Course detail
European Law and Market Supervison
FSI-XEV Acad. year: 2021/2022 Winter semester
The course focuses on basic information about the development of relations in selected European countries before the establishment of economic cooperation within the EU single market, the legislative framework for the marketing of products. It sets out technical and environmental requirements for products in the context of a European policy on consumer protection and the environment. It provides the necessary information relating to market surveillance, product conformity assessment, product, service and personnel certification.
Language of instruction
Czech
Number of ECTS credits
2
Supervisor
Learning outcomes of the course unit
Students will learn the importance of European countries cooperation. They will gain knowledge about European policy on consumer and environmental protection and the importance of technical standardization and EU harmonisation legislation. They will orient themselves in the legislative framework for product marketing, understand the role of market surveillance and quality management in demonstrating compliance with both internal production management and EU type-examination of product.
Prerequisites
General knowledge of the European Union and the history of Europe.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
The course is taught in the form of lectures presenting the basic principles and theory of the given discipline. Optional is a presentation of voluntary projects and a discussion of the students' conclusions.
Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes
Compulsory part: test consisting of 20 questions (max. 20 points).
Optional part: elaborate semester work on approved topic (max. 2 points).
Rating: 19 points or more A; 18 points or more B; 16 points or more C; 14 points or more D; 12 points or more E
Aims
The aim of the course is to introduce the students to historical contexts leading to establishment of the European Union (EU) and to development of the legislative environment in the EU. Attention is paid mainly to the fields related to customer protection, environment protection and associated duties of producers.
Students learn about legal regulations and harmonized standars that set the rules for introduction of products to market or into operation.
Specification of controlled education, way of implementation and compensation for absences
Lectures are compulsory. The elaboration of the semester project is voluntary and the student himself proposes a topic focusing on the importance of the common market or common EU policy in relation to the subject matter discussed at the lectures.
The study programmes with the given course
Programme N-KSB-P: Quality, Reliability and Safety, Master's, compulsory
Type of course unit
Lecture
26 hours, compulsory
Teacher / Lecturer
Syllabus
1. Development of the relations between the CR and EU countries in historical context
2. Single market of the EU
3. Technical and environmental requirements on products
4. Legislation related to introduction of products to market
5. European normalization
6. Conformity as an expression of product quality
7. Protection of customers and environment
8. Supervision over market and products
9. Law on metrology
10. Certification of employees – declaration of qualification
11. Certification of products
12. Declaration of conformity, declaration of incorporation, CE marking
13. Presenation of semestral project and discussion on the importance of the common market and EU policy.