European Union (Courses, Trade, Business)

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1- Introduction to the EU. EU Institutions (3 ECTS)

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1- Introduction to the EU

1. Aims of the EU
2. Organization and functioning of the EU
3. European Union Law
4. Economy of the EU. The BREXIT
5. Structural and Investment Funds
6. The EU as a member of the European Economic Area

2- Institutions of the EU.

1. European Commission
2. European Parliament
3. European Council
4. Court of Justice
5. Court of Auditors
6. European Economic and Social Committee
7. Committee of the Regions
8. European Investment Bank
9. Decentralized Agencies

2- European Single Market (EU)

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1. European Single Market
2. The EU Services Directive
3. European Digital Single Market
4. Taxation System
5. Economic and Monetary Union
6. European Central Bank
7. European Customs Union

3- Doing Business in the countries of the EU (37 ECTS)

1. Countries of the EU (Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain and Sweden)
2. United Kingdom (non-EU member, BREXIT)

Download the syllabus of the Course “Business in the countries of the European Union” (PDF).

4- Foreign trade and International Relations of the EU (8 ECTS)

1- EU Foreign Policy

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1. European Foreign Policy
2. European External Action Service
3. Foreign trade of the European Union
4. Generalized System of Preferences (EU GSP)
5. EU Enlargement
6. Neighbourhood Policy
7. Euro-Mediterranean Partnership
8. Eastern Partnership
9. South Caucasus
10. Western Balkans
11. Black Sea Synergy
12. EU-CELAC Summit
13. Indian Ocean Commission (observer)

2- EU Trade Agreements.

1. Strategic partners: The United States, Canada, China, India and South Korea
2. America: Central America, CARIFORUM, Chile, MERCOSUR, Mexico, Andean Countries (FTA with Colombia and Peru)
3. Europe: European Free Trade Association (EFTA), Georgia, Moldova, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine..
4. Asia: ASEAN, Singapore, Vietnam, Kazakhstan, Papua New Guinea...
5. Arab Countries: Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), Jordan, Lebanon..
6. Africa: European Union-Africa Strategic Partnership, Agadir Agreement, Algeria, Ivory Coast, Egypt, Morocco, Tunisia, South Africa..

5- Export to the EU. Import from the EU (2 ECTS).

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1. How to export to the European Union
2. EU Customs Code

6- European Transport Corridors

Trans-European Transport Corridors.

1. Atlantic Logistics Corridor
2. Baltic-Adriatic Logistics Corridor
3. North Sea-Baltic Logistics Corridor
4. North Sea-Mediterranean Logistics Corridor
5. Mediterranean Transport Corridor
6. Eastern Europe-Eastern Mediterranean Transport Corridor
7. Scandinavian-Mediterranean Transport Corridor
8. Rhine-Alpine Transport Corridor
9. Rhine-Danube Transport Corridor
10. Strasbourg-Danube Transport Corridor
11. Pan-European Transport Corridor II
12. Pan-European Transport Corridor IX

The main objective of the module “The EU” is to offer an overview of the complex workings of the EU and its institutions, the EU economy and the business opportunities in the European markets to develop a business plan for the EU markets.

1. To learn to do business in the EU
2. To analyze the influence of Christianity on the EU
3. To analyze Foreign Trade, Logistics and Foreign direct investment in the region
4. To identify business opportunities in the EU
5. To examine the international relations and the Agreement
6. To design a business plan for the markets of the EU

Member States of the EU are Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Croatia, Denmark, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, and Sweden.

1. On July 1, 2013, Croatia became the 28th member state of the EU
2. The EU population: 508 million people

Other Trade Policies of the EU

1. The EU food security policy
2. The EU industrial policy
3. The EU agricultural policy
4. The EU fisheries policy
5. The EU environmental standards
6. The EU transport policy

Religions in the EU: Christianity (Catholicism, Orthodox, Protestantism, Anglicans).