THE EU’S ECONOMIC DEFENCE INSTRUMENTS
Jean Monnet Module
The Jean Monnet Module “The EU’s Economic Defence Instruments” examines the European Union’s economic defence policy and the key instruments the EU has adopted to protect the internal market and investments in sectors of strategic importance, such as energy, new technologies and critical infrastructure. The Module is implemented through three distinct, yet complementary educational activities, which collectively meet the teaching hours and learning objectives of the programme.
- Specialised elective course for undergraduate students of the Faculty of Law, running for 26 teaching hours each academic year and comprising lectures, case studies and a final written assignment.
- Specialised lectures within postgraduate courses in International and European Legal Studies, with the possibility of completing a dissertation on related topics.
- Short Intensive Course consisting of 10 teaching hours (5 two-hour sessions), offered both in-person and online, addressed not only to students but also to practitioners, judges, policymakers and public officials.
Main Objectives
- Understanding the EU’s open strategic autonomy and economic security
- Familiarisation with the EU’s legal instruments of economic defence and market protection
- Analysis of the relationship between EU law and international trade and investment obligations
Main Topics
- Anti-dumping measures and subsidies against third countries, including the relevant WTO framework
- Screening of foreign investments in the EU
- Foreign subsidies
- Access of foreign investors to the EU’s public procurement market – The International procurement Instrument
- Protection of the EU and the Member States against economic coercion
