Wolf Sauter and Harm Schepel examine the legal framework of the EU internal market as established in the case law of the European Court of Justice, discussing in particular EC competition law, the free movement of goods, services, persons and capital and the evolution of the interpretation of the provisions.

Wolf Sauter is professor of healthcare regulation at the University of Tilburg and a competition expert at the Dutch Healthcare authority.

1. Introduction; Part I. Economic Activities v. the Exercise of Public Authority: 2. Free movement: Treaty Provisions and secondary rules; 3. The competition rules; 4. Public constraints on private parties and private constraints on public measures; Part II. The Public Private Interface: Articles 31, 86 and 87-88 EC: 5. Article 31 EC: Commercial State Monopolies; 6. Article 86(1): Public Undertakings, Special and Exclusive Rights; 7. Article 86(2) EC: Derogation for Services of General Economic Interest (SGEI); 8. Articles 87-88 EC: State Aids; 9. Conclusion.