The Presidency of the EU Council rotates every 6 months. On 1 January 2006 Austria took over from the UK. For Austria’s description of what the Presdiency involves see this page. This is the second time that Austria has held the Presidency since joining the EU in 1995. With 25 Member States (the current number) on the current basis of allocation a Member State would hold the Presidency every 12.5 years.
This is Caroline Bradley’s weblog for the Spring 2006 class in European Community/EU law at the University of Miami Law School. The materials for this class are available at the Law School’s Distribution Center.
Before the first class please obtain the first set of materials and read the first 5 pages. Read Articles 2 and 3 of the EC Treaty carefully. Don’t worry if the terminology seems strange at first. You will get used to it.
The proposed outline for the course is as follows:
1. Introduction to the EU (the first packet of materials)
2. Food Supplements Directive Case Study
i. Legislative Powers of the EU and its Institutions
ii. Challenging EU acts in EU and National Courts
iii. Free Movement of Goods
3. Services, Establishment: Lawyering Across Borders
4. Classic Cases
5. Equality Law
i. European Community Law as a Source of Individual Rights
ii. Features of EC equality law