| Unit name | External Commercial Relations of the European Union |
|---|---|
| Unit code | LAWDM0016 |
| Credit points | 30 |
| Level of study | M/7 |
| Teaching block(s) |
Teaching Block 4 (weeks 1-24) |
| Unit director | |
| Open unit status | Not open |
| Pre-requisites |
None |
| Co-requisites |
None |
| School/department | University of Bristol Law School |
| Faculty | Faculty of Social Sciences and Law |
This unit examines the role of the European Union in world trade, showing how the EC regulates its external trade relations on both a conventional and an autonomous basis. The completion of the Internal Market by the end of 1992 has tremendous consequences not only for the European Community itself but also for its trading partners in the world. This unit concentrates on three interrelated areas of EC External Trade Law: the treaty-making power of the Community and the effects of international agreements on the legal order of the EC; bilateral relations of the Community with non-member states and groups of third countries, including EC-EFTA and EC-Eastern Europe commercial and economic relations, and Custom Unions, Common Commercial Policy (CCP) and EC "commercial defence" measures. Anti-dumping and anti-subsidy legislation and measures against illicit trade practices and counterfeit goods are also considered.
