacha Garben and Inge Govaere (eds), The interface between EU and International Law (forthcoming book proposal with Hart Publishing), around 25 pages.
Also published as Amsterdam Law School Research Paper No. 2017-46 and Amsterdam Centre for European Law and Governance Research Paper No. 2017-05
Articles
- Laurens Ankersmit, ‘The compatibility of investment arbitration in EU trade agreements with the EU judicial system’ (2016) Journal for European Environmental & Planning Law, 46-63
- Laurens Ankersmit, ‘The scope of the Common Commercial Policy after Lisbon: the Daiichi Sankyo and Conditional Access Services Grand Chamber judgments’, (2014) Legal Issues of Economic Integration, Issue 2, 193-208
- Laurens Ankersmit, 'What if Cassis de Dijon were Cassis de Quebec? The assimilation of goods of third country origin in the internal market' (2013) 50 Common Market Law Review, Issue 5, 1387–1410
- L. J. Ankersmit, J.C. Lawrence, and G.T. Davies, ‘Extraterritorial social and environmental concerns and trade: pathways to conflict between the WTO and EU’ (2012) Minnesota Journal of International Law Online
- Laurens Ankersmit and Jessica C. Lawrence, ‘The Future of Environmental Labelling: US—Tuna II and the scope of the TBT’ [2012] Legal Issues of Economic Integration
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Publications
- refereed (17)
- academic (9)
- professional (1)
- popular scientific (2)
- recognitions (12)
- working papers / preprints (2)
2025
- Ankersmit, L. J. (in press). The EU’s Powers to Green International Investment Law. In X. Groussot, M.-L. Oberg, & G. Butler (Eds.), The EU Law of Investment: Past, Present, and Future (Swedish Studies in European Law; Vol. 19). Hart Publishing.
2023
Ankersmit, L. (2023). The EU’s Strategy for More ‘Rules-Based Trade’ and the EU’s Withdrawal from the Energy Charter Treaty. Legal Issues of Economic Integration, 50(2), 117-128. https://doi.org/10.54648/leie2023006 [details]- Ankersmit, L. (2023). Withdrawal from mixed agreements under EU law: the case of the Energy Charter Treaty. Europe and the World: A Law Review, 7(1). https://doi.org/10.14324/111.444.ewlj.2023.01 [details]
2021
- Ankersmit, L. (2021). What Does the ‘Suspension’ of the EU-China Comprehensive Agreement on Investment Initiative Mean for the Credibility and Consistency of the Commission’s ‘Values-Based’ Trade Agenda? Legal Issues of Economic Integration, 48(3), 223-227. https://doi.org/10.54648/leie2021017 [details]
- Ankersmit, L. J. (2021). Third country goods inside the internal market. Manuscript submitted for publication. In T. Tridimas, & R. Schuetze (Eds.), Oxford Principles of European Union Law (Vol. 2). Oxford University Press. https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4225991
2020
- Ankersmit, L. (2020). Regulatory autonomy and regulatory chill in Opinion 1/17. Europe and the World: A Law Review, 4(1), Article 7. https://doi.org/10.14324/111.444.ewlj.2020.25 [details]
- Ankersmit, L. (2020). The contribution of EU public procurement law to corporate social responsibility. European Law Journal, 26(1-2), 9-26. https://doi.org/10.1111/eulj.12353 [details]
2019
- Ankersmit, L. J. (2019). Een steun in de rug voor het investeringsbeleid van de Commissie: Advies 1/17 (CETA). Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Europees Recht, 25(9/10), 263-270. https://doi.org/10.5553/NtER/138241202019025009004 [details]
2018
2017
- Ankersmit, L. (2017). Green Trade and Fair Trade in and with the EU: Process-based Measures within the EU Legal Order. (Cambridge Studies in European Law and Policy). Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108120623 [details]
- Ankersmit, L. (2017). Article 47 of the Charter precludes national procedural rules that allow decisions to be taken in environmental matters pending litigation on participation in that decision-making. European Journal of Risk Regulation, 8(2), 448-452. https://doi.org/10.1017/err.2017.14 [details]
- Ankersmit, L. (2017). [Review of: J. Larik (2016) Foreign Policy Objectives in European Constitutional Law]. Common Market Law Review, 54(4), 1252-1254. http://www.kluwerlawonline.com/abstract.php?area=Journals&id=COLA2017101 [details]
2016
- Ankersmit, L. (2016). The Compatibility of Investment Arbitration in EU Trade Agreements with the EU Judicial System. Journal for European Environmental & Planning Law, 13(1), 46-63. https://doi.org/10.1163/18760104-01301004
2014
- Ankersmit, L. J. (2014). The scope of the Common Commercial Policy after Lisbon: the Daiichi Sankyo and Conditional Access Services Grand Chamber judgments. Legal Issues of Economic Integration, (2), 193-208. https://kluwerlawonline.com/journalarticle/Legal+Issues+of+Economic+Integration/41.2/LEIE2014010
2013
- Ankersmit, L. J. (2013). What if Cassis de Dijon were Cassis de Quebec? The assimilation of goods of third country origin in the internal market. Common Market Law Review, 50(5), 1387-1410. http://www.kluwerlawonline.com/document.php?id=COLA2013136
2012
- Ankersmit, L. J., & Lawrence, J. (2012). The Future of Environmental Labelling: US—Tuna II and the scope of the TBT. Legal Issues of Economic Integration, 39(1), 127-147.
