The European Economic Community ( Eec )

In order to understand the evolvement of the Single Market of the European Union, one has to take the general background into consideration. Therefore, it is important to have a look at the Treaty on European Union (Maastricht Treaty) which gave birth to the creation of the Single Market. Having been the Common Market before the Maastricht treaty, the European Economic Community (EEC) Treaty already clarified the objective of cooperation between member states. Throughout the Single Market, those objectives should be transformed into reality.

The European Union (EU) is a unique economic and political partnership between 28 different countries. It consists of about half a billion citizens, and its combined economy represents about 20 percent of the world’s total economy (Briney, 2015). Today The European Union works as a single market, with free movement of people, goods and services from one country to another. There is a standard system of laws to be followed, and since 1999 many countries share a single currency called the Euro (Europa.eu, 2015). This essay will explore the background history of the European Union and the benefits and drawbacks of the European Union.

The Internal Market of the European Union (EU) is one of Europe’s significant achievements and its greatest resource in times of modern globalisation. Since its creation in 1993, the Internal Market has opened itself more to competition, created jobs and reduced many trade barriers. It is the principal instrument for building a stronger and fairer economy in the EU. It assures the free movement of people, services, goods and capital, and by doing so, creates fresh opportunities for businesses and consumers. The Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union adopts measures with the aim of combining national markets in a single market with the characteristics of a domestic market. The vision is that it should be as easy to trade between London and Madrid as it is between London and Manchester.

 Some argue that the current degree of integration is an economic union with an  evolving common political structure (but this is not entirely true given that all countries  do not share a common fiscal policy).   EU Objectives    Provide for free internal flow of production factors:   o Labour   o Capital   o Products    Provide protection for European industry and workers (free trade within and  protection outside countries)  o Tariffs and quotas applied to most basic commodities and services    Steel, Coal, Textiles, Agricultural Products    Banking,

The free movement of goods is extensively discussed topic, in consideration with world’s largest economic crisis in which the European Union raised a claim that the free movement of goods is one of the major reasons behind the success of European Projects as it is aimed to bring about the discussion for the future development of EU. The main purpose of this research paper is to find as well as analyse general advantages and opposing aspects of free movement in consideration of the statement of EU. The examination of this analysis is based upon examination of associated TFEU provisions as well as key practices and role of the ECJ are also reviewed. In the specific research paper, advantages, disadvantages, significance and contradiction statements

The European Economic Community was an organization started in 1957 by France, West Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium, Italy, and Luxembourg, in post War World II torn European. This organization was a union between the Steal and Coal Community and The European Atomic Energy Community. The goal of the organization, heavily influenced by John Monnet one of its founders and National Liberation Committee member at the time, was to build a stronger cohesive Europe through collaboration and economic ties to bring mutual prosperity. This organization and its ideals developed into the well know European Union of today, that currently sits with 28 members. However, one controversial possible membership has increased in importance over the years.

The main interest of this work is to analyse this trade alliance from three different points of view to outline the similarities and differences in contrast to the European Union. To figure out about the initially mentioned question it is planned to start with the economic point of view in the first part. The second part will deal with the political aspects whilst

The European Union was established to support economic collaboration between countries by the signing of the Treaty of Rome . This Treaty proposed the idea of the four basic rights – the free movement of goods, services , workers and capital. As provided, the free movement of workers is a basic right within the European Union, and it has subsequently developed into the free movement of persons. The concept of discrimination has arisen due to numerous cases, and the Maastricht Treaty has addressed this concept. Furthermore, the Lisbon Treaty has consolidated the aforementioned issues and contains a set of rules on the issue of workers within the EU.

