120-0365/02 – Internal Market and Business Support in the EU (VTPPEU)

Gurantor departmentDepartment of International Economic RelationsCredits4
Subject guarantorIng. Bc. Monika Mynarzová, Ph.D.Subject version guarantorIng. Bc. Monika Mynarzová, Ph.D.
Study levelundergraduate or graduateRequirementCompulsory
Year3Semesterwinter
Study languageCzech
Year of introduction2019/2020Year of cancellation
Intended for the facultiesEKFIntended for study typesBachelor
Instruction secured by
LoginNameTuitorTeacher giving lectures
PIS030 Ing. Bc. Monika Mynarzová, Ph.D.
Extent of instruction for forms of study
Form of studyWay of compl.Extent
Full-time Credit and Examination 2+1

Subject aims expressed by acquired skills and competences

Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to solve individual cases in the internal market and will be able to identify appropriate business support in the context of membership of the European Union.

Teaching methods

Lectures
Tutorials

Summary

The course focuses on understanding the fundamental freedoms of the internal market and the available forms of business support in the European Union. The core part of the course focuses on so-called fundamental economic freedoms, ie the free movement of goods, persons, services and capital. Students are further acquainted with entrepreneurship and its importance for the European Union, and with the available forms of business support in the internal market, which allows valid legislation. Attention is paid to both direct and indirect forms of business support in the EU and the Czech Republic in the current programming period, with particular emphasis on the support of small and medium-sized enterprises. Upon successful completion of the course, students will be able to solve individual cases in the internal market and will be able to identify appropriate business support in the context of Czech Republic membership in the EU.

Compulsory literature:

STEHLÍK, V., HAMULÁK, O. and M. PETR. Handbook on EU Internal Market. Olomouc: Univerzita Palackého v Olomouci, 2016. ISBN 978-80-244-4898-5. ŠLOSARČÍK, Ivo. Právní a politický systém Evropské unie. 4. vyd. Praha: Wolters Kluwer ČR, 2017. ISBN 978-80-7552-534-5. TRYFONIDOU, Alina. The Impact of Union Citizenship on the EU´s Market Freedoms. Oxford: Hart, 2016. ISBN 978-1-84946-167-2.

Recommended literature:

CRAIG, Paul P. a G. DE BÚRCA. EU law: text, cases, and materials. Sixth edition. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2015. ISBN 978-0-19-871492-7. GARETH, Davies. European Union Internal Market. London: Taylor & Francis, 2016. ISBN 9781138150461. WEATHERILL, Stephen. Internal Market as a Legal Concept. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2017. ISBN 9780198794813.

Way of continuous check of knowledge in the course of semester

Credit: active participation in seminars, seminar work and its presentation Exam: written exam

E-learning

Transmission of material and information through the electronic system Moodle.

Other requirements

Other requirements are not required.

Prerequisities

Subject has no prerequisities.

Co-requisities

Subject has no co-requisities.

Subject syllabus:

1. Introduction to the subject. 2. Forms of economic integration. The internal market and the so-called fundamental economic freedoms. Historical and political context of the creation and development of the EU internal market. Effects of the implementation of the internal market. Basic principles of the functioning of the internal market. 3. Free movement of goods. Territorial application of the free movement of goods. Tariff and non-tariff barriers to the free movement of goods. Exceptions to the prohibition of discriminatory restrictions on the free movement of goods. Harmonized and non-harmonized spheres. The principle of mutual recognition. Obligations of Member States. 4. Free movement of persons and the structure of the provisions on the free movement of persons in the internal market. Free movement of EU citizens. Right of movement and residence. General exceptions to the free movement of persons. Schengen cooperation. 5. Free movement of workers. Rights of workers. Employment in public administration. Recognition of qualifications. 6. Modification of the position of entrepreneurs in the internal market. Free movement of economically active persons. Freedom of establishment in the internal market. Exceptions to the prohibition of restrictions on freedom of establishment. Transnational forms of business companies in the EU. 7. Provision of services in the internal market. Content and mode of this freedom. Cross-border provision of services versus freedom of establishment. Exceptions to the prohibition of restrictions on the freedom to provide services. 8. Free movement of capital. Capital, payments and other freedoms of the internal market. Exceptions to the prohibition on restricting the free movement of capital. Economic and Monetary Union. 9. Encouraging entrepreneurship in the European Union's internal market. Legislation in the European Union and the Czech Republic. Public support for the protection of competition in the internal market. 10. Institutional support for entrepreneurship in the European Union and the Czech Republic. 11. Supporting entrepreneurship in the context of regional development. Role of business in regional development. Support of entrepreneurship in the Czech Republic from the European Structural and Investment Funds. Operational programs in the Czech Republic in the current programming period. 12. Innovation and support for innovative entrepreneurship. Support for start-up and spin-off companies. Clusters in the European Union and their support. Financial instruments to support entrepreneurship in the European Union. 13. Small and medium-sized enterprises and their support in the European Union. Importance and role of SMEs in terms of economic market space. Support for SMEs in the current programming period. 14. Current internal market issues and business support in the European Union.

Conditions for subject completion

Full-time form (validity from: 2019/2020 Winter semester)
Task nameType of taskMax. number of points
(act. for subtasks)
Min. number of pointsMax. počet pokusů
Credit and Examination Credit and Examination 100 (100) 51
        Credit Credit 35  18
        Examination Examination 65  33 3
Mandatory attendence participation: Compulsory attendance in teaching is not required.

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Conditions for subject completion and attendance at the exercises within ISP: Credit - min. 18 points, max. 35 points. Detailed breakdown of the activities in the exercises given in LMS Moodle. Exam - min. 33 points, max. 65 points. A detailed description of the exam conditions is given in LMS Moodle. Participation in classes according to individual agreement with the teacher.

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Occurrence in study plans

Academic yearProgrammeBranch/spec.Spec.ZaměřeníFormStudy language Tut. centreYearWSType of duty
2024/2025 (B0413A050012) Economics and Management (S04) Economics and Law in Business P Czech Ostrava 3 Compulsory study plan
2023/2024 (B0413A050012) Economics and Management (S04) Economics and Law in Business P Czech Ostrava 3 Compulsory study plan
2022/2023 (B0413A050012) Economics and Management (S04) Economics and Law in Business P Czech Ostrava 3 Compulsory study plan
2021/2022 (B0413A050012) Economics and Management (S04) Economics and Law in Business P Czech Ostrava 3 Compulsory study plan
2020/2021 (B0413A050012) Economics and Management (S04) Economics and Law in Business P Czech Ostrava 3 Compulsory study plan
2019/2020 (B0413A050012) Economics and Management (S04) Economics and Law in Business P Czech Ostrava 3 Compulsory study plan

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