European Union Law in a Nutshell

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ISBN: 9780314160393 | 0314160396
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Copyright: 4/30/2005

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Folsom's European Union Law analyzes critical developments and emphasizes the external impact of European law. Contents summarize the history and growth of the European Union and lawmaking in Europe. Explores litigating European law, free movement, and internal policies. Also discusses external trade law and business competition law.

Preface to the Fifth Edition

iii

Acknowledgments

A Timeline of European Integration

vii

Table of Cases

xix

The History and Growth of the European Union

(33)

Treaty of Paris (1951)

(1)

Lasting Regional Institutions

(1)

Treaty of Rome (1957)

(1)

Competing Alternatives for European Integration

(2)

Euratom

(1)

Treaty of Rome

(2)

Treaty on European Union

(1)

EFTA (1959) and Comecon

(1)

European Free Trade Area (EFTA)

(2)

The Treaty of Rome and the GATT

(1)

GATT Article 24

(1)

Article 24 and European Integration

(2)

EFTA and the EEC Reconciled (1973)

(1)

New Members

(1)

New Members (1980s)

(1)

The European Economic Area

(1)

Swiss Rejection

(1)

New Members (1990s)

(1)

Growth In Membership

(1)

Membership Criteria

(2)

New Members (2004)

(1)

Europe Without Internal Frontiers

(2)

Single European Act

(1)

The Maastricht Treaty on European Union (1993)

(2)

Ratification and Opt-Out Rights

(1)

The Amsterdam Treaty (1999)

(1)

The Treaty of Nice (2003)

(3)

Law-Making In Europe

(51)

Primary and Secondary Law

(1)

The Power to Legislate

(1)

The Principle of Subsidiarity

(1)

Legislation---Directives and Regulations

(3)

The Parliament

(3)

Consultation, Cooperation and Co--Decision

(2)

Other Parliamentary Powers

(2)

Budgetary Legislation

(3)

Which Council?

(1)

EU Council

(1)

European Council

(2)

Voting Procedures of the EU Council

(1)

Qualified Majority Voting Rules

(2)

Demise of the Luxembourg Accord

(2)

Unanimous Voting Requirements

(2)

Qualified Majority Voting

(2)

Which Voting Procedure?---The Legal Basis for Legislation

(2)

Article 308, ``Necessary'' Legislative Powers

(1)

The Commission as an Institution and Law--Maker

(1)

The Commissioners and Their Tasks

(2)

The Commission's Departments

(3)

The Court of Justice as a Law--Maker

(2)

General Principles of Law---Fundamental Rights, Charter of Fundamental Rights

(1)

Legal Certainty

(1)

Fundamental Rights Doctrine--European Convention on Human Rights

(2)

EU Charter of Fundamental Rights

(1)

Supremacy Doctrine

(1)

Invalidity of National Laws

(1)

National Constitutional Rights and Supremacy

(6)

Litigating European Law

(52)

Direct Effects Doctrine

(1)

Regulations

(1)

Directives

(1)

Interpretative Duties

(1)

Directly Effective Treaty Provisions

(2)

Directly Effective Treaty Provisions

(1)

National Legal Remedies for Directly Effective Law

(1)

Member State Liability for Damages

(2)

Article 234---Referrals by National Courts and Preliminary Rulings

(1)

Discretionary References

(2)

Validity of EU and National Laws

(3)

Mandatory References

101

(1)

Acte Clair

101

(1)

Entreprises Garoche Case

101

(2)

CILFIT Case

103

(2)

Multiple Official Languages

105

(1)

Articles 230 and 232---Challenging Regional Institutions

106

(1)

Challenging Acts

107

(2)

Challenging Failures to Act

109

(1)

Standing to Challenge Regional Institutions, Pleas of Illegality

110

(1)

Standing Issues

110

(1)

Pleas of Illegality

111

(1)

International Litigation

112

(1)

Article 226---Prosecutions of Member States

113

(1)

Procedures and Penalties

114

(2)

