"The essential guide to the legal workings of the European Union"--Cover.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 1071-1106) and index.

Contents: The Development of the European union -- Commission -- Council -- European parliament -- EC legislation -- Court of justice -- Actions against member states -- Judicial review of EC acts -- Article 234 (ex 177): Preliminary rulings -- miscellaneous aspects of the court's jurisdiction -- Direct effect of community law and actions for damages against member states -- Supremacy of EC law -- Article 25 (ex 12): The abolition of custom duties -- Article 90 (ex 95): Prohibition on discriminatory internal taxation -- Article 28 (ex 30): Prohibition on quantitive restrictions -- Article 30 (ex 36) -- Cassis de dijon and the development of article 28 (ex 30) -- The Free movement of workers -- Freedom of establishment and the free movement of services -- Social policy -- Free movement of capital and economic and monetary union -- Article 81 (ex 85): Cartels and restrictive practices -- Article 82 (ex 86): Abuse of a dominant position -- Enforcement of competition law -- Law of mergers -- Intellectual property -- State intervention in the market -- Environmental and consumer protection -- Postscripts -- Appendix: EC legislation -- Select further reading -- Select bibliography.