The course aims to provide students with an overview of EU/EEA commercial law, focussing particularly on the regulation of the internal market and certain ancillary policies inherently connected thereto.
The topics covered by the course constitute the very core of EU/EEA cooperation, and will include (but not be limited to) both theoretical and practical aspects of the rules governing the EU Customs Union, the Four Freedoms (i.e. free movement of goods, services, workers and capital) and restrictions, derogations and justifications thereto, and the EU Common Commercial Policy (CCP).
Certain cross-policy aspects, particularly concerning the relationship between the Four Freedoms, state aid and competition rules, will also be touched upon during the course.
By the end of the course, students will be expected to be able to demonstrate:
1. Thorough knowledge and understanding of the core EU Treaty and EEA-Agreement rules and principles with regard to the internal market and certain ancillary policies thereto, including (but not limited to):
2. General awareness of the most recent developments in the case-law of the EU and EFTA Courts in the policy fields in question.
3. General knowledge and understanding of the relationship between the EU and EEA regulatory regimes, and their relationship to the national legal systems of the EU and EFTA Member States.
By the end of the course, students should have developed the following skills:
Good level of English language.
Three years of university studies.
The course is available for the following students:
The pre-requirements may still limit certain students' access to the course
Students will be required to submit a paper during the course (approximately 2500 words). A passed paper is required for taking the oral exam.
Students may be asked to prepare case-studies and/or short presentations for certain lectures/seminars.
Exam only in semesters with teaching.
Type of exam: oral examination.
Resit examination, same semester: Students that fail the paper will have a second chance to resubmit their paper before the oral exam.
Exam language:
Support materials allowed during exam:
See section 3-5 of the Supplementary Regulations for Studies at the Faculty of Law at the University of Bergen.
Special regulations about dictionaries at school exam
In case a student has a special need for any other combination than the above mentioned, such combination has to be clarified with/approved by the course coordinator minimum two weeks before the exam. Students who have not been granted permission to have a special combination minimum two weeks before the exam will be subject to the usual regulations (Section 3-5) about examination support materials.
Course supervisor: Professor Christian Franklin
Contact information: elective-courses@jurfa.uib.no