KAFP 4015 - Regulating the Eu Internal Market - advanced level

The European internal market has major economic, social and political significance for European integration. This course explores the rules that govern this market and foster its development; the aim is also to reflect on the notion of internal market and its evolution in connection with the European integration process. Special attention will be paid to the various actors that breathe life into the internal market and the many faces of the ‘individuals' involved: workers, undertakings, citizens, consumers, etc. We will study the fundamental freedoms through which the EU's internal market takes shape: the free movement of goods, services, persons, and capital. We will identify and analyse the key principles that allow for the implementation of these freedoms such as the prohibition on discrimination and the principle of mutual recognition and we will look at how the fundamental freedoms interact with another key dimension of the EU legal and constitutional order, that is, the protection of fundamental rights. We will also explore the main concepts of EU competition law and policy and their role in the internal market. Finally, we will address the EU's policy and legal responses to contemporary challenges, especially in relation to the digitalisation of the internal market.

Thaïs PAYAN,Catherine WARIN

Cours magistral seul

English

For each session, the required readings include a book chapter (corresponding to the day's topic) and one or two CJEU judgments (sometimes a directive or a regulation instead). Students are asked to read actively and critically so that they are ready to comment on and question the materials.

Basic knowledge of the history of the EU, the main principles governing the functioning of the EU (principle of subsidiarity, exclusive competences, primacy, direct effect), the European institutions (missions, functioning), the main types and design modes of EU legal instruments (directives, regulations, etc.), the main remedies before the CJEU

Autumn 2022-2023

The final exam is an exam to be written from home in limited time (3 hours). It will count for 60% of the final grade. As for the remaining 40%: students will be assigned into groups of 3-4 persons, each group will work on a practical case and present the results in class. Class participation may allow for obtaining a higher grade.…

The course will be based on theoretical input (presentation of the fundamentals of the regulation in the internal market) and the study of practical cases (especially CJEU case law). Active participation in the discussion is strongly encouraged. Students will be graded according to the ECTS system used at Sciences Po.