Frederic P Miller

European Community regulation Frederic P Miller

Publisher Marketing: Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. European Community regulation refers to the body of European Union law involved in the regulation of state support to commercial industries, and of certain industry sectors and public services. The industries currently subject to regulation and liberalisation are, for the time being, postal services, telecommunications and energy. To a lesser extent, transport, the legal profession, social services and even health care are affected by EU law. EC regulation is a part of the body of European Community competition law. Under Article 4 of the Treaty of the European Community (EC), "the activities of the Member States and the Community shall include, as provided in this Treaty and in accordance with the timetable set out therein, the adoption of an economic policy which is based on the close coordination of Member States' economic policies, on the internal market and on the definition of common objectives, and conducted in accordance with the principle of an open market economy with free competition. The emphasis therefore, since the 1980s is that in the European Union, state intervention is taken to be the exception rather than the rule.