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Terminated in academic year 2007/2008

Single European Market

Type of study Follow-up Master
Language of instruction Czech
Code 120-0702/01
Abbreviation
Course title Single European Market
Credits 5
Coordinating department Department of International Economic Relations
Course coordinator Mgr. Ing. Magdaléna Kubečková, Ph.D.

Subject syllabus

1. Development of the single market, definition of single market,
principles
underpinning the internal market, harmonisation
2. Free movement of goods
3. Free movement of services
4. Free movement of capital and payments
5. Free movement of persons, labour law
6. Company law – founding a business, European company statute
7. Competition rules – monopoly and dominant position, mergers
8. Competition rules – cartel agreements, state aid, and state monopoly.
Role of
the Commission
9. European private law (Rome Convention, Brussels convention, Lugano
Convention)
10. Intellectual property rights. Intellectual property and free movement
of goods.
11. Intellectual property rights in the single European market. Patents,
trademarks, industrial designs. WIPO
12. Consumer protection on the single market
13. Consumer protection networks
14. Recent situation in the market. Discussion

Literature

1.Barnard, Catherine. The Substantive Law of the EU. The Four Freedoms.,
Cambridge. Grat Britain. ISBN 0-19-925135-5
2.Davies, Gareth. European Union internal market law. 2nd edition.
Cavendish Publishing. Great Britain. 2003. ISBN 1-85941-878-3
3.Hartley, T. C. The Foundations of European Community Law. Oxford
University Press. London. 2003 ISBN 0-19-92584-5
4.Paul Craig, Gráinne de Búrca; EU Law. Texts, cases and materials.
Third edition. Oxford university press. New York. 2003 ISBN 0-19-924943-1 

Advised literature

No advised literature has been specified for this subject.