Contract and Tort Litigation---Court of First Instance

116

(1)

Court of First Instance

117

(2)

Non-Contractual Liability

119

(2)

Judicial Practice and Procedure

121

(1)

Proceedings

122

(3)

Judgments

125

(2)

Jurisdiction and Enforcement of Civil and Commercial Judgments

127

(1)

Jurisdiction

128

(5)

Party Autonomy

133

(1)

Recognition and Enforcement of Judgments

134

(3)

Free Movement

137

(44)

Free Movement of Goods

137

(1)

Measures of Equivalent Effect

138

(1)

Cassis Formula

139

(3)

Article 30 and the Problem of Nontariff Trade Barriers

142

(1)

Case Law

143

(2)

Intellectual Property Rights as European Trade Barriers

145

(1)

Exhaustion Doctrine

146

(1)

Centrafarm Case

147

(2)

NTBS and the Single Market

149

(1)

Harmonization Principles

150

(2)

Product Standards

152

(1)

Standards Bodies

153

(1)

Free Movement of People---EU Citizenship

154

(1)

Schengen Accord

154

(1)

Justice and Home Affairs

155

(1)

General Rights of Residence

156

(1)

Students

157

(1)

Free Movement of Workers, The Self-Employed and Their Families

158

(1)

Social Advantages

159

(2)

Free Movement Exceptions

161

(1)

Reverse Discrimination

162

(1)

Right of Establishment---Professionals

162

(1)

Diploma Directives

163

(1)

Legal Services

164

(2)

Right of Establishment for Lawyers

166

(2)

Freedom to Provide and Receive Services Across European Borders

168

(1)

Financial Services

169

(1)

Reciprocity and the United States

170

(1)

Capital Movements and the European Monetary System

171

(2)

Economic and Monetary Union, A Common Currency

173

(2)

European Central Bank

175

(1)

EURO Zone

176

(2)

Common Transport Policy

178

(1)

Road Transport

178

(1)

Maritime Transport

179

(1)

Air Transport

179

(2)

Internal Policies

181

(81)

Taxation

181

(1)

Value-Added Tax

182

(2)

Excise Taxes

184

(1)

Corporate Taxes and Interest Income

185

(1)

Competition Policy---Government Subsidies

186

(2)

Treaty Rules

188

(1)

Commission Enforcement

189

(2)

Procurement

191

(2)

Procurement Directives

193

(2)

Buy EU

195

(2)

Products Liability

197

(1)

Strict Liability

197

(2)

Exceptions and Defenses

199

(2)

Consumer Protection and Credit

201

(2)

Consumer Credit

203

(1)

Securities

204

(1)

Early Securities Law Directives

205

(2)

New Prospectus Directive

207

(1)

Mutual and Pension Funds

207

(1)

Market Abuses and Inside Trading

208

(2)

Company Law

210

(2)

Company Law Directives

212

(2)

Works Councils

214

(1)

European Companies

215

(2)

Environmental Policy

217

(1)

Policy Principles

218

(1)

Waste Management

218

(2)

Labels, Audits, Impacts and Information

220

(3)

International Environmental Agreements

223

(2)

Broadcasting

225

(2)

U.S. Reaction

227

(1)

Intellectual Property Rights

228

(1)

Patents and Designs

229

(2)

Trademarks

231

(2)

Copyrights

233

(2)

TRIPs

235

(2)

Computer Software, Databases and Data Privacy

237

(1)

E--Commerce

238

(2)

Social Policy---Occupational Safety, The Social Fund and Social Charter

240

(1)

Social Charter

241

(2)

From the Social Protocol to the Social Chapter

243

(2)

Regional Policy

245

(2)

Equal Pay and Equal Treatment

247

(1)

Equal Pay

248

(1)

Pay Differentials

249

(1)

Comparable Worth

250

(1)

Equal Treatment

251

(1)

Affirmative Action

252

(1)

Gender and Other Discrimination

253

(1)

Common Agricultural Policy

254

(1)

Regulatory Controls

255

(4)

