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This collection of articles covers the European market and its legal dimensions. This book focuses on whether it is possible to find practical, as well as theoretical, evidence for the existence of a single market in Europe, and examines what its practical meaning is for the member states and their trading partners. The authors and editors agree that the European single market exists not just in theory or in EC legislation but that it has a genuine meaning for the day-to-day activities of European citizens at work in a variety of economic and business sectors. Besides this business perspective on the single market the authors have broadened their scope and considered developments outside the limited EC context, such as the GATT negotiations and the issue of Swiss "money laundering", which have an impact on the functioning of the European Community. Topics covered in this text include the EEA, competition law, merger control, supervision of banking services, money laundering, public procurement, environmental legislation, conflict solution in multi-lateral free trade arrangements, and the legal framework for suing in Europe.