Substantive Law of the European Union [ LEUSL2021 ]

General notions of law (rules, jurisdiction, legal system).

The course gives a detailed analysis of Community rules and case law relating to free movement of goods, capital, services, and persons, including a study of the European policy of approximation of national legislations, as well as rules on competition and on services of general economic interest.

Through the study of the free movement regimes, of the rules on competition and on services of general interest in the internal market, the student will get the understanding of mechanisms governing substantive Community law.

The contribution of this Teaching Unit to the development and command of the skills and learning outcomes of the programme(s) can be accessed at the end of this sheet, in the section entitled “Programmes/courses offering this Teaching Unit”.

Written or oral examination.

The course sets out a synthesis of the legal regime of the internal market. The following items are thus covered: free movement of goods, services, persons and capital. The main rules governing the law on competition and on services of general economic interest are also covered. The main emphasis is on analysing primary legislation. The course aims to give students a comprehensive understanding of the mechanisms governing the European Community's substantive law. In this respect it favours a synthetic approach, while illustrating the concepts through the case-law of the CJEC. The course is taught in the form of lectures. Students have a textbook and a case-law compendium at their disposal.

Support: to be determined by the professor in charge.