Současná Evropa 2015, 2015(2):94-104

Jeden test nestačí - Střet základních ekonomických svobod a základních lidských práv v judikatuře Evropského soudního dvora

Pavlína Hubková

Základní ekonomické svobody tvoří pilíř evropské integrace a evropské právo jim poskytuje velmi širokou ochranu. Současná EU však zároveň zdůrazňuje respektování humanity a základních lidských práv. Problém nastává, pokud se ekonomické svobody dostanou do konfliktu s lidskými právy. Evropský soudní dvůr tento konflikt řeší různými způsoby. Na základě rozboru techniky argumentace v určitých typech sporů lze dojít k závěru, že přístup Evropského soudního dvora (ESD) je nekonzistentní. Zároveň ale není možné ESD nutit, aby používal pouze jeden standardizovaný způsob řešení konfliktu. Podle toho, jaké je výchozí nastavení vztahu mezi soupeřícími hodnotami, je třeba vybrat adekvátní test, který bude toto nastavení reflektovat.

Keywords: základní ekonomické svobody, základní lidská práva, Evropský soudní dvůr, judikatura, argumentace, test proporcionality

Conflicts of the Fundamental Economic Freedoms and Fundamental Human Rights in the Case-Law of the European Court of Justice

Fundamental economic freedoms are the pillars of European integration and are under EU law's protection. However, the European Union currently focuses also on the concepts of respect to humanity and fundamental human rights. A problem may arise when economic freedoms conflict with human rights. The European Court of Justice (ECJ) resolves such conflicts by diverging methods. An analysis of the methods of reasoning shows that the approach of the ECJ is inconsistent. At the same time, it is not possible to insist on the ECJ to use only one standardised method for resolving conflicts. According to the initial setting of the relation between the conflicting values, it is necessary to choose an adequate test which will reflect that initial setting.

Keywords: fundamental economic freedoms, fundamental human rights, European Court of Justice, case-law, reasoning, proportionality test

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