Common market as a stage of economic integration: reasons, benefits.
Internal market of the EU: objectives and instruments, legal basis.
Decision making in the EU and its impact on the effectiveness of the internal market.
Free movement of goods in the EU: elimination of physical, technical and tax barriers, rules of technical harmonization of goods, effects on partners in the EU and on the external countries.
Free movement of goods in the EU... cont.
Instruments of the internal market protection in the EU against foreign competition.
Tax harmonization on the Single European Market.
Rules on competition on the Single European Market.
Ways and results of reducing economic and social disparities on the Single European Market (cohesion policy).
Ways and results of reducing economic and social disparities... cont.
Freedom of providing services in the EU: rules, exceptions, provision of services and right of establishment.
Free movement of capital in the EU: importance of the common currency for the competitiveness of the economies of EU Members.
Free movement of persons (workers): coordination of social security systems, mutual recognition of education diplomas and professional qualifications.
Importance of the Europe 2020 Strategy for the functioning of the EU internal market.
International competitiveness of the economies of EU Members: factors and prospects for changes.
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