OVERVIEW

The module wishes to offer a general overview of the EU action in transport matters and - to that end - analyses the relevcant sources of law (namely primary and secondary EU legislation, case-law of the Court of Justice of the European Union, soft law).

The module is divided in two parts:

- the first one analyses fundamental notions of EU law

- the second one deepens the study of EU legislative provisions in transport and safety.

AIMS AND CONTENT

LEARNING OUTCOMES

The module aims at providing to students the essential research and analysis tools in the field of EU (and international) transport law by studying, on the one hand, the specificities of the Union, its sources of law and relationships with domestic law, and, on the other, the relevant legal framework and policy in transport matters (maritime, air, road, and rail transport), highlighting common and divergent marks between the different fields, and their impact on safety, access - and management - of infrastructures, and access to the market.

AIMS AND LEARNING OUTCOMES

Students are invited to subscribe to the Aulaweb page, to access materials and newsletter.

The module aims at providing to students the essential research and analysis tools in the field of EU (and international) transport law.

At the end of the course the students will be able:

- to undestand the functioning of the EU legal order;

- to have adequate knwoledge of the competences and powers that the EU has in the field of transport;

- to have adequate knowledge of the ongoing process of liberalisation in the transport sector;

- to easily search for the relevant sources of EU law and to undestand their importance for the solution of practical problems. 

TEACHING METHODS

Lectures and exams will be held in presence. All lecturer’s communication will be done via Aulaweb (see link below).

The course consists of face-to-face in-person lectures for a total of 36 hours (equivalent to 6 credits CFU/ECTS), during which theoretical notions will be contextualised in the light of practical (historical and/or current) cases.

Occasionally, guests may be invited for in-depth and/or professionalizing lectures.

OPEN BADGE: On a voluntary basis, alongside theoretical lectures, interested persons (individually or in groups of two) will be able to present rulings assigned by the lecturer to deepen general topics and develop team working and public speaking skills, obtaining a specific open badge in 'transversal skills'.

SYLLABUS/CONTENT

The following topics will be considered:

A) EU law

- International law and transports.

- EU and transport: competences and conditions for their excerise.

- EU and transport: sources of law.

- The decision-making process.

- Judicial protection in the EU.

- EU and persons: free movement of people, workers, freedom of establishment, services, recognition of professional qualifications. 

B) Transport law and policy

- The shared compentence of the EU in transport matters

- The principle of subsidiarity

- Primary EU law

     i. Transport

     i. Infrastructure networks

- EU transport policy

- Transport and Liberalisation

- The protection of the transport passengers

- Transport and EU environmental policy: sustainable mobility

- Rules concerning the liability of the carrier:

- Techincal harmonisation

RECOMMENDED READING/BIBLIOGRAPHY

References

The following books are useful references to learn the subject of this module and are, therefore, reccomended (together with the teaching materials uploaded on the Aulaweb page of the course): 

a) European Commission, Directorate-General for Communication, Borchardt, K., The ABC of EU law – , Publications Office, 2018

available at the following address: https://op.europa.eu/en/publication-detail/-/publication/5d4f8cde-de25-11e7-a506-01aa75ed71a1

b) M. Colangelo - Z. Zencovich, Introduction to European Union Transport Law, Roma, 2019

available at the following address: http://romatrepress.uniroma3.it/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Introduction-to-European-Union-transport-law-III-edizione.pdf 

TEACHERS AND EXAM BOARD

Exam Board

PIERANGELO CELLE (President)

MARIA ELENA DE MAESTRI

FRANCESCA MAOLI

FRANCESCO PESCE

PIETRO SANNA

GIOVANNI SCIACCALUGA

LAURA CARPANETO (President Substitute)

STEFANO DOMINELLI (President Substitute)

LESSONS

LESSONS START

The starting date of the course will be published on the Aulaweb page 

Class schedule

The timetable for this course is available here: Portale EasyAcademy

EXAMS

EXAM DESCRIPTION

Students attending classes regularly (2/3 of the lectures) will have the possibility to take a written test (multiple choice test and open question).

Otherwise the exam is oral and it generally consists of 3 questions on the program and lasts approximately 15 minutes.

ASSESSMENT METHODS

Exams aim to test whether the student is able to identify, understand and apply EU rules on transport matters as well as to use appropriate legal terminology

Exam schedule