78363 - European Union Internal Market Legislation

Learning outcomes

The course is meant to endow students with a general knowledge of Eu legislation, paying also attention to its adoption and application in Italy. The course will also provide the fundamental guidelines for the analysis of the internal market regulation, by focusing on the free movement of people and services, European incentive schemes and state aids.

Course contents

Description of the Course:

The course aims to provide students with a specific expertise on the functioning of the European Union internal market.

Within the duration of the lectures, students will gain an insightful understanding of EU lawmaking and policymaking process (with a specific focus on the activities of the European Parliament and of the European Commission), as well as knowledge of the legal acts of the EU institutions (in particular directives, regulations and decisions).

The course will then, after exploring the four freedoms (free movement of goods, persons, services and capitals), lead participants into of the policy fields which are most relevant for the tourism sector (including state aid and competition law) and will conclude with a specific focus on the opportunities (funding and incentive schemes) for small and medium size enterprises (SME) in the tourism sector.

Structure of the course:

I. Introduction to the course and to the EU institutional framework (6h)

II. The legal acts of the EU institutions (6h)

III. Free movement of goods and capitals (6h)

IV. Free movement of persons (citizens and workers) and services (6h)

V. State Aids applied to the tourism sector (6h)

VI. Structural and non-structural funds in the tourism sector (6h)

VII. Preparing and submitting an application for funding (6h)

VIII. Revision (3 h)

Readings/Bibliography

The main reference for the course will be the teaching materials (power point presentations, legislative acts journal articles) which will be distributed after each lecture.

Students are highly recommended though to attend the lectures. 

For those not attending as well as for those attending but interested into gaining a deeper knowledge this is the main textbook for reference:

• F. Weiss, C. Kaupa, European Union Internal Market Law, Cambridge University Press, 2014.

Teaching methods

The course is entirely taught in English.

Students will profit of the exchange of ideas during the course, and are accordingly highly advised to regularly attend the lectures.

Assessment methods

There will be the possibility to sit for a written preliminary exam for those regularly attending the lectures. Students who are undergoing exchange programmes (outgoing) or traineeships for the duration of the lectures are invited to contact the professor in order to discuss alternatives.

Teaching tools

The professor will publish the ppt presentations of the lectures. A classroom exercise will be organized before the end of the course.

Office hours

See the website of Giovanni Zaccaroni