Bibliographie sélective OHADA

LL.M. (Commercial Law) <br>The Constitution of the Republic of South Africa is the supreme law in the land. Thus, all law is subject to the Constitution and this inevitably includes the law of contract. The South African law of contract has been inherited from common law, namely Roman–Dutch law and has been applicable in South Africa to date. The Constitution states that the common law should be developed when it is not in line with the provisions of the Constitution. The values underpinning the Constitution are human dignity equality and freedom and these values must therefore be reflected in contractual relations. The common law principle of pacta sunt servanda, which means that agreements must be kept, at times this principle yields unjust and unreasonable results. The strict adherence to pacta sunt servanda has led to difficulties. The unenforceability of these contract terms has been shown in reported case law to stem from standard term contracts, unequal bargaining power and from persons who contract out of necessity. This dissertation concludes that South African law of contract and the current legal treatment of balancing contract law with constitutional values is unsatisfactory. The Bill on the Control of Unreasonableness, Unconscionableness, or Oppressiveness in Contracts or Terms which was tabled in 1998 should be revised and legislated, so as to regulate contracts and infuse the law of contract with the constitutional values of human dignity, equality and freedom.

L’Economie Sociale et Solidaire (ESS) est une nouvelle économie née des inégalités qu’ont connues les sociétés prolétaires mais qui de nos jours demeure une alternative pour lutter contre les conséquences désastreuses de l’économie capitalistique et de la mondialisation. Son principe de base étant de placer l’Homme au cœur de ses diverses activités et organisations, lui permet ainsi de promouvoir la solidarité, une gestion participative, etc. Cependant, elle doit faire face à des problèmes et surtout de financement. C’est dans ce contexte que nous nous interrogeons sur une question de grande actualité aussi en Afrique Sub-saharienne (AfSS) et particulièrement au Congo Brazzaville et au Sénégal à savoir : les mécanismes de financement de l’économie social et solidaire. L’objectif pour nous, est d’étudier les éléments qui forment, cadrent et financent l’ESS en AfSS et particulièrement au Congo-Brazzaville et au Sénégal et de vérifier si les dispositifs existants répondent-ils aux valeurs et principes de l’ESS t-elle que connu aujourd’hui dans le monde. De ce fait, et à partir de nos recherches, nous orientons notre travail sur : le Cadre théorique de cette ESS et ses pratiques en AfSS ; son cadre juridique et dynamique et enfin son rôle et système de financement dans l’activité économique au Congo-Brazzaville et au Sénégal. Ce qui nous a permis d’ailleurs de comprendre que l’ESS est un concept ancien dont les valeurs et pratiques ont toujours existés en AfSS. Qu’elle repose sur des dispositifs juridiques et des réseaux de promotion. Et que malgré quelques insuffisances notoires, les dispositifs financiers mis en place dans ces deux pays en particulier ont permis le développement et la modernisation des pratiques et organisations de l’ESS

A governança global é um fenômeno relativamente novo na ordem internacional. A responsabilidade social corporativa surge como um mecanismo da governança global no que tange à responsabilização das sociedades que assumem atribuição cada vez mais relevante diante do mundo globalizado. Os danos ambientais comumente são fruto da ausência de instrumentos efetivos de responsabilidade. O descarte de resíduos sólidos nos oceanos há tempos vem acontecendo e prejudica o meio ambiente marinho vinculado às águas brasileiras. A comunidade internacional enfrenta o descarte de resíduos em águas internacionais basicamente por meio da elaboração de uma legislação que objetiva regulamentar o despejo de resíduos nos oceanos. Assim, cabe investigar se há uma efetiva resposta ao enfrentamento do problema em termos da logística jurídica atualmente utilizada e sua fiscalização pela comunidade internacional. Parte-se da hipótese de que os instrumentos legais em vigor não se apresentam como uma solução estanque ao problema ante a argumentação da soberania dos Estados que leva a não observância das normas internacionais e a não responsabilização dos infratores. Um mecanismo mais eficaz em termos de regulamentação e de fiscalização, aliado à conscientização e educação ambiental são exigências que se fazem necessárias para combater os efeitos dessa prática que ecoa um dano permanente ao meio ambiente marinho. A metodologia utilizada neste trabalho dar-se-á através da análise teórica sobre o fenômeno a partir de doutrina selecionada que trata das construções conceituais que abordam o tema.

