New chapters on the Constitutional Treaty, Corporate Establishment and Cross Border Investment, Citizenship, Fundamental Rights, and the Charter of Fundamental Rights.
Key recent case law from the European Courts
Recent developments in EU citizenship rights and the new residency directive of 2004 (in force 2006)
Accession treaties 2003 and 2005 and transitional arrangements for EU 10 workers
Company law harmonisation and its contribution to the internal market and the removal of obstacles to cross frontier activity caused by national tax rules
Harmonisation of labelling rules and the need to enforce mutual recognition through Community legislation
Regulation 1/2003, radically restructuring the enforcement of Arts 81-82
The new Community framework for state aid in the form of public service compensation
The impact of the Treaty of Nice and the Treaties of Accession
The EU's Charter of Fundamental Rights, looking at the background to the Charter's drafting and its incorporation in the new Constitutional Treaty
Policy developments such as the Commission's latest Internal Market Strategy