Citizenship of the Union and free movement of persons

Table of Contents\n......Page 6
Introduction......Page 10
I.1 Introduction......Page 14
I.2 The systematic location of the provisions on citizenship......Page 15
I.3 The concept of citizenship of the Union......Page 17
I.4 Community limits to acquiring and losing citizenship of the Union......Page 23
I.5 Substance of citizenship of the Union. Rights......Page 25
I.6 Substance of citizenship of the Union. Duties......Page 31
1.7 The right of movement and residence. The traditional concept......Page 32
I.8 The right of movement and residence appertaining to citizenship of the Union......Page 37
I.9 Limits and conditions......Page 41
I.10 Measures implementing the right of movement and residence......Page 46
I.11 The citizen of the Union in the area of freedom, security and justice......Page 48
I.12 Political significance of the conferral of election rights on European citizens......Page 49
I.13 Participation in municipal elections......Page 50
I.14 Participation in European elections......Page 54
I.15 The exercise of diplomatic protection by the Community for the benefit of citizens of the Union......Page 56
I.16 Diplomatic protection of a citizen of the Union by a Member State of which he or she is not a citizen......Page 58
I.17 Methods of protecting non-citizens......Page 59
I.18 Guarantees for participation in Community public life......Page 61
I.19 Petitions to the European Parliament......Page 62
I.20 Applications to the European Ombudsman......Page 64
I.21 The limits ratione materiae to the activities of the European Ombudsman......Page 67
I.22 Access to documents and the right to correspond with the Community institutions......Page 71
I.23 Citizenship of the Union in the Treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe......Page 73
II.1 Freedom of movement of workers under the ECSC Treaty and under the transitional regime. Outline......Page 78
II.2 Territorial scope of the Community rules on the freedom of movement of workers......Page 80
II.3 Scope of application ratione personae of the Community rules on freedom of movement of workers......Page 81
II.4 Restrictions applying to \"purely internal\"  situations\n......Page 84
II.5 The requirement of citizenship of a Member State......Page 86
II.6 Workers\' family members......Page 88
II.7 The right to enter and reside in the territory of a Member State......Page 92
II.8 Restrictions on entry and residence arising from the need to safeguard the social assistance system of the host State......Page 94
II.9 The right to equal treatment with national workers with regard to access to work and the conditions of work and employment......Page 96
II.10 Exclusion of freedom of movement in the case of employment in the public service......Page 102
II.11 The right to remain in the territory of a Member State after having worked there......Page 105
II.12 Limitations on the right to enter and reside for reasons of public policy, public security and public health......Page 106
II.13 Procedural safeguards......Page 111
II.14 Freedom of movement of workers under the Treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe......Page 115
III.2 The right of establishment in the EC Treaty......Page 118
III.3 Differences as compared with freedom to supply services and free movement of workers......Page 121
III.4 The constraint of purely internal situations......Page 123
III.5 Scope ratione personae.Requirement for nationality/citizenship......Page 125
III.6 (cont.) Establishment of companies......Page 127
III.7 Substantive scope......Page 132
III.8 (cont.) Exclusion of activities connected with the exercise of official authority......Page 133
III.9 Ways of exercising freedom of establishment. Primary establishment......Page 135
III.10 (cont.) Secondary establishment......Page 136
III.11 Content of freedom of establishment. The rule of national treatment......Page 139
III.12 Prohibition of measures applicable without distinction......Page 141
III.13 Exceptions to freedom of establishment: abuse of the law......Page 144
III.14 Discriminatory restrictions......Page 146
III.15 (cont.) Non-discriminatory restrictions......Page 147
III.16 Measures designed to facilitate the exercise of the right of establishment: mutual recognition of diplomas and other evidence of formal qualifications......Page 150
III.17 Right of establishment for lawyers......Page 156
III.18 Right of establishment in the Treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe......Page 160
IV.1 Introduction. Freedom to provide services in the context of the general rules on the free movement of persons......Page 162
IV.2 Scope of the rules on services. The definition of \"service\"......Page 166
IV.3 Means of providing services......Page 168
IV.4 Scope ratione personae......Page 174
IV.5 Scope ratione materiae. Relationship with the common transport policy and with the liberalisation of the banking and insurance sectors......Page 178
IV.6 (cont.) Exclusion of activities involving the exercise of public authority......Page 181
IV.7 Substance of freedom to provide services. The principle of equal treatment on grounds of nationality......Page 183
IV.8 Prohibition of discrimination based on other grounds: requirement for residence......Page 184
IV.9 Other prohibited discrimination: measures applicable without distinction......Page 187
IV.10 Restrictions on freedom to provide services. Justifications......Page 192
IV.11 (cont.) Discriminatory measures......Page 193
IV.12 (cont.) Measures applicable without distinction......Page 195
IV.13 Implementation of liberalisation......Page 200
IV.14 (cont.) Recognition of diplomas......Page 202
IV.15 (cont.) The directive on services in the internal market......Page 203
IV.16 Free movement of lawyers......Page 206
IV.17 Services in the Treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe......Page 211
V.1 Historical development of Community immigration policy: the original EEC Treaty......Page 214
V.2 The Single European Act, the Schengen Agreement and intergovernmental cooperation......Page 218
V.3 The Maastricht Treaty......Page 222
V.4 The Treaty of Amsterdam and theTreaty of Nice......Page 226
V.5 Bringing the Schengen acquis within the scope of the European Union......Page 229
V.6 Immigration policy as part of the area of freedom,security and justice......Page 234
V.7 Scope of application of immigration policy ratione  materiae......Page 237
V.8 Scope of application ratione personarum......Page 239
V.9 Scope of application ratione loci......Page 245
V.10 Competence of the Member States and Community competence......Page 246
V.11 The content of Community immigration policy......Page 249
V.12 Immigration policy in the Treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe......Page 254
Addendum......Page 260
Table of Cases......Page 264
Index......Page 275