Titles in the Core Text series take the reader straight to the heart of the subject, providing focused, concise and reliable guides for students at all levels. The eleventh edition of European Union Law provides a systematic overview of the European institutions and offers thorough, wide-ranging coverage of the key substantive law topics, including separate chapters on competition, discrimination, environmental law and services. It also features a new chapter on the EU and its relationship with third countries, including the UK. Incisive analysis of the governing themes and principles of EU law is consistently delivered, while chapter summaries, critical questions, further reading suggestions and the new ‘Brexit checklist’ feature help to guide the reader through the subject and support further research. Topics covered also include supremacy and direct effect, the European Courts, general principles, free movement of goods and persons and citizenship.
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Defrenne v SABENA (‘Defrenne II’) (Case 43/75), EU:C:1976:56, [1976] ECR 455, 8 April 1976
Essential Cases: EU Law provides a bridge between course textbooks and key case judgments. This case document summarizes the facts and decision in Defrenne v SABENA (‘Defrenne II’) (Case 43/75), EU:C:1976:56, [1976] ECR 455, 8 April 1976. The document also includes supporting commentary from author Noreen O'Meara.
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14. Introduction to the Internal Market
The creation of the internal market is one of the central purposes of the European Union (EU). This chapter examines the common themes that affect the four freedoms which constitute the internal market in the EU: the free movement of goods, of people and of capital; and the freedom to provide services. It analyses the relationship between these four freedoms and highlights the role of the Court of Justice (CJ) in defining the freedoms’ scope, particularly as regards the social aspect of these freedoms. The chapter also suggests that these freedoms have operated to limit Member States’ regulatory freedom in wide-ranging policy fields.
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20. Labour and equality law
Mia Rönnmar
Labour law regulates the individual employment relationship and employment rights, as well as the labour market more generally, and the relations between the State, employers and employees, and their representatives—the social partners. Equality law is a central part of labour law, but also extends its reach beyond working life. Both the development and content of EU labour and equality law throughout the years—and still today—reflect a tension between the EU and national sovereignty, economic and social rights, and market and human rights discourses. Labour and equality law is regulated by a complex mix of Treaty provisions, fundamental rights, and general principles of EU law, secondary law, collective agreements at EU level, case law from the Court of Justice, and soft law measures. This chapter discusses a selection of key EU labour and equality law issues. These include restructuring of enterprises; information, consultation, and worker participation; fundamental Treaty freedoms and national collective labour law; flexible work and working conditions; the EU and national labour law in times of crisis; and gender equality, comprehensive equality, and protection against discrimination on other grounds.
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Marios Costa and Steve Peers
Now in its fifteenth edition, Steiner & Woods EU Law is regarded as a trusted EU law book. The book offers a careful blend of institutional and substantive coverage and focuses on explaining the law clearly, as well as raising areas for debate. Part I of the book charts a brief history of the development of the European Union and looks at the institutions of the Union, EU law and general principles of law. Part II provides a framework of enforcement and looks at remedies in national courts, state liability, preliminary references, direct action for annulment and union non-contractual liability. Part III considers the internal market, comprising harmonisation, customs union, free movement of goods and aspects of individuals’ free movement rights including citizenship, economic rights and social rights. It also introduces key principles relating to discrimination and competition policy. Finally, the book examines the legal issues raised by the controversial Brexit process.
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22. Discrimination
This chapter examines European Union (EU) law on discrimination, including the definition of ‘discrimination’ and the limited possibilities of justifying it. The chapter provides an overview of EU provisions on gender equality and discusses equal pay for equal work under Article 157 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU). It also explains the principles of equal treatment in self-employment, social security matters and occupational pension schemes, and also discusses the provisions of Directives 2004/113 (sex equality outside employment), Directive 2000/43 (race equality) and Directive 2000/78 (non-discrimination on grounds of age, disability, religion and sexual orientation).
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1. Introduction to the Issues
This book focuses on the rules interfering with movement across EU Member States. This chapter places these rules in context. It discusses the importance of free trade; the different stages of integration; understanding the integration process; and the principles underpinning the common market.
