VSFS:N_PrEU Law of EU - Course Information

N_PrEU Law of EU

Extent and Intensity

2/0/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).

Guaranteed by

doc. JUDr. Pavel Svoboda, Ph.D., D. E. A.
Department of Law – Departments – University of Finance and Administration
Contact Person: Tereza Švestáková

Prerequisites

No prerequisites. However, the course assumes knowledge of the general (institutional) part of EU law.

Course Enrolment Limitations

The course is offered to students of any study field.

Course objectives

Content of the subject covers legal fundaments of the EU internal market and related policies (consumer protection, competition policy, Common commercial policy). The topisc presented are complemented by the fundaments of the area of freedom, security and justice. The overall aim is to aquire practical knowledge of relationships and procedures in the framework of the implementation of the common policies of the EU Member States and their incorporation into national law

Learning outcomes

After finishing the course the student will be able to: -identify and summarize important features of the transnational regulation of the EU internal market -identify and describe the use of a secondary EU law in the development of the legal framework of the EU internal market -compare and highlight the differences of the level of the legislation of EU law in different areas the internal market (the four freedoms of the market) -apply the legal procedures for the decision of EU Courts in practical examples of a dispute between the EU Commission and Member States in issued of competition law (State Aid, permited exemptions, enforceability); -analyse the conditions for legal enforceability of the Common Commercial Policy in individual Member States - Analyse the fields of cooperation between Member States in the area of freedom, security and justice

Syllabus

• 1.EU and its law , sources of EU law, fundamentals of th EU institutional structure 2.Economic integration as the core of the EU - internal market and its components. Sources of the internal market law; EU case-law and its importance 3.Internal Market I- free movement of goods, free movement of persons, freedom of establishment 4.Internal Market II-free movement of services, free movement of capital and payments 5.Competition policy of the EU and its legal framework 6.Competition rules for undertakings (cartels, abuse of dominance, merger control) and for States (public aid, State monopolies and public enterprises) 7.Procedure before the Commission in matters of competition, 8.Procedure before the EU Courts in matters of competition, 9.Consumer protection in the EU law – public law (health and safety protection) and private law (interests of consumers ) 10.EU companies and harmonisation of the national company law in Member States 11. EU common commercial policy (CCP) 12.EU area of freedom, security and justice

Literature

required literature
• SVOBODA, Pavel. Úvod do evropského práva (Introduction to European law). 6th ed. Praha: C. H. Beck, 2019, 437 pp. ISBN 978-80-7400-752-1. info

recommended literature
• JANKŮ, Martin. Evropské právo II (EU Law II). 1st ed. Praha: Vysoká škola finanční a správní, a.s., 2016, 96 pp. edice EUPRESS. ISBN 978-80-7408-132-3. info
• JANKŮ, Martin and Linda JANKŮ. Právo EU po Lisabonské smlouvě (EU Law after the Lisbon Treaty). první. Ostrava: KEY Publishong s.r.o., 2014, 274 pp. Právo. ISBN 978-80-7418-152-8. info

Teaching methods

lectures, seminars, practical assignments, seminar works

Assessment methods

The course ends with a credit test consisting of 20 closed questions (multiple-choice). The criterion for the award of credit is a score of 55%.

Language of instruction

Czech

Further comments (probably available only in Czech)

The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
The course is taught: every week.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: 12 hodin KS/semestr.

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