2011
- Ankersmit, L. J. (2011). Het einde van de kiloknallers? De grenzen aan zelfregulering van duurzaam vlees onder het kartelverbod. Actualiteiten Mededingingsrecht, 149-155.
2022
- Eckes, C., & Ankersmit, L. (2022). The compatibility of the Energy Charter Treaty with EU law. University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam Centre for European Law and Governance. https://www.clientearth.org/latest/documents/the-compatibility-of-the-energy-charter-treaty-with-eu-law/ [details]
- Eckes, C., & Ankersmit, L. (2022). Member States Hold all the Necessary Bargaining Power to Decide the Future of the Energy Charter Treaty, Not the European Union. Web publication or website, European Law Blog. https://europeanlawblog.eu/2022/10/18/member-states-hold-all-the-necessary-bargaining-power-to-decide-the-future-of-the-energy-charter-treaty-not-the-european-union/ [details]
2021
- Eckes, C., & Ankersmit, L. (2021). Komstroy: the beginning of the end for the Energy Charter Treaty?. Web publication or website, European Law Blog. https://europeanlawblog.eu/2021/10/04/komstroy-the-beginning-of-the-end-for-the-energy-charter-treaty/ [details]
2020
- Ankersmit, L. (2020). Whales are not Fish: The Choice of the Correct Legal Basis in EU External Relations. In L. Campo, T. Beukers, M. Bulterman, M. Gijzen, J. Langer, & L. van Spronsen (Eds.), Loyale samenwerking binnen de EU: Liber Amicorum voor Ivo van der Steen (pp. 239-248). Boom juridisch. https://boeken.rechtsgebieden.boomportaal.nl/publicaties/9789462908635#241 [details]
2018
- Ankersmit, L. (2018). Case C-57/16P ClientEarth v Commission: Citizen’s participation in EU decision-making and the Commission’s right of initiative. Web publication or website, European Law Blog. http://europeanlawblog.eu/2018/10/22/case-c-57-16p-clientearth-v-commission-citizens-participation-in-eu-decision-making-and-the-commissions-right-of-initiative/ [details]
- Carta, A. (Author), & Ankersmit, L. (Author). (2018). AG Wathelet in C-284/16 Achmea: Saving ISDS?. Web publication or website, European Law Blog. http://europeanlawblog.eu/2018/01/08/ag-wathelet-in-c-28416-achmea-saving-isds/ [details]
2016
- Ankersmit, L. (2016). Belgium Requests an opinion on Investment Court System in CETA. ELNI Review, 2016(2), 54-57. https://www.academia.edu/35384755/Belgium_Requests_an_Opinion_on_Investment_Court_System_in_CETA [details]
2015
- Ankersmit, L. J. (2015). Handelen met een schoon geweten: de Europese Interne Markt en regulering van fairtrade- en groene goederen. Ars Aequi, 64(11), 946-951. https://arsaequi.nl/product/handelen-met-een-schoon-geweten-de-europese-interne-markt-en-regulering-van-fair-trade-en-groene-goederen/
2012
- Ankersmit, L. J., Davies, G. T., & Lawrence, J. (2012). Extraterritorial social and environmental concerns and trade: pathways to conflict between the WTO and EU. Minnesota Journal of International Law, 14-94.
