Subjects:

EU Law

Contents:

Acknowledgments

List of Authors

Table of Cases

Table of Legislation

Text of Article 151 of the European Community Treaty

Chapter 1: Introduction

PART I THE DEVELOPMENT OF CULTURAL POLICY BY THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY

Chapter 2: European Community Intervention in the Cultural Field: Continuity or Change?

PART II TRADING CULTURES: CULTURE AND COMMERCE IN THE EUROPEAN UNION

Chapter 3: Labels, Locals, and the Free Movement of Goods

Chapter 4: Sport as Culture in European Community Law

Chapter 5: The Gardener and other Stories: the Peregrinations of Cultural Artefacts within the European Union

PART III COMMUNICATING CULTURE IN THE EUROPEAN UNION: THE MEDIA, LANGUAGE, AND EDUCATION

Chapter 6: European Community Law and the Cultural Aspects of Television

Chapter 7: Language Law of the European Union: Protecting or Eroding Linguistic Diversity?

Chapter 8: Reflections on Education and Culture in European Community Law

PART IV: CULTURE, IDENTITY, AND EUROPEAN INTEGRATION

Chapter 9: Article 151 and European Identity

Chapter 10: Long-Term Resident Third Country Nationals in the European Union: Institutional Legacies and Evolving Norms

PART V CULTURE AND THE EUROPEAN UNION'S EXTERNAL RELATIONS: TRADE AND AID

Chapter 11: Preserving and Promoting Differences? The External Dimension of Cultural Cooperation

Chapter 12: From Regional to Global Freedom of Trade in Audio-Visual Goods and Services? A Comparison of the Impact on the Audio-Visual Sector of the Preferential Trade Zones Established by the European Community and the World Trade Organization

PART VI CONCLUDING OBSERVATIONS

Chapter 13: Culture and European Union Law: The Exploration of an Interface

This book explores the relationship between European Union law, culture, and identity. Community trade and competition rules have certainly affected many mundane, though highly formative, aspects of our day-to-day lives: when we shop, what we drink, even which football matches we watch on television. But Community law is not merely a vehicle for challenging established national rules which have a cultural dimension: Article 151 of the EC Treaty, which came into force in 1993, empowers the Community to 'contribute to the flowering of the cultures of the Member States', whilst at the same time bringing the 'common cultural heritage to the fore'.;This book explores some of the challenges facing the European Union in developing convincing and coherent policies in the cultural domain. These challenges stem not only from the Union's fragmented institutional structure and Member State sensitivities but also from the uncertainty which surrounds the very meaning of the term 'culture' itself. The wide-ranging contributions illustrate how cultural issues can be seen to permeate all aspects of European Union law, by focussing on areas as diverse as international trade and aid, education, sport, language use, and the mass media.