Many contemporary private and public enterprises have been hit by scandals and underperformance which have been linked to organizational leadership. This study therefore sought to establish the impact of leadership styles on organizational performance. Leadership and organizational performance crises that have rocked institutions such as Eskom, the South African Broadcasting Corporation and the South African Airways, Steinhoff, Enron and others necessitated the study. The study focused on MBA year three students (class of 2017) at the University of KwaZulu-Natal. The assumption has been that since these are masters’ students, they have once been exposed to various leadership styles, some of them are leaders, all have studied leadership styles and therefore likely to understand how these styles impact on organizational performance. This is a quantitative study. The total population was 140 students of which a total of 100 were targeted. Simple random sampling was used. Most of the participants revealed that there is a significant link between leadership styles and organizational performance. They unanimously agreed that there is definitely a noteworthy relationship between leadership styles and the organizational performance. The respondents also revealed that transformational leadership style is the most complimentary leadership style to organizational performance followed by strategic and open leadership styles respectively. Participants agreed that toxic leadership style and autocratic leadership style are undermining the organizational performance. It is therefore recommended that organizations ensure continuous checks on leadership in order to ensure that available leadership can assist in the realization of organizational goals. In addition, it is also recommended for organizations to assess the "type" of a leader in terms of leadership styles before he/she is promoted to take leadership roles in the organization in order to make proper placements. This will allow the organization to assess whether that type of a leader is suitable for the organization. Future research is needed on how models can be developed on how to make proper placements to leadership levels/roles. Research should also focus on how leadership styles dovetail with other organizational efforts that are meant to boost organizational performance.

Şirketler Topluluğunda Hakimiyetin Hukuka Aykırı Kullanılması başlıklı çalışmamız ile 6102 sayılı TTK ile ilk defa pozitif düzenlemeye kavuşturulan şirketler topluluğu sorumluluk hukuku incelenmiştir. Kanun koyucu TTK m. 202 hükmü ile alelade hakimiyet bakımından, TTK m. 203 vd. hükümleri ile de tam hakimiyet bakımından hakimiyetin hukuka aykırı kullanılması ve sonuçlarını düzenlemiştir. TTK'nın şirketler topluluğuna ilişkin hükümlerinin önemli bir kısmı AktG sistematiği örnek alınarak oluşturulmuştur. Bu doğrultuda şirketler topluluğuna ilişkin TTK sistematiği incelenirken Alman doktrinine de sıklıkla başvurulmuştur. Çalışmamız kapsamında TTK m. 195 hükmünde düzenlenen kontrol araçları ve hakimiyet kavramı; yönlendirme, talimat ve yapısal karar alınması yoluyla hakimiyetin hukuka aykırı kullanılması; kayıp-denkleştirme sistemi; hakimiyetin hukuka aykırı kullanılmasından kaynaklanan sorumluluk, unsurları ve öngörülen talep hakları ayrıntılı olarak incelenmiştir. The new Turkish Commercial Code (TCC) Nr. 6102 has introduced the notion of "groups of companies" to the Turkish Commercial Law; hereby the "groups of companies" concept was spelled out for the first time in Turkish law. This thesis examines corporate group law in Turkey and demonstrates the intragroup responsibility regime in comparison with the German system. TCC Art. 202 foresee the consequences of unlawful exercise of control in basic dominance/control. Whereas TCC Art. 203-206 regulate the responsibility regime regarding the unlawful exercise of control with regards to full-control. Turkish corporate group law has been enacted under the big influence of the German AktG-System. Although our thesis focuses on the analysis regarding corporate group provisions of the TCC, the research on German law also covers a significant part of our thesis. This thesis examines in detail the control instruments stipulated in TCC Art. 195, the concept of control, the unlawful exercise of control by means of TCC Art. 202/1, TCC Art. 203 and TCC Art. 202/2, the concept of disadvantage and adjustment, the different liability regimes with regards to the category of the unlawful exercise of control and the rights of action.

The primary contribution of the thesis is a theory enhancing the legal understanding of the phenomenon of virtual property, encompassing presentation of data and a new conceptual framework to interpret it. The author argues that the normative debates concerning the phenomenon have underestimated the importance of understanding and conceptualizing it first, and aims at amending this gap. The ‘virtual property phenomenon’ refers to the users of internet platforms and online computer games ‘possessing’ virtual items – digital objects that exist within these services – and getting into economic and social relations concerning these items, with other users, service providers and third parties. These relations are regulated by different types of service-specific rules – contractual and the ‘code’ – created unilaterally by the service providers, who additionally retain the ability to interpret and enforce them, using ‘digital force’, i.e. by modifying and deleting virtual items, and blocking users’ accounts. The primary challenge stems not from the fact that the phenomenon is not regulated, but from the fact that lawyers lack words – terms and concepts – to even conduct a meaningful debate about it, or how to respond to it. The thesis consists of six chapters. Firstly, the author describes the phenomenon and analyzes the theoretical and regulatory legal challenges posed by its emergence. Secondly, he critically assesses the state of the art. Thirdly, a methodology to address these challenges is proposed, which can also be used in other research projects concerning law and technology. Fourthly, the author explains how the process of digitalization has fundamentally challenged the assumptions that private law held about the structure of reality, and proposes new doctrinal tools to conceptualize it. Fifthly, the author presents a legally useful concept of virtual items, and argues that granting users property rights over them might not be the optimal means of realizing the property goals. Finally, the author proposes a normative solution, a correction of private law, responding to the new type of inequality in relations, namely a user protection law.