The European Common market came as the following step to common customs while the countries forming NAFTA agreed on free trade. National and agricultural policies gave the EU more deepened unification than the economic affairs which was the main aim of NAFTA. The European Union appears as a whole unit led by a president and the Commission as one of its executive branches, and this is absent in NAFTA. (Mace, 2007) Bislev summarized the Integration level in the EU into: “its purpose is political (security), its form is legalistic ... and the states are the main actors in the institutional set-up.” And compared it to The North American Free Trade Agreement as “an exclusively economic purpose, and a minimalist, litigational coordination mechanism where initiatives are left to private actors.”2 which lead it to be criticized for ignoring the problems; socially and Politically which was caused by the market opening (Appendini and Bislev, 2016) he argues that the European Union is “Over-institutionalized, in terms of influence and regulations. Horlick (Gary, 1994) stated that the contrast appears in the “open attempt to negotiate sovereignty and voting” in the EU while not even willing to do so the three of Canada, The U.S. and Mexico. So, as a conclusion and in terms of International relation theories; NAFTA represents the neo-liberalism in its insisting on economic as the sole purpose of it.

This essay will answer the essay topic on Economic Integration and discuss the extent to which the benefits of United Kingdom (UK) being a member of the European Union (EU) outweigh the costs. In short, giving the advantages and disadvantages of UK being part of the EU. This essay will start with a brief definition of Economic Integration. Followed by, a general introduction about the economy of EU and the UK. Lastly, stating the advantages and disadvantages for UK, being a member of the EU.

The European Union (EU) is not a typical international organization. The mix of intergovernmental and supranational institutions makes the EU a unique, distinctive political, and economic system. As Europe has spiraled from one crisis to the next, difficult discussions haves arisen about how much more power should be delegated to Brussels. Even though the EU advocates for “ever closer union”, through increased integration, states are becoming hesitant to relinquish power to the EU. This is due to the fact that state sovereignty has become threatened; it is being compromised by a combination of the lack of effective democratic institutions and the loss of states have lost control of law-making to legislation power to EU institutions. Euroenthuthiasts argue that state sovereignty is enhanced, not threatened, by reallocating power to EU institutions. However, Eurosceptics dispute that too much control has seceded to the EU making is a threat to state sovereignty. My position aligns with Eurosceptics, for the EU has weakened state sovereignty do to increased centralization of power in EU institutions that lack legitimacy. The European Project has obtained a copious amount of jurisdiction from states and eroded a basic fundamental freedom of the modern state- sovereignty. Since the EU has with goals to deepen and widen integration it’s clear that forfeiting state sovereignty will only intensify. My essay will start with a brief history of the European Union and a short

One of the main objectives of the European Union (EU) is the establishment of the internal market, which shall consist of “area without internal frontiers in which the free movement of goods, persons, services and capital is ensured. The internal market is based upon a customs union achieved through the abolition of the imposition of customs duties and charges having an equivalent effect and the prohibition of discriminatory taxes on intra-EU imports. The internal market is enhanced by the provisions on free movement of workers, freedom of establishment, free movement of services, and free movement of capital. Whereas Articles 28 to 30 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU) provide for the establishment of an EU common external tariff and the elimination of customs duties, Articles 34 and 35 of the TFEU (with exceptions under Article 36) go further, and prohibit quantitative restrictions and measures having equivalent effect. Taken together, Articles 28 to 32 and 34 to 36 serve to ensure the free movement of goods within the EU and to facilitate the operation of the internal market.

The conformity assessment of the goods baring the CE marking can only be effective in a transnational level between the member states of the EU and EEA. Under the scope of the relevant EU Regulations and Directives each member-state, or any other state that has concluded a Mutual Recognition Agreement (MRAs) and Protocols to the Europe Agreement on Conformity Assessment and Acceptance of Industrial Products (PECAs), can delegate competent Authorities (notifying authorities ) with the duty to designate notified bodies, and further on be notified by the European Commission . For example in the UK the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulation Agency (MHRA) is the designating authority for NBs

The European Union is a political community constituted as an international organization whose aim is to promote integration and a common government of the European people and countries. According to the Article 3 of the European Union Treaty, Union’s aim is to promote peace, its values and the well-being of its peoples. It is based on the values of freedom, democracy, equality, law enforcement and respect for human rights and dignity.

With the effect of the Single European Act on 1st July 1987, the emergence of European Union (EU) as a common market has essentially been created. The benefits of this act are substantial to European firms, economies, and workers. It eliminates conflicting national regulations and trade barriers, as well as offering firms opportunity to sell their goods to all other EU members (Griffin & Pustay 2005).