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Lecturer(s)
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Stehlík Václav, doc. JUDr. LL.M., Ph.D.
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Petr Michal, doc. JUDr. Ph.D.
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Bureš Pavel, JUDr. Ph.D.
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Course content
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Lecture Topics: Introduction to the substantive law of the EU, forms of economic integration (Free Trade Area, Customs Union, Common Market, Internal/Single market), four freedoms of the Internal Market. Free movement of goods: EU as a Customs Union, prohibition of duties and charges having an equivalent effect. Free movement of goods: articles 90-93: Discriminatory Tax Provisions, the boundary between art. 23-25 and 90-93. Free movement of goods: quantitative restrictions and exceptions under art 30 TEC. Free movement of goods: indistinctly applicable rules, Dassonville and Cassis de Dijon case-law, the mandatory requirements as exceptions from the prohibition of indistinctly applicable rules. EU Citizenship and free movement of workers, non-workers, students, job-seekers, Dir. 2004/38 and EU citizens. Free movement of workers: direct effect of art. 39 TEC, definition of "worker", direct and indirect discrimination, access to the employment market. Free movement of workers: secondary Community law: Directive 2004/38, Regulation 1612/68, rights and obligation of workers. Exceptions from the free movement of workers. Freedom of establishment and to provide services. Free movement of capital and economic and monetary union. Harmonisation in the Internal Market. EC Competition law - art. 81 - the prohibition of cartels. EC Competition law - art. 82 - abuse of dominance, mergers, state aids.
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Monologic Lecture(Interpretation, Training)
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Learning outcomes
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The course held in English. The aim of the course is to provide students with detailed overview of the problems of EU internal market and implementation of the four freedoms. The course covers the questions like introduction to the substantive law of the EU, forms of economic integration (Free Trade Area, Customs Union, Common Market, Internal/Single market), four freedoms of the Internal Market, free movement of goods, free movement of workers, non-workers, students, job-seekers, freedom of establishment and to provide services; free movement of capital and economic and monetary union, harmonization in the Internal Market, EC Competition law etc. The subject innovation has been supported by the project Support of Interdisciplinary studies and Study Programmes Innovations at Palacký University in Olomouc, CZ.1.07/2.2.00/28.0091.
Good knowledge of the economic and legal factors connected with the realization of the four freedoms, orientation in the rules of the EU competition law and other skills shall be useful for the successful assertion of students on the labor market. An additional value of the course lays in the fact, that attendants of the course will gain language skills and orientation in the special English legal terminology. The students gain the overview of substantive law of the EU, forms of economic integration, free movement of goods, workers and capital, EU citizenship.
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Prerequisites
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Completion of this course is not conditional upon completion of some other courses.
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Assessment methods and criteria
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Mark
The course is concluded by an exam in written form. To pass the exam is necessary to work out written thesis on topis set by the teacher and then succeed in the written exam. The student is required to work with the learning objects, which have been created for the concrete subject and are available for authorized students in LMS EDIS.
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Recommended literature
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Craig, P., Búrca de, G. (2007). EU Law: Text, Cases and Materials. Oxford University Press.
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Hartley, T., C. (1994). The Foundations of European Community Law. Sweet and Maxwell, London.
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Rudden, B. (1995). Basic Community Cases. Claredon Press, Oxford.
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Steiner, L., Woods, L., Twigg-Flesner, Ch. (2006). EU Law. OUP.
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