Content of the session:

-          The European Union

-          General principles of EU law

-          Delineation of competencies in the field of energy between the Union and its Member States

-          Historical development of EU energy law

-          Energy Union

Compulsory reading:

- How the European Union works: Your guide to the EU institutions

§  Introducing the EU (pages 3-9)

§  The European Parliament (pages 9-12)

§  The European Council (pages 12-14)

§  The Council (pages 14-19)

§  The European Commission (pages 19-23)

§  The national parliaments (pages 23-24)

§  The Court of Justice (pages 24-26)

- EU Law: Text, Cases, and Materials, Paul Craig and Gráinne de Búrca

§  Scope of the EU Treaty: Laws and lawmaking - Introduction, conferred competence, the scope of EU competence (pages 49-54)

-          Research Handbook on EU Energy Law and Policy edited by Rafael Leal-Arcas and Jan Wouters

• Talus and Aalto, Competences in EU energy policy (pages 15-29)

-          The Road to the Energy Union, Marie Vandendriessche (available at: https://fsr.eui.eu/road-energy-union/).

-          Research Handbook on EU Energy Law and Policy edited by Rafael Leal-Arcas and Jan Wouters

§  T. Pellerin-Carlin, The European Energy Union (67-96).