European and International Business Law

Syllabus

1. Introduction to European and international business law - public international law, private international law, international economic law, international trade law, European law / EU law. 2. The relationship between international and national law, the principles of application of European law in the Member States - the principle of direct applicability, the principle of direct and indirect effect, the principle of the primacy of European law, the principle of Member State liability for damage caused by infringements of European law. 3. System of EU law - nature and sources of EU law (primary law, secondary law, international agreements, general principles of law, agreements between Member States, legal custom) as factors influencing cross-border trade and business, system of legal protection. 4. EU internal market - importance, formation, legal regulation in primary law. 5. Movement of goods - customs union, prohibition of customs duties and charges having equivalent effect, prohibition of discriminatory and protective taxation. 6. Movement of goods - prohibition of quantitative restrictions on trade and measures having equivalent effect, legislative and unwritten exceptions to the prohibition, movement of goods and intellectual property rights. 7. Movement of workers - legislation, conditions of its application, workers' rights and their permissible restrictions. 8. Freedom of establishment - legislation, conditions for its application, rights of beneficiaries and their permissible restrictions. 9. Movement of services - legislation, conditions of its application, rights of persons providing and receiving services and their permissible restrictions. 10. Movement of capital and payments - legislation, conditions of its application, permissible restrictions. 11. EU competition law - subject matter, sources, bodies, agreements restricting competition, abuse of a dominant position, control of concentrations, state aid. 12. EU consumer law - subject, sources, principles used to protect consumers. 13. Global trade law - WTO, GATT, GATS, TRIPS, sectoral agreements, settlement of trade disputes.