------------------------------------------------- FREE MOVEMENT OF GOODS AND SERVICES IN THE EUROPEAN UNION INTRODUCTION The European Union came into existence on March 25‚ 1957 at the conclusion of the Treaty of Rome. The main objective of this Treaty was to promote an harmonious development of economic activities‚ an accelerated raising of standard of living and closer relations between the states belonging to it. The principal mean to concrete these objectives was to establish a Common Market by allowing goods and services
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Free Movement of Goods 1. In order to fight the growing problem of obesity among young people‚ Swedish law sets a limit on the amount of fat permitted in snack bars intended primarily for the youth market. It also requires that the packaging of all snack-bars should be in subdued colours so as not to be overly enticing or attractive to small children. Günther‚ a snack-bar manufacturer based in Germany‚ has for many years sold his ‘Snick-Snack’ bars to the Swedish market but
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Student Exam Number 164971 Free Movement of Goods The European Union works around the rationale of an internal market or the free movement of goods‚ capital‚ services‚ and people following Article 26 of the Treaty of the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU)1. This is so the European market resembles that of a national state. This essay will focus on the free movement of goods‚ ‘goods’ defined in the case Commission v Italy2 as ‘products which can be valued in money and which are capable‚ as
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first time in 1992 and a number of rights were specified in the treaty which can be enjoyed by the citizens. Directive 2004/38 strengthened and displaced most of the legislation that were governing the rights of different category of people under EU law‚ including workers‚ job seekers‚ self employed‚ families‚ students‚ etc. Moreover‚ discrimination on the ground of nationality is prohibited on matters such as taxation‚ social benefits‚ educational benefits and dual-nationality situation. For
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Table of Contents 1. Introduction 1 2. Free Movement of Workers within the European Union 1 2.1 Historical and legal background 1 2.2 What are advantages and disadvantages of restrictions? 2 2.3 Why do people believe that immigrants from other European countries are willing to work for lower wages? 4 2.4 Advantages and disadvantages of immigration in Western EU countries 5 2.4.1 What are the advantages and disadvantages of companies? 6 2.4.2 How are domestic workers affected by
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Free Movement Of Goods Research Title: The ECJ has been a key institution in the community in integrating the laws of the MS. Nowhere is this more obvious in relation to national laws on free movement of goods. With reference to the EC law on free movement of goods‚ cortically discuss whether the decision of the ECJ in this area either confirm or disprove this statement. Introduction As the raison d ’etre of the common market‚ the free movement of goods may be regarded as a fundamental freedom
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CATHOLIC SCHOOL CARIBBEAN STUDIES. THE FREE VILLAGE MOVEMENT The term ’free village’ is used to describe the communities set up by freed men and women after emancipation. These communities were set up in different areas- on old abandoned estates‚ on unused crown lands‚ and in the mountainous interior in various territories. Islands with Free Villages included: Jamaica Trinidad British Guiana Factors which enabled these territories to establish free villages included: 1. Availability
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Free movement of persons – Analysis of free movement in the field of professional sport by Malgorzata Pryc (International Marketing MA Programme) 1. INTRODUCTION Free movement of persons: workers and establishment – brief history of the Article 45 TFEU. Freedom of movement and the right of residence in all Member States is one of the fundamental rights of European citizenship. It was established as the one of the “four rights” envisaged in 1957 on the base of Treaty of Rome‚ known
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COMENIUS UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC SCIENCES EUROPEAN UNION ENLARGEMENT: TURKEY and EU From 1963 to 2013 Semih BAŞKAYA DEPARTMENT OF EUROPEAN STUDIES BRATISLAVA 2013 Contents EUROPEAN UNION ENLARGEMENT: TURKEY and EU From 1963 to 2013 Semih BAŞKAYA ABSTRACT The relations with European Union has been always important for Turkey since it has applied for being member but also it has been always a
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Supremacy of EU law The legal doctrine of supremacy of EU law means that EU labour law takes precedence over domestic labour law. The creation of a new legal order of EU law and its supremacy means that EU institutions may create rules affecting employment and industrial relations‚ even where some Member States oppose such rules and vote against them in those EU institutions‚ provided that a voting procedure based on a majority rule applies to that specific field. Where adopted‚ these rules must
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