European Union Law for the Twenty-First Century : Rethinking the New Legal Order.

Half Title Page -- Title Page -- Title verso -- Foreword -- List of Contributors -- Contents -- Table of Cases -- 1. Introduction -- THE INTERNAL MARKET AND THE FOUR FREEDOMS -- COMPETITION LAW -- THE SOCIAL DIMENSION OF THE EU -- 2. Why Harmonise? -- INTRODUCTION -- COMMON RULES FOR A COMMON MARKET: ASSUMPTIONS ABOUT THE VIRTUES OF HARMONISATION -- CONSTITUTIONALLY ADVENTUROUS INTERPRETATIONS OF THE COMPETENCE TO HARMONISE -- CONCLUDING COMMENTS -- 3. Export of Goods and Services within the Single Market: Reflections on the Scope of Articles 29 and 49 EC -- INTRODUCTION -- EXPORT REGULATIONS FOR GOODS AND ARTICLE 29 EC -- PROVISION OF SERVICES AND ARTICLE 49 EC -- A PATH FOR THE FUTURE -- 4. And Then There Were Two: Products and Citizens in Community Law -- INTRODUCTION -- DIFFERENCES IN THE CASE LAW OF THE COUR -- SERVICES AND CAPITAL -- FUNDAMENTAL AND MARKET RIGHTS -- CONCLUSION -- 5. EMU and Financial Services -- BACKGROUND -- THE CURRENT RULES AND THEIR EXTENSIVE INTERPRETATION -- THE TAX ISSUE -- CONCLUSION -- 6. Internal Market and the Harmonisation of European Contract Law -- INTRODUCTION -- IDENTIFYING POSSIBLE LEGAL BASES -- RULES OF CONTRACT LAW AS AN OBSTACLE TO TRADE -- THE NOTION OF 'MEQR' AS A FUNCTION OF THE NOTION OF 'INTERNAL MARKET' -- THE AMBIGUITIES OF THE INTERNAL MARKET -- CONCLUSION -- 7. The Development of the EX-ante Control Mechanism Regarding Implementation of the Internal Market -- INTRODUCTION -- EXISTING TOOLS: DIRECTIVE 98/34/CE -- APPLICATION OF AN EX-ANTE CHECK TO DIRECTIVE TRANSPOSITION -- CONCLUSION -- 8. The Member States' Powers to Adopt Emergency Measures in the Context of the Genetically Modified Food/Feed Regulation -- INTRODUCTION -- MEMBER STATES' POWERS TO ADOPT PROTECTIVE MEASURES UNDER THE EUROPEAN GMOS LEGISLATION.

THE COMMISSION'S POWER TO SUSPEND THE PLACING ON THE MARKET OF CERTAIN FEED OR FOODSTUFF -- CONCLUSIONS -- 9. At the Borderline between Community and Member States' Competence: The Triple-Exceptional Character of Article 297 EC -- INTRODUCTION -- THE POSITION OF ARTICLE 297 EC IN THE TREATY -- ARTICLE 297 EC IN THE CASE LAW OF THE COURT -- CONCLUSIONS -- 10. Competition and Free Movement: Their Place in the Treaty -- INTRODUCTION -- THE CURRENT SITUATION -- THE CONVENTION ON THE FUTURE OF EUROPE -- CONCLUSION -- 11. New Directions in EC Competition Law -- INTRODUCTION -- TOWARDS AN ECONOMIC PARADIGM IN HORIZONTAL CO-OPERATION AGREEMENTS -- MAKING MARKETS MORE COMPETITIVE -- CONCLUSIONS -- 12. The Future of Merger Control in the EC -- THE PRESSURE FOR REFORM -- THE GLOBAL DIMENSION -- THE REFORM PROCESS -- THE GREEN PAPER -- THE REVISED MERGER REGULATION -- COMMISSION NOTICE ON HORIZONTAL MERGERS -- DRAFT BEST PRACTICES ON THE CONDUCT OF MERGER PROCEEDINGS -- NON-LEGISLATIVE MEASURES -- THE POST OF CHIEF ECONOMIST -- THE NEED FOR ECONOMIC ANALYSIS -- COLLECTIVE DOMINANCE: THE DEVELOPING CASE LAW -- EVOLVING ECONOMIC THEORY AND MERGER REGULATION -- AIRTOURS/FIRST CHOICE -- SCHNEIDER/LEGRAND -- MERGER REFORM AND INSTITUTIONAL TRUST -- CONCLUSION -- 13. State Intervention and the Internal Market -- CHALLENGES FOR THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY -- REGULATING STATE ACTIVITY IN THE EC TREATY -- THE INTERRELATIONSHIP OF COMPETITION AND INTERNAL MARKET POLICY -- TECHNIQUES USED TO CREATE BRIGHT LINES -- GENERIC PUBLIC INTEREST JUSTIFICATION -- 14. Competition and Protected Services in the EU: Abuse of Dominance by Public Sector Undertakings and the Onward March of Article 86 -- INTRODUCTION -- CONCLUSION -- 15. Justifying State Aid: The Financing of Services of General Economic Interest -- INTRODUCTION.

