Scope of EU law This thesis deals with scope of EU law. Scope of EU law in concrete situation is defined by meeting conditions layed down for material, territorial, personal and temporal scope of EU law. The aim of the thesis is to define when those conditions are met and to analyse situations, where it's not clear which legal order to apply and to give the reader an insight into situations when union law applies. This thesis is divided into two parts - first part gives insight and definitions about fundametal terms used in second part of this thesis. Part two deals with topic of this thesis. First chapter of the second part analyses material scope of Union law, thus answers the question in which legal relations has Union law material scope and divides material scope of Union law into two categories: exlusive material scope of Union law and non-exlusive material scope of Union law. This thesis also analyses criteria, which are used to determine, if in specific legal relations has material scope Union law or national law. Second chapter of the second part describes territorial scope of EU law by defining in which territories specific EU legal act can by applied, in which territories Union law has full scope and in which limited scope, whereas it's needed to take into account provisions of specific...

Les défis de la construction du droit d’auteur au niveau de l’UE sont d’abord définis sous l'angle du cadre institutionnel dans lequel ce processus dynamique se déroule (I). La deuxième partie est une perspective : elle décrit comment la construction du droit d’auteur de l’Union européenne pourrait être poursuivie, tant en termes de « forme » (c'est-à-dire en ce qui concerne le choix des instruments juridiques et la relation avec les droits d'auteur nationaux), qu’en termes de contenus (II). Les deux parties principales mettent en évidence des facettes différentes du cadre « institutionnel » et « juridique ». Dans la première partie, on abordera les « justifications et objectifs » du droit d'auteur dans l’UE ainsi que les « parties prenantes et intérêts » dans le droit d'auteur de l’UE. Au cours de la deuxième partie, deux chapitres donneront une idée de la forme et des contenus possibles d’un futur droit d’auteur de l’UE. Il est ainsi montré que les choix dans l'un de ces domaines auront un impact sur les choix dans l'un des autres domaines et vice versa. Afin de parvenir à un cadre plus équilibré, des recommandations concernant chacun des domaines sont formulées. / The challenges of constructing EU Copyright Law are first set out under the angle of the institutional framework in which this dynamic process takes place (I). An outlook is given on how the construction of EU Copyright Law could be taken further, both in terms of ‘form’ (i.e. regarding the choice of legal instruments and the relation to national copyright laws), and in terms of contents (II). Both main parts are subdivided in two chapters, highlighting different facets of the ‘institutional’ and the ‘legal’ framework. Within the first part, a first chapter will discuss 'rationales and objectives’ of EU copyright law. A second chapter is dedicated to ‘stakeholders and interests’ within copyright law in the EU. Within the second part, two chapters will give an outlook on the form and the possible contents of a future EU Copyright Law. The idea behind this structure is to show that the issues addressed in the two parts, but also in the four chapters, are interrelated: choices made in one of the four areas will have an impact on choices in any of the other areas, and vice versa. In order to achieve a more balanced framework, recommendations addressing each of the four areas are made.