2011
- Ankersmit, L., & Geursen, W. (2011). Ruiz Zambrano: de interne situatie voorbij. Asiel & Migrantenrecht, 2(4), 156-164.
2021
- Eckes, C. (Author), & Ankersmit, L. J. (Author). (2021). Zeg energieverdrag op om gijzeling van Europees klimaatbeleid te voorkomen. Web publication or website, Trouw. https://www.trouw.nl/opinie/zeg-energieverdrag-op-om-gijzeling-van-europees-klimaatbeleid-te-voorkomen~b507b3d0/
2020
- Ankersmit, L. J. (2020). CETA ondermijnt rechtsstaat en energietransitie. NRC Handelsblad, Opinie. https://www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2020/02/10/ceta-ondermijnt-rechtsstaat-en-energietransitie-a3989906
Journal editor
- Ankersmit, L. (editor) (2012-2019). European Law Blog (Journal). http://europeanlawblog.eu/
Talk / presentation
- Ankersmit, L. (speaker) (19-5-2020). Deskundigenbijeenkomst CETA, Tweede en Eerste Kamer.
- Ankersmit, L. (speaker) (4-12-2018). Regulatory cooperation and Brexit, Trade Justice Movement .
- Ankersmit, L. (speaker) (12-7-2018). the Commission’s mandate to negotiate an agreement establishing a Multilateral Investment Court, Parliament of Wallonia.
- Ankersmit, L. (speaker) (9-5-2018). The current state of the trade & environment debate in EU law, University of Siena, Italy. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o7qSOFoAjeg&t=1407s
- Ankersmit, L. (speaker) (8-5-2018). The ratification of CETA in relation to Opinion 1/17, Flemish Parliament.
- Ankersmit, L. (speaker) (2-5-2018). ‘Dispute settlement in the current generation of trade and investment agreements of the EU’, University of Fribourg.
- Ankersmit, L. (speaker) (23-4-2018). The implications of the Achmea decision for investment agreements between the EU and Member States with third countries, Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment.
Others
- Ankersmit, L. (participant) (4-11-2022). The Energy Charter Treaty: An EU (Law) Perspective, Amsterdam. title presentation: Withdrawal from the (modernized) ECT and the division of powers between the EU and the Member States (participating in a conference, workshop, ...).
- Ankersmit, L. (participant) (19-5-2022). SNEF conference/book - Investment Treaties and the EU Legal Order: Litigation, Modernisation, and Sustainability - Lund University, Sweden - 19/20 May 2022, Lund (participating in a conference, workshop, ...).
- Ankersmit, L. (participant) (2-11-2021). The ECJ’s decision in Komstroy and the future of the Energy Charter Treaty, Amsterdam. The ECJ’s decision in Komstroy and the future of the Energy Charter Treaty (organising a conference, workshop, ...).
- Eckes, C. (participant), Ankersmit, L. (participant) & Krajewski, P. (participant) (4-6-2021). How does separation of powers impact sustainability and equality in EU trade policy?, Amsterdam. How does separation of powers impact sustainability and equality in EU trade policy? (organising a conference, workshop, ...). https://acelg.uva.nl/content/events/lectures/2021/06/how-does-separation-of-powers-impact-sustainability-and-equality-in-eu-trade-policy.htm…
2022
- Ankersmit, L., & Peters, J. (2022). Public Access to Documents in EU External Relations. (Amsterdam Law School Legal Studies Research Paper; No. 2022-08), (Amsterdam Centre for European Law and Governance Research Paper; No. 2022-02), (Amsterdam Centre for European Studies Research Paper; No. 2022). Amsterdam Centre for European Law and Governance, University of Amsterdam. https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4063606 [details]
2017
- Ankersmit, L. (2017). Judging international dispute settlement: From the Investment Court System to the Aarhus Convention's Compliance Committee. (Amsterdam Centre for European Law and Governance Working Paper Series; No. 2017-04). Amsterdam Centre for European Law and Governance. https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3080988 [details]
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Ancillary activities
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European Law Blog
Member of the editorial team of the European Law Blog -
Kluwer
Member of the board of the journal Legal Issues of Economic Integration
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European Law Blog
Ankersmit, L. (2023). The EU’s Strategy for More ‘Rules-Based Trade’ and the EU’s Withdrawal from the Energy Charter Treaty. Legal Issues of Economic Integration, 50(2), 117-128.