Faculty
Associate Professor Andrej Savin, Assistant Professor Robin Herr and External Lecturer Susanne Borch

Course Coordinator
Jens Fejø

The students should have an interest in EU law.

The internal market of the European Community requires free movement of goods, services, persons and capital between the Member States. The objective of the course is to give the students a substantial knowledge of the implications of free movement and the main principles which regulate the Internal Market.

The course will begin with an introduction to the European Courts and the Common Market and to the scope of the EC treaty and its general principles. Then specific topics covering free movement will be discussed, including restrictions on trade, on the establishment of services, and on the free movement of workers. Attention will also be given to rules on discrimination, competition law and on intellectual property rights in the Internal Market because these rules pose special problems to the free movement of goods.

The course will combine lectures with active student participation through class discussion and use of the case method. The following topics will be explored:

1. Introduction: the scope of the EC treaty, the general principles and the European courts

2. Free movement of goods: duties, charges and taxes

3. Intellectual property regulation

4. Free movement of workers

5. Free movement of services: establishment and services, limitation of free services

6. Sex discrimination

7. Competition: anti-competitive agreements and abuse of dominant position

8. Completing the internal market

The objectives of the course are to enable students to:

4-hour open book, written exam.

The teaching materials will be a collection of court judgements, commission decisions and other materials such as Craig & DeBurca, EU Law: Text, Cases and Materials, 4th edition (Oxford University Press 2008).