The course aims to equip students with the specialist knowledge in the field of EU law related to the economy: fundamental freedoms, customs union, internal market, economic union, monetary integration, competition, trade restrictions, antitrust , state aid, public undertakings and services of general interest. The course also delves on the main vectors of European Union trade law: theoretical foundations, the rationale underpinning free trade; the need for Union regulation; the forms of regulation, focusing in particular on arguments concerning regulatory competition. It subsequently addresses the construction and evolution of EU’s internal market, looking in particular at the four freedoms in light of the evolution of the European Court of Justice’s case law.

CILO-1: Students will be able to describe and explain the evolution of the EU Internal Market and master the basic concepts and vocabulary of economic integration, and to describe and explain the theoretical framework of the ‘four freedoms’. CILO-2: Students will be able to identify the role of competition law in the economic law of the European Union. CILO-3: Students will be able to demonstrate how public and private enforcement of competition law interact in practice. CILO-4: Students will be able to apply the legal concepts of anti-competitive agreement and abuse of dominant position in real life cases of anti-competitive conduct.