MVV398K EU Budget and Fiscal Policy

Faculty of Law
Spring 2024
Extent and Intensity
0/1/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Taught in person.
Teacher(s)
dr Agata Grabowicz (seminar tutor), doc. JUDr. Tereza Kyselovská, Ph.D. (deputy)
doc. JUDr. Tereza Kyselovská, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
doc. JUDr. Tereza Kyselovská, Ph.D.
Faculty of Law
Contact Person: Mgr. Věra Redrupová, B.A.
Supplier department: Faculty of Law
Timetable of Seminar Groups
MVV398K/01: Mon 22. 4. 12:00–13:40 041, Tue 23. 4. 10:00–11:40 041, Wed 24. 4. 10:00–11:40 041, Thu 25. 4. 10:00–11:40 041, 12:00–13:40 041
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.

The capacity limit for the course is 30 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 30/30, only registered: 2/30
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
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Course objectives
The course deals with issues related to the European Union's budget and its fiscal policy, in particular the EU general budget, EU revenues and expenditures, multiannual financial planning in the EU, convergence criteria, instruments of EU influence on member states in terms of fiscal stability.
Learning outcomes
At the end of the course, students should be able to:
- understand and explain the basic concepts and problems related to the finances of the European Union, in particular with regard to the general budget, the Multiannual Financial Framework, the structure of income and expenditure of the EU, the monetary system of the EU
- recognize the specifics of the EU financial system and how EU regulations affect member states in the field of finance
- work with the texts of EU legislation on financial issues
- express opinions on current problems in EU finance (e.g., the problem of new categories of EU own resources, the so-called EU taxes, the conditionality mechanism)
- make deductions based on acquired knowledge in the field of EU finance
- interpret the EU regulations relating to EU finances.
Syllabus
  • 1. EU financial law and its impact on the fiscal policies of Member States. The EU institutions and their powers over EU finances.
  • 2. EU revenue composition (traditional own revenues, the VAT- based own resource, the GNI- based own resource, plastic own resource). Expenditures of the EU.
  • 3. EU general budget (the procedure for adopting the EU budget, implementation of the budget), Multiannual financial framework.
  • 4. Status of the eurozone countries and member states with a derogation. Convergence criteria.
  • 5. Fiscal stability of EU countries (the European Semester, medium - term budgetary objectives, medium – term budgetary frameworks, excessive deficit procedure).
Literature
  • See Teacher's Information for full details.
Teaching methods
• conversation lecture
• discussion
• work with the texts of legal acts
Assessment methods
Multiple choice test
Language of instruction
English
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught only once.
Teacher's information
Literature

• R. Douady, C. Goulet, P. Pradier, Financial Regulation in the EU, Springer International Publishing AG, New York, 2017

• B. Patterson, Understanding the EU Budget, Searching Finance Ltd, London, 2011

• C. Kosikowski, Financial Law of the European Union, Wolters Kluwer, Warsaw 2008

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