This dissertation examines the phenomenon of book digitization and the legal challenges for the creation of digital libraries. It explores whether the current copyright framework supports libraries in the digital era as they strive to remain the institutional guardians of our literary treasures. The thesis hypothesis is that the current framework is unsuccessful or inadequate in supporting libraries. To test this hypothesis and identify the legal inefficacies the dissertation examines context, i.e. the history and rationale for applying copyright rules to books and libraries, the copyright rules as applied to libraries before and after digitization was possible, various digitization projects and the practical challenges that digitization brought about, and, the relevant litigation which has started on both sides of the Atlantic covering over a decade now. Furthermore, the thesis explores normative directions of copyright rules, including their exceptions, applicable to libraries in the digital era. It ultimately proposes that among various players claiming this role, libraries, given their institutional functions and capabilities, should be attributed rights to digitization and a favorable legal framework for providing access to digital material.

The ability of an organization to adjust its operation in light of the evolving changes in their operating environment determines the sustainability of the business unit in both the short and long term. The objective of the study was to determine the response strategies adopted by Kenyan commercial banks in response to the interest capping laws. A descriptive cross-sectional design was used. The population of the study was 42 commercial banks operating in Kenya. Primary data was collected using a questionnaire that was both closed and open ended. Data was analysed using the descriptive statistics. The study found that banks have employed adaptation strategies through working with other partners in the banking sector to leverage their synergy and concentrate on areas that enhance competitive advantage. The research findings also reinforced the need for the banks to work together as a sector and attempt and change the laws that inhibit their operations through lobby groups in parliament and other forums. The study also show that there exists a link between firms‟ strategic activities and their strategic responses and therefore, bank managers should diversify their product range especially to the youth who are apt in using the mobile technology to access services and improve the bank level of efficiency and effectiveness in their operations. The study recommends that the commercial banks ought to conform to the regulations to attract customers while the Central Bank as a regulator should likewise be sensitive to the operating environment and should be flexible in setting the rules in order to attract investment and support the growth in the banking industry. The Interest capping law is still at its infancy stage in Kenya and thus there is room for further research as the full impact of the law is realized in the long term.

The thesis entitled "Consumer arbitration in South Africa and its effect on the consumer‘s right to redress and enforcement" notes with concern the outdated and inadequate nature of the Arbitration law currently applied in South Africa. The fact that the Act was enacted in 1965 and has never been amended highlights the desperate need to review the prevailing arbitration law with a view to aligning it with the current needs of the business world. The thesis addresses the concern that consumers are not adequately protected by the current arbitration law and thus substantially develops the discourse on the topic of arbitration in situations of unequal bargaining power. It raises three primary research questions in this context. The first question reads thus, if private arbitration is properly conducted should it still provide the parties with the envisaged benefits? Secondly, is private arbitration constitutional, especially as it impacts upon consumers‘ contracting with large corporations? Thirdly, is the private arbitration process as it is currently applied, constitutional as far as it denies parties an appeal on merits against an award that is clearly wrong? The thesis attempts to answer these questions and offer recommendations for the South African Law Reform Commission (SALRC) within the specific context of commercial arbitration. In addressing these research questions, the thesis incorporates a brief overview followed by a detailed discussion of the Arbitration law framework in South Africa and abroad. The discussion of arbitration abroad is done in order to identify best practices, which could be adapted to suit the South African environment. International Arbitration law receives attention and a few observations regarding how selected foreign jurisdictions treat arbitration. Finally, the thesis explores the possibility of establishing an independent institution that will be fully equipped to handle arbitration proceedings from inception to completion.

This thesis examines the jurisprudence of the World Trade Organization (WTO) Panels and Appellate Body (AB) and investment tribunals on non-discrimination clauses contained in the WTO agreements and investment agreements respectively. The thesis puts forward an alternative conceptual perspective through which the interpretation of non-discrimination provisions in international economic law could be analysed. It is argued that nondiscrimination obligations (as every legal rule to a greater or lesser extent) are inherently indeterminate. This is a fortiori the case in regard to non-discrimination provisions due to their link to the concept of equality. The concept of equality is open-ended and value-laden: its content depends on the prioritisation of different values. Thus, equality in the economic sphere can accommodate different conceptions which reflect different ideological approaches in relation to regulation, economic development and the proper role of the State in the economy. International courts and tribunals enjoy broad discretion in selecting which conception of equality to adopt when interpreting non-discrimination clauses. This indeterminacy is a positive characteristic of international economic regimes. Both the WTO and the investment arbitration regime are equipped with institutional characteristics which enable the contestation of different ideological approaches and promote pluralism. In the WTO context, this role is fulfilled by the institutional structure of the organization which facilitates the dialogue between the WTO members and the WTO Dispute Settlement System. In the realm of international investment arbitration, the mechanism of party-appointed arbitrators, despite its shortcomings which can be addressed, ensures value pluralism.

