Sylabus predmetu

Thematic definition of lectures: 1. The subsistence of international business (importance of international business for companies, ways of penetrating and acting on foreign markets, advantages, limitations). Entrepreneurship and business environment in the European Union - specifics of the common European space. Peculiarities of business in energy/nuclear energy. 2. The origin and development of the European Union. Legal foundations of the European Union. (treaties establishing the EC, EU, Treaty of Lisbon and Amsterdam, enlargement of the EU, candidate countries, symbols, sources of law, primary and secondary law). Membership of member countries in other groupings that affect European and international business. 3. Institutions and bodies of the European Union (Rules and decision-making procedures, Eurlex, European Parliament, European Council, Council of the European Union, European Commission and other EU institutions). Institutional environment – public and private institutions supporting business, especially in the field of energy/nuclear energy. 4. European Monetary Union (establishment of the monetary union, transition to the Euro in individual countries, Eurozone, activities of monetary union institutions, levels of economic integration, European semester). The impact of the Euro on the business environment in the country. The importance and status of international nuclear and radiological organizations in relation to the EU and its member countries. 5. Single internal market of the European Union (development of the single market of the European Union, principles of the internal market, regulation of trade barriers, Europe 2030 Strategy, business support). Consumer buying behavior. Culture and subculture and its impact on business. 6. Economic and social cohesion in the EU (goals of economic and social cohesion, Use of European funds and their impact on the development of the business environment in the country under review. European Regional Development Fund, European Social Fund, Cohesion Fund) and their use in the field of energy/nuclear energy. 7. Selected common EU policies (Common Agricultural Policy, Transport Policy, Energy Policy). Cyber security of nuclear facilities as part of physical security. 8. Selected economic policies of the EU (Tourism, Industrial policy and other areas of economic policy and the impact of nuclear energy on their development in individual countries). 9. Environment and its protection in the EU Environmental environment in individual countries – legislation regarding business and environmental protection in connection with energy. 10. Tax policy in the EU (main priorities of tax policy, measures against tax evasion). Tax burden on business entities. 11. The EU budget and its financing (characteristics and creation of the European Union budget, budget financing) Legislation related to joint business - general and specific (mergers, acquisitions, etc.). 12. Common foreign and security policy (objectives and instruments of the Common Foreign and Security Policy, Council for Foreign Affairs) in connection with the issue of energy/nuclear energy. 13. Education in EU countries focused on the field of energy (objectives in the field of vocational education, objectives in the field of higher education, international cooperation in the field of higher education). Thematic definition of exercises: 1. Opportunities for international action and business in the area of energy/nuclear energy in individual EU countries (production, transmission, distribution and supply of electricity, gas, oil, biomass, biogas, etc.). 2. The origin and development of the European Union. Legal foundations of the European Union (treaties establishing the EC, EU, Treaty of Lisbon and Amsterdam, enlargement of the EU, candidate countries, symbols, sources of law, primary and secondary law). Euratom and the European common business ITER (International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor), Fusion for Energy (F4E) Joint Undertaking. 3. The importance, roles and status of individual institutions in the countries of the European Union (Rules and decision-making procedures, Eurlex, European Parliament, European Council, Council of the European Union, European Commission and other EU institutions. The Energy Union Strategy COM/2015/ 080, MRKS (Interdepartmental Coordination Group for the coordination of tasks resulting from the articles on the establishment of EURATOM), ENSREG (European Nuclear Safety Regulators Group). 4. The importance and position of international organizations in relation to the EU and its member countries – International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA), International Solar Alliance (ISA), International Atomic Energy Organization (IAEA), International Energy Agency (IEA), G7 and G20 energy meetings, IAEA (International Atomic Energy Agency), OECD/NEA (Nuclear Energy Agency), VVER forum, NERS, WENRA (Western European Nuclear Regulators). 5. The impact of the common internal market of the European Union (development of the single market of the European Union, principles of the internal market, regulation of trade barriers, the Europe 2030 Strategy, business support) on business in individual countries, regulations and directives on gas, electricity, EU Regulation 2019/942 on to the ACER agency, EU regulation 2019/941 on preparedness for risks, EU regulation no. 1227/2011 (REMIR) and EU Regulation 2016/1952 on crisis preparedness and crisis management in electricity markets, market integrity and transparency and statistics. 6. Economic and social cohesion in the EU and its impact on business in individual countries (goals of economic and social cohesion, European Regional Development Fund, European Social Fund, Cohesion Fund - for example, programs such as Clean Energy for All Europeans (2019), Security Aid to Ukraine , Strengthening Nuclear Safety for IAEA Members). 7. Selected common EU policies in individual member states (Agriculture, Transport policy, Energy policy). Dual-use products/export controls. Transportation and use of energy waste. "Atomic Law" Convention on the Physical Control of Nuclear Material). TEN-E (Trans-European Energy Infrastructure Regulation), EU Energy Platform. 8. Selected economic policies of the EU in individual member states (Tourism, Industrial policy and other areas of economic policy and the impact of energy on their development in individual countries). 9. The environment and its protection in individual EU member states (basic goals of environmental policy, principles of environmental policy (Fit for 55 goals by 2030), COP28 (Nuclear pledge 2023). 10. Tax policy in EU member states (main priorities of tax policy, measures against tax evasion) - Economics of nuclear energy (Energy Taxation Directive 2003/96/EC, impact of taxation on energy prices, Fragmentation of taxation between energy products, Inconsistency of external costs with taxation, etc.). 11. The EU budget and its financing in individual EU member states (characteristics and creation of the European Union budget, budget financing). REPowerEU Plan 2022, RRF (The Recovery and Resilience Facility - NextGenerationEU). 12. Common foreign and security policy and the approach of individual member countries (objectives and instruments of the Common Foreign and Security Policy, Council for Foreign Affairs). ENSREG (European Nuclear Safety Regulators Group) and its role in solving issues of nuclear safety and safe management of spent nuclear fuel and radioactive waste. Groups WG1-WG4 for the exchange of good practices in these areas. 13. Education in individual EU countries (goals in the field of vocational education, goals in the field of higher education, international cooperation in the field of higher education focused on energy) – ENEN (Europeand Nuclear Education Network...Enen+project, Education for climate, etc. )