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EU Law for Economists A

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Course Unit Code119-0312/01
Number of ECTS Credits Allocated3 ECTS credits
Type of Course Unit *Compulsory
Level of Course Unit *Second Cycle
Year of Study *First Year
Semester when the Course Unit is deliveredWinter Semester
Mode of DeliveryFace-to-face
Language of InstructionCzech
Prerequisites and Co-Requisites There are no prerequisites or co-requisites for this course unit
Name of Lecturer(s)Personal IDName
TYC15prof. JUDr. Vladimír Týč, CSc.
ROZ21prof. JUDr. Naděžda Rozehnalová, CSc.
KRU53Ing. Martina Krügerová, Ph.D.
Summary
The course concentrates on EU institutional structure and the general part of the EU law. It stresses the supranational concept of EU requiring the existence of its own legal system based on its subordination nature. Attention is paid to particular sources of EU law, its application in Member States and its enforcement. Follow-up of this course: EU Law for Economists B.
Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit
In the subject matter students are supposed to:
- describe regulatory enviroment, define its subject, outline the methods of
regulation and list basal forms of regulation in EU law,
- applicate gained knowledge and comprehension to interprete and solve model situations,
- identify practical problem and infer legal regulation concerned,
- explain legal aspect of practical problem,
- interpret legal regulation.

Structure of the course:

1. Introduction to EU Law
- internal, international and EU law
- European integration, EC, EU

2. Supranationality principle, basic EU documents, institutional structure

3. Sources of EU law, their application, primacy and direct effect, legislative procedures

4. Enforcement of EU law

5. Proceedings before ECJ, preliminary references

6. Internal Market, the four freedoms

7. Free movement of goods, customs union, regulatory measures in EU internal trade

Conditions for credits:

Written test - minumum 51 points from 100
Course Contents
1. Introduction to EU Law
- internal, international and EU law
- European integration, EC, EU

2. Supranationality principle, basic EU documents, institutional structure

3. Sources of EU law, their application, primacy and direct effect, legislative procedures

4. Enforcement of EU law

5. Proceedings before ECJ, preliminary references

6. Internal Market, the four freedoms

7. Free movement of goods, customs union, regulatory measures in EU internal trade

Recommended or Required Reading
Required Reading:
Matthew Homewood. EU Law Concentrate: Law Revision and Study Guide. OUP Oxford
ISBN 9780198703730.

* Texts of basic documents (EU Treaty, Treaty on functioning of the EU, Accession Treaty) - Evropské právo, základní dokumenty, Sagit, Ostrava, řada ÚZ, 2010, sv. 764
Týč, V. Základy práva EU pro ekonomy. 7. vydání. Praha: Leges, 2017.
Texty základních dokumentů (Smlouva o EU, Smlouva o fungování EU, Smlouva o přístupu ČR) - Evropské právo, základní dokumenty, Sagit, Ostrava, řada ÚZ, 2017, sv. 1225

Recommended Reading:
Szysczak. Understanding EU Law. SWEET & MAXWELL, 2008. ISBN 1847032796.

SVOBODA, Pavel, Úvod do evropského práva. 3. vydání. Praha: C. H. Beck, 2012. 328 s. ISBN 978-80-7400-334-9.
ŠIROKÝ, Jan. Daně v Evropské unii. 5. vydání. Praha: Linde, 2012 352 s. ISBN 978-80-7201-799-7.
M. Tomášek, V. Týč a kol., Právo EU, 2. vyd., Leges, Praha, 2017
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Lectures
Assesment methods and criteria
Task TitleTask TypeMaximum Number of Points
(Act. for Subtasks)
Minimum Number of Points for Task Passing
Exercises evaluationCredit85 (85)85
        Exercises evaluationWritten test85 85