Do TFEU provisions on free movement of goods apply to private parties: Expanded vertical or horizontal direct effect?

The paper aims to establish whether and to what extent the TFEU provisions on free movement of goods apply to legal relations established between two or more private parties. To that end, a stringent analysis of the case law related to this particular issue is provided, aimed at supporting the initi...

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Main Author: Savković Vladimir
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Language:English
Published: University of Belgrade, Faculty of Law, Belgrade, Serbia 2018-01-01
Series:Anali Pravnog Fakulteta u Beogradu
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Online Access:https://scindeks-clanci.ceon.rs/data/pdf/0003-2565/2018/0003-25651804084S.pdf
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description The paper aims to establish whether and to what extent the TFEU provisions on free movement of goods apply to legal relations established between two or more private parties. To that end, a stringent analysis of the case law related to this particular issue is provided, aimed at supporting the initial hypotheses that, notwithstanding sporadic but only implicit inclination in its judgments towards establishing the direct horizontal effect of the free movement of goods, the CJEU has constantly and resolutely abstained from recognizing the existence of such an effect - the same effect that it acknowledged decades ago, regarding the free movement of workers and freedom to provide services. Before this analysis, overview is provided of the status quo regarding the horizontal direct effect of the free movement of workers and services, which was needed not only for understanding the differences in the CJEU's approach to various fundamental freedoms but also to outline the general framework in which the horizontal direct effect of fundamental freedoms currently exists, too. Finally, based on the case law analysis, the conclusion is offered that in terms of the recent developments in the field of free movement of goods the CJEU has opted for further expansion of the concept of vertical direct effect in order to both avoid establishing the horizontal direct effect of the freedom of movement of goods and safeguard the functioning of internal market against certain impediments generated by private parties.
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spelling doaj-art-e1e6067bc66e40b888a9d854a6c3217d2025-08-20T03:24:52ZengUniversity of Belgrade, Faculty of Law, Belgrade, SerbiaAnali Pravnog Fakulteta u Beogradu0003-25652406-26932018-01-016648410210.5937/AnaliPFB1804084S0003-25651804084SDo TFEU provisions on free movement of goods apply to private parties: Expanded vertical or horizontal direct effect?Savković Vladimir0University of Montenegro, Faculty of Law, MontenegroThe paper aims to establish whether and to what extent the TFEU provisions on free movement of goods apply to legal relations established between two or more private parties. To that end, a stringent analysis of the case law related to this particular issue is provided, aimed at supporting the initial hypotheses that, notwithstanding sporadic but only implicit inclination in its judgments towards establishing the direct horizontal effect of the free movement of goods, the CJEU has constantly and resolutely abstained from recognizing the existence of such an effect - the same effect that it acknowledged decades ago, regarding the free movement of workers and freedom to provide services. Before this analysis, overview is provided of the status quo regarding the horizontal direct effect of the free movement of workers and services, which was needed not only for understanding the differences in the CJEU's approach to various fundamental freedoms but also to outline the general framework in which the horizontal direct effect of fundamental freedoms currently exists, too. Finally, based on the case law analysis, the conclusion is offered that in terms of the recent developments in the field of free movement of goods the CJEU has opted for further expansion of the concept of vertical direct effect in order to both avoid establishing the horizontal direct effect of the freedom of movement of goods and safeguard the functioning of internal market against certain impediments generated by private parties.https://scindeks-clanci.ceon.rs/data/pdf/0003-2565/2018/0003-25651804084S.pdffree movement of goodsvertical direct effecthorizontal direct effectprivate partiescjeu case law
spellingShingle Savković Vladimir
Do TFEU provisions on free movement of goods apply to private parties: Expanded vertical or horizontal direct effect?
Anali Pravnog Fakulteta u Beogradu
free movement of goods
vertical direct effect
horizontal direct effect
private parties
cjeu case law
title Do TFEU provisions on free movement of goods apply to private parties: Expanded vertical or horizontal direct effect?
title_full Do TFEU provisions on free movement of goods apply to private parties: Expanded vertical or horizontal direct effect?
title_fullStr Do TFEU provisions on free movement of goods apply to private parties: Expanded vertical or horizontal direct effect?
title_full_unstemmed Do TFEU provisions on free movement of goods apply to private parties: Expanded vertical or horizontal direct effect?
title_short Do TFEU provisions on free movement of goods apply to private parties: Expanded vertical or horizontal direct effect?
title_sort do tfeu provisions on free movement of goods apply to private parties expanded vertical or horizontal direct effect
topic free movement of goods
vertical direct effect
horizontal direct effect
private parties
cjeu case law
url https://scindeks-clanci.ceon.rs/data/pdf/0003-2565/2018/0003-25651804084S.pdf
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