business sense to stay up to date with current EU legislation and policies. Also discussed shall be the effects that following or not following them could have on a business‚ and what a consumer could do if they believed one of the legislations or policies had been broken. A Brief History of the Single European Market An important speech made by Robert Schuman‚ the French Minister for Foreign Affairs on 9th May 1950 planted the seeds for the creation of the EU (Suder‚ 2008). May 9th is now celebrated
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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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Q.1 What do you think are the economic benefit of liberalizing the EU energy market? Who stands to gain the most from liberalization? The economic benefits of liberalizing the EU energy are followings. First‚ greater efficiency leads to lower costs and prices‚ which is improving competitiveness. It is also crucial for companies that are competing in a more global market. As liberalization and the introduction of competition becomes more widespread across Europe this should lead to further efficiency
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Costs and benefits of joining the EU and EMU. Executive Summary Purpose – This paper is conducted on several authors’ works and statistical database. The report aims to identify the costs and benefits to the Polish transport sector after joining the EU in 2004‚ as well as it aims to identify the costs and benefits to Greece due to joining of the Economic and Monetary Union in 2001. Approach – This report is conducted on the statistical database and several authors’ works‚ which were
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competition between British Airways and other airlines50.00%[pic]MACROBUTTON HTMLDirect [pic] that British Airways is a purchaser of a dominant position on the uk market for air travel agencies 50.00%[pic]MACROBUTTON HTMLDirect [pic] by applying the marketing agreements and new system of performance awards‚ British Airways abused their dominant position -50.00%MACROBUTTON HTMLDirect [pic] British Airways did not have any dominant position in the market [pic] 1.00/1.00The Court found the following accusations
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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 to move freely within EU States. This free movement of goods promote efficiency in production because it has permitted producers in different countries to compete directly with each other. To concretize this single market‚ it was necessary to remove all internal trade barriers;
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European Union and Republicanism In this paper‚ I am going to look at the possible organization of the European Union through the prism of republicanism. Continuing the idea of my previous writing‚ I would like to make the public goods be the object of the present paper. However‚ the reason to place public goods in the center of this discussion seems obscure for me. Possibly‚ my perception is stipulates by the concept of the republic‚ especially what is main within this concept‚ that is namely
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LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY Department of Management and Economics Linköping‚ May 2004 Leng Xue MSc in International and European Relations Master Thesis Supervisor: Dr. Ronnie Hjorth China-EU Trade Relations --The period after 1975 Logo source: European Patent Office. http://www.european-patent-office.org/intcop/ipr_china/ Datum Date 2004-05-21 Avdelning‚ Institution Division‚ Department Ekonomiska institutionen 581 83 LINKÖPING Språk Language Svenska/Swedish X Engelska/English Rapporttyp Report
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ENVIRONMENTAL GOVERNANCE The European Union (EU) is an economic and political union of 27 member states which are primarily based in Europe. The EU operates through a system of independent institutions and intergovernmental negotiated decisions by the member states. EU institutions include the European Commission‚ the Council of the European Union‚ the European Council‚ the Court of Justice of the EU and the European Parliament (Pinder‚ 2008). The EU governs in a unique way‚ hence the ability to
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major significance and considerable controversy in recent years. Turkey applied for associate membership of the EU in 1959. The application resulted in an Association Agreement in 1963 whereby Turkey and the EU would conditionally and gradually create a customs union by 1995 at the latest. The customs union was considered as a step towards full membership at an unspecified future date. The EU granted Turkey financial assistance and protective tariffs in the first stage‚ but the second stage of gradual
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