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"L'article se propose d'examiner comment le cadre réglementaire du marché intérieur et du droit de la concurrence et, plus généralement, la dynamique de libéralisation et d'externalisation progressive des activités de services peuvent s'appliquer aux prestations de nature solidaire. Les services sociaux comportent des caractéristiques spécifiques, illustrant parfaitement la tension entre solidarité et compétitivité, et une application stricte de la réglementation communautaire pourrait conduire à la mise en cause des systèmes nationaux d'organisation et de gestion des services sociaux et de santé. Ces derniers reposent en effet sur une programmation territoriale de l'offre, sur un financement principalement public et sur un encadrement national des opérateurs qui, en privilégiant certains fournisseurs, peuvent fausser la concurrence et entrer en contradiction avec le caractère transfrontalier du marché commun européen des services. Face à cette contradiction potentielle, et dans un contexte de modification des besoins des usagers, de crise économique et de plans d'austérité, la Commission européenne a annoncé une évolution du cadre réglementaire applicable aux services sociaux, en particulier pour ce qui concerne la réforme de la réglementation en matière d'aides d'État et de compensations octroyées aux services d'intérêt économique général. Il n'est toutefois pas certain que cette évolution réglementaire suffise à résoudre les questions que soulève la spécificité des services sociaux."

"This eagerly awaited new edition has been significantly revised after extensive user feedback to meet current teaching requirements. The first major textbook to be published since the rejuvenation of the Lisbon Treaty, it retains the best elements of the first edition – the engaging, easily understandable writing style, extracts from a variety of sources showing the creation, interpretation and application of the law and comprehensive coverage. In addition it has separate chapters on EU law in national courts, governance and external relations reflecting the new directions in which the field is moving. The examination of the free movement of goods and competition law has been restructured. Chapter introductions clearly set out what will be covered in each section allowing students to approach complex material with confidence and detailed further reading sections encourage further study. Put simply, it is required reading for all serious students of EU law."

"This article examines the intricate relationship between competition law and collective rights in EU regulations, critically assessing whether and to what extent self-employed workers can exercise collective rights based on the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) case law. Additionally, it considers the European Commission's recent initiative to acknowledge and expand the collective dimension of self-employed workers. To address the specific collective rights of genuine self-employed workers, the Commission, acting in its capacity as the EU's competition authority, has taken steps in the Guidelines on the Application of Union Competition Law to Collective Agreements to steer towards a renewed interpretation of the scope of application of Article 101 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU), with the aim of excluding collective bargaining agreements concluded by or on behalf of certain categories of soloself-employed workers from its scope.


In light of this move, the article provides a critical analysis of the Guidelines and evaluates the degree to which the current EU legal framework aligns with fundamental collective rights. while attempting to offer renewed hermeneutical solutions to alter the consolidated line of systematic construction of the relationship between collective rights and competition law."

"The fifth edition of Craig & de Búrca EU Law: Text, Cases, and Materials provides clear and insightful analysis of all aspects of European Law in the post Lisbon era. Building on its unrivalled reputation as the definitive EU Text, Cases, and materials book, this edition looks in detail at the way in which the Treaty of Lisbon has radically changed both the institutional and substantive law of the European Union. Paul Craig and Gráinne de Búrca are noted scholars on European Law who have a wealth of experience of both teaching and writing in this subject area. Working closely as an author team for nearly twenty years, they succeed in bringing together a unique mix of illuminating commentary and well-chosen extracts from a wide range of primary and secondary materials. Many of the chapters have been substantially or wholly rewritten, including those on key areas such as Institutions, Legal Instruments and the Hierarchy of Norms, Competences, and Legislation and Decision-Making. All of the chapters have been revised to take account of developments in case law and legislation, and to make students aware of cutting edge academic debates. There is in addition a new chapter on EU Criminal Law. The new edition therefore gives readers a clear understanding of the changes made by the Lisbon Treaty and the way in which the legal and political landscape has developed since it came into force."