DiKE Enzyklopädie Europarecht (Bd. 8)

The European Union is embedded in a wide circle of organizations. The picture is rounded off by dense cooperation in the form of the EU-Switzerland sectoral agreements, the SAA, the Eastern Partnership, the EU-Turkey Association Agreement and the Union for the Mediterranean.

Today, central policy areas are "Europeanized" and can no longer be understood without a knowledge of the relevant EU law. This is particularly true of the "cross-cutting policies" collected in this volume. European influence is sometimes dominant, sometimes peripheral. But in no case should it be neglected.

The handbook takes a look at important policy areas of the Union, which, far beyond their actual subject, have an impact on other central regulatory areas.
regulatory areas. Here, the penetration of national legal systems by European law becomes particularly clear.
clear:
■ Environmental policy
■ Trans-European networks
■ Media policy
■ Industrial, technology and research policy
■ Technology law and standardization
■ Data protection
■ Civil protection
■ Health policy
■ Cultural and education policy
■ European tax law

The 2nd edition brings all areas up to date. In particular, a new independent chapter on European data protection law is included. Here, the European General Data Protection Regulation (EU) 2016/679 has brought significant innovations. In the other chapters, too, all new secondary legislation and the landmark decisions of the ECJ and national courts have been incorporated throughout.

The authors:
Prof. Dr. Matthias Bäcker, University of Mainz | Prof. Dr. Christian Calliess, University of Berlin (FU) | Prof. Dr. Martin Führ, Darmstadt University of Applied Sciences | Prof. Dr. Bernd Grzeszick, University of Heidelberg | Prof. Dr. Michael Kloepfer, University of Berlin (HU) | Prof. Dr. Jürgen Kühling, University of Regensburg | RA Dr. André Lippert, Berlin | Dr. Tobias Lock, University of Edinburgh | RA Prof. Dr. Fabian Schwartz,.