EU economic law / internal market 4003-ERASMUS-EEL-OG

Course outline:
1. Introduction
2. Free movement of goods
a. Customs duties and charges having equivalent effect
b. Internal taxation
c. Quantitative restrictions and measures having equivalent effect
d. Intellectual property and free movement of goods
3. Free movement of persons and services
a. Free movement of workers
b. Right of establishment
c. Freedom to provide services
d. Freedom to receive services
e. Derogations, limitations and conditions of all above
f. Union citizenship and treatment of third country nationals
4. Free movement of capital
5. Competition policy
a. Rules applicable to undertakings
b. Rules applicable to states
6. Common commercial policy
7. Consumers protection
8. Regulating the internal market
9. Conclusions

Student's workload
lecture - 15 hrs
reading in foreign language - 60 hrs
preparation to the lecture - 30 hrs
preparation to the exam - 75 hrs
total - 180 hrs

Type of course

general courses

Mode

Classroom

Prerequisites (description)

The present course is designed for students of various disciplines interested in legal issues of economic integration. Participants do not have to be law students (although students of law are also welcomed). The classes may be particularly interesting for students of languages who want to acquire English legal and economic terminology. During the classes students become acquainted with major current issues and discussions regarding European economic integration. Main aims of the course are: - to provide students with a working knowledge of European Union’s substantive law - to develop students’ understanding of the methods adopted by the European Union to achieve the goals of economic integration through the Internal Market - to provide specialist expertise by offering students insights of the cases brought to the European Court of Justice - to enable students to have an operational understanding of the relationship between commercial, social and political aims of the European Union

Course coordinators

Dorota Jurkiewicz-Eckert
Jana Planavova-Latanowicz

Learning outcomes

After completion of the learning process, the student:
1. recognizes the provisions of the European economic law
2. describes the functions and main principles of European economic law
3. draws a distinction between the provisions of state and facing facing businesses
4. subjects to a critical analysis of the functioning of the law in practice and their impact on businesses and individuals
5. assess the impact of application of the rules on the operation of enterprises and individuals (direct effect)
6. interprets European law as interpreted by EU courts

Assessment criteria

The basis for assessment is prepared essay on the topic given by the teacher and the assessment of the activity in the classroom.

Bibliography

A course pack will be made available for the students containing several chapters from textbooks and some journal articles from primary literature related to the course.

Core texts:
C. Barnard: The substantive law of the EU: the four freedoms, Oxford University Press, 2007.
All texts are available at the library of the Centre for Europe (Warsaw University) located at Al. Niepodległości 22.

Additional information

Information on level of this course, year of study and semester when the course unit is delivered, types and amount of class hours - can be found in course structure diagrams of apropriate study programmes. This course is related to the following study programmes:

Additional information (registration calendar, class conductors, localization and schedules of classes), might be available in the USOSweb system:

Description of 4003-ERASMUS-EEL-OG in USOSweb