Internal Market

The internal market is of fundamental importance to the EU, which would not exist without it. So every student of EU law needs to know about it.

The course covers the scope and content of the 4 freedoms - and especially the free movement of goods - which form the internal market, and the exceptions to these freedoms.

Acquisition of a thorough knowledge of the principles governing the internal market and the free movement of goods in particular. Students will be able to apply the internal market rules to real-life type of situations.

Required and Corequired knowledge and skills

Students are expected to have at least passive knowledge of French, as certain documents will be circulated and certain teaching sessions will be held in this language.

All classes will take place physically in the Institut d'Etudes Européennes.

Socratic method. Students are strongly encouraged to be active in class. Since students from some countries have no experience of answering problems ( cas pratiques ) in exams, the last class will be devoted to a discussion of some problems posed in previous exams.

The moot is quite separate from the EU-wide moot in which some of the students take part.  In this course, students have to prepare it in teams. An information session will be organised to assist the students in preparing the moot.   

References, bibliography, and recommended reading

Students are required to read all the judgments marked with an asterisk on the hand-outs. All the other required/optional reading materials (ie chapters of books, articles, etc) are posted on the "université virtuelle".

Additional information

The course will be held physically in the Institut d'Etudes européennes.

Contacts

martin.martinez.navarro@ulb.be
van-waeyenberge@hec.fr

Campus

Solbosch

Method(s) of evaluation

• Other

Other

There are two types of examination exercises: ( i ) a written exam in January and ( ii ) a moot in March.  The written exam will consist of several problems (cas pratiques) and will be open-book.The Moot Court will not be subject to a resit session (seconde session)

Mark calculation method (including weighting of intermediary marks)

Each student's final mark will be the average of his marks in the written exam and the moot (60/40%).

Language(s) of evaluation

• english
• french