International Ramifications

259

(3)

External Trade Law

262

(36)

Common Customs Law

262

(1)

Tariffs

263

(1)

Classification

264

(1)

Valuation

265

(1)

Rules of Origin

265

(2)

Counterfeit Goods

267

(1)

Quotas

267

(1)

Generalized Tariff Preferences (GSP)

268

(2)

Antidumping Duties

270

(1)

Dumping Determinations

271

(3)

Critiques

274

(1)

Countervailing Duties

275

(1)

Escape Clause Proceedings and Voluntary Trade Restraints

276

(1)

Foreign Country Trade Barriers

277

(1)

Trade Relations

278

(1)

U.S.-EU Trade

279

(1)

Japan--EU Trade

280

(1)

Trade Agreements

281

(1)

ERTA and WTO Agreements Cases

282

(2)

Member State Involvement

284

(2)

Association Agreements---Mediterranean Policy, Central and Eastern Europe

286

(1)

Association Agreements

286

(2)

Mediterranean Policy

288

(1)

Central and Eastern Europe

288

(1)

International Agreements

289

(1)

The Lome/Cotonou Conventions

289

(1)

Participating ACP States

290

(2)

Contents

292

(2)

Duty Free Access to The Common Market

294

(1)

Commercial Agents

295

(1)

Termination Rights

296

(2)

Business Competition Law

298

(68)

Nondistorted Competition Policy

300

(1)

Article 81

301

(1)

Void Agreements

302

(1)

Exemptions

303

(1)

Regulation 17 and Regulation 1---Commission Investigations, Attorney-Client Privilege, Shared Prosecutorial Powers

304

(1)

Commission Investigations

304

(2)

Attorney-Client Privileges

306

(1)

Shared Powers

307

(1)

Commission Prosecutions and Sanctions

308

(1)

Enforcement Procedures

308

(3)

Individual Exemptions, Negative Clearances and Comfort Letters (Prior to May 1, 2004)

311

(3)

Article 81---Group Exemptions

314

(2)

Article 81---Undertakings and Concerted Practices

316

(1)

Concerted Practices

317

(3)

Article 81---Competitive Impact

320

(1)

Grundig Case

320

(3)

Market Division and Intellectual Property Rights

323

(2)

Articles 81 and 82---Trade Impact

325

(1)

De Minimis Trade Impact

325

(1)

Intrastate Trade

326

(1)

Article 82

327

(2)

Article 82---Dominant Positions

329

(1)

Continental Can Case

330

(3)

Market Analysis and Dominant Positions

333

(2)

Collective Dominance

335

(2)

Article 82---Abuse

337

(2)

Articles 81 and 82---Mergers and Acquisitions

339

(1)

Continental Can

339

(3)

Commission Regulation of Concentrations (Mergers)

342

(1)

Advance Notice

343

(2)

Evaluation

345

(2)

Case Examples

347

(4)

Employee Rights in Mergers and Acquisitions

351

(1)

Articles 81 and 82---Application to Public Enterprises

351

(1)

When Is An Enterprise Public?

352

(1)

Services of a General Economic Interest

353

(2)

Commission Powers over Public Enterprises

355

(1)

National Litigation and Remedies for Competition Law Violations

356

(1)

Direct Effect

356

(1)

Role of National Courts, Nullification, Damages

356

(2)

Conflicts of Competition Law

358

(1)

Wilhelm Case

358

(2)

Multiple Liability

360

(1)

Supremacy

360

(1)

International Liability

361

(1)

The Extraterritorial Reach of Articles 81 and 82

361

(1)

Extraterritorial Application

362

(1)

Wood Pulp Case

363

(1)

United States--European Union Antitrust Co-operation

364

(2)

Beyond Enlargement

366

(9)

Further Enlargement

366

(1)

The Convention on the Future of Europe and Its Draft Constitution

367

(1)

Proposed Constitution for Europe

368

(1)

Political Union

369

(1)

Foreign and Security Policy

370

(2)

Defense

372

(3)

Index

375

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