JUSTIFYING THE FINANCING OF SERVICES OF GENERAL ECONOMIC INTEREST -- CONCLUSIONS -- 16. State Aids and Bankruptcy -- NATIONAL COMPETENCE AND STATE AID SELECTIVITY -- STATE AIDS CAUSING OR AVERTING BANKRUPTCY -- STATE AID WITHIN INSOLVENCY PROCEEDINGS -- CONCLUSION -- 17. Public Procurement and the Internal Market of the Twenty-first Century: Economic Exercise versus Policy Choice -- INTRODUCTION -- A NEO-CLASSICAL PERSPECTIVE TO PUBLIC PROCUREMENT REGULATION -- THE ORDO-LIBERAL APPROACH TO PUBLIC PROCUREMENT REGULATION -- CONCLUSIONS -- 18. The Institutional Architecture of the European Social Model -- THE CONSTITUTIONAL CONTEXT OF THE EUROPEAN SOCIAL MODEL -- THE EU MODEL OF EMPLOYMENT AND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS -- THE EMERGING INSTITUTIONAL ARCHITECTURE OF THE EUROPEAN SOCIAL MODEL -- CONCLUSION -- 19. The Future of Sex Equality -- INTRODUCTION -- THE WORK OF THE EC COMMISSION -- THE IMPACT OF THE CONVENTION ON THE PRINCIPLE OF EQUALITY -- CONCLUSION: GENDER EQUALITY IN BITS AND PIECES? -- 20. Partnership Rights, Migration and EC Law -- INTRODUCTION -- THE CURRENT LAW -- MIGRANT COMMUNITY NATIONALS -- LEGALLY RESIDENT THIRD-COUNTRY NATIONALS -- EU CITIZENS IN INTERNAL SITUATIONS -- LEGISLATION AND JUDICIAL DEVELOPMENT -- CONCLUSION -- POSTSCRIPT -- 21. The Race Directive, Institutional Racism and Third Country Nationals -- INTRODUCTION -- TRANSPOSITION OF THE RACE DIRECTIVE INTO THE DOMESTIC LAW OF MEMBER STATES -- THIRD COUNTRY NATIONALS AS VICTIMS OF INSTITUTIONAL RACISM -- INSTITUTIONAL RACISM AS DETECTED IN PROCESSES -- INSTITUTIONAL RACISM AS DETECTED IN ATTITUDE AND BEHAVIOUR -- THE NEED FOR INSTITUTIONAL ACTIVISM -- READING THE 'SPIRIT' OF THE PROVISION -- LINKING NATIONALITY TO INSTITUTION RACISM THROUGH POSITIVE ACTION -- CONCLUSION -- 22. Bio-Rights, Common Values and Constitutional Strategies.

INTRODUCTION: MAPPING EU BIOLAW-FROM ECONOMIC TO CONSTITUTIONAL STRATEGIES -- COMMON VALUES -- BIO-RIGHTS -- 23. Biomedicine, Bioethics and the European Union -- BIOMEDICINE, BIOETHICS, AND BIOTECHNOLOGY -- PROCREATIVE TOURISM -- PROCREATIVE TOURISM AND THE EU -- HEALTH, BIOMEDICINE AND THE EU -- THE CHARTER OF FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS -- CONCLUSIONS -- Bibliography.

This book assesses the state of EU law fifty years after the Communities were established, contributing to the debate on the European Constitution.

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