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Terminated in academic year 2009/2010

Single European Market

Type of study Follow-up Master
Language of instruction English
Code 120-0315/03
Abbreviation JVT
Course title Single European Market
Credits 5
Coordinating department Department of International Economic Relations
Course coordinator Ing. Jana Drastíková, Ph.D.

Subject syllabus

1. Development of the single market, definition of common market,
internal market and single market
2. Free movement of goods
3. Free movement of services
4. Free movement of capital and payments
5. Free movement of persons
6. Company law – founding a business, European company, transfer of
registered office in the European Union and between the EU and non-member
states
7. Competition rules – monopoly and dominant position, mergers
8. Cartel agreements, state aid, state monopoly
9. Bankruptcy on the internal market, international scope of bankruptcy
10. European private law (Rome Convention, Brussels convention, Lugano
Convention)
11. Intellectual property protection. WIPO
12. Consumer protection on the single market
13. Enterprise support and the position of SME´s on the single market,
financing of business between member states
14. Recent development of the market

Literature

BERNARD, Catherine. The Substantive Law of the EU: The Four Freedoms. 3rd. ed. Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press, 2010. ISBN 978-0-19-929839-6 .
BROBERG, Morten and Nina HOLST-CHRISTENSEN. Free movement in the European Union: cases, commentaries and questions. Copenhagen: DJOF Publishing, 2010. ISBN 9788757420449 .
CHALMERS, Damian et al. European Union Law: Cases and Materials. 2nd ed. Cambridge, New York: Cambridge University Press, 2010. ISBN 9780521121514 .

Advised literature

BREUSS, Frits, Gerhard FINK and Stefan Griller. Services Liberalisation in the Internal Market. Wien, New York: SpringerWienNewYork, 2008. ISBN 9783211693889 .
MONSENEGO, Jérome. Taxation of Foreign Business Income within the European Internal Market: an Analysis of the Conflict between the Objective of Achievement of the European Internal Market and the Principles of Territoriality and Worldwide Taxation. Amsterdam: IBFD, Academic Council, 2012. ISBN 9789087221133 .
NORDHAUSEN, Scholes, Annette and Norbert REICH. Understanding EU Internal Market Law. 3rd ed. Antwerpen: Intersentia, 2011. ISBN 9789050957472 .