The focus of this study is the protection of creditors’ rights in South Africa’s statutory business rescue regime provided for in Chapter 6 of the Companies Act 71 of 2008. In this analysis, three issues in particular are addressed in depth. The first is the creditors` power to initiate the business rescue process. The second is the position of creditors between the commencement and the termination of the business rescue process. The third issue is to suggest (on the basis of experience drawn from reported case law and academic criticism of the current business rescue statutory provisions) an improved model that will more effectively safeguard creditors’ rights in South Africa’s business rescue regime. In exploring these issues, I give a critical review of pertinent literature. With respect to the first issue, I conclude that the legislative provisions granting creditors the right to seek a court order initiating the business rescue process are open to criticism. By contrast, a resolution of the board of directors for the commencement of business rescue is a simpler route. With regard to the second issue I conclude that the company’s creditors have considerable influence in the business rescue process. Overall, the current statutory business rescue regime is intended to give a voice to all major stakeholders in the company’s continued solvent existence. In the event of certain irresoluble disputes in the course of that process, the judiciary has the final say. A substantial number of judicial decisions have provided interpretations of the statutory provisions, and the trend has been to try to restore financial ailing companies to solvency and viability where there is a reasonable prospect for success in this regard. In my conclusion, I propose a legislative model that seeks to strike an optimum balance between the competing and sometimes conflicting interests of the various interested parties and I suggest reforms directed at enhancing the protection of creditors’ rights. This thesis takes account of South African legislation and legislative amendments as at 31 December 2016 and of decisions of the South African courts up to and including those handed down during April 2017 and reported in the saflii on-line law reports. Since a substantial part of this thesis was written from outside South Africa, the author relied heavily on the safllii data base of judgments of the South African courts, rather than on hard copy law reports which take time to reach their destination by post.

Please refer to full text to view abstract. <br>LL.M. (International Commercial Law)

Proteção internacional do consumidor turista. Primeiramente, são apresentados elementos para demonstrar a relevância e a contextualização do tema. Em seguida, são apresentados alguns conceitos importantes para delimitar o tema, seguido de uma descrição sobre o comportamento e as expectativas do consumidor turista. Na segunda parte, são apresentados os diferentes meios de tutela internacional do consumidor turista, começando pelas organizações internacional, passando pelos blocos regionais e concluindo com os desenvolvimentos nacionais. Na terceira parte, trata-se da governança global em prol da proteção internacional do consumidor. Começase pela governança local e a cooperação jurídica internacional; em seguida, é trabalhada a governança regional e a cooperação jurídica internacional, concluindo com a governança global e a cooperação jurídica internacional. Como conclusão, defende-se a inserção de proposta da regra mais favorável ao consumidor em casos internacionais na atualização do Código de Defesa do Consumidor; no âmbito regional, há uma demanda por aprimoramento e estruturação da tutela do consumidor turista internacional; Por fim, conclui-se da necessidade de uma proteção do consumidor turista internacional de forma mais difusa, por meio de uma convenção da Conferência de Haia sobre o Direito Internacional Privado - HCCH.

Healthcare markets have started being created in Europe. Indeed, some European countries, such as the UK and the Netherlands, have started adopting the choice and competition model for healthcare delivery. Taking as a starting point that as health systems in Europe move towards market driven healthcare delivery, the application of competition law in these systems will increase, the goal of this doctoral thesis is (a) to identify some of the competition problems that may be raised in light of the reality that especially in hospital and medical markets the pursuit of competition and the pursuit of essential dimensions of healthcare quality may inevitably clash (b) to demonstrate that competition authorities would be unable to address some of these competition problems if they did not pose and address a fundamental question first: how should we define and assess quality in healthcare? How should we take healthcare quality into account in the context of a competition analysis? In delving into these questions, this doctoral thesis explores how the notion of healthcare quality is defined from antitrust, health policy and medicine perspectives and identifies three different models under which competition authorities may actually assess how a specific anticompetitive agreement or hospital merger may impact on healthcare quality. These are: (a) the US market approach under which competition authorities may define quality in healthcare strictly as choice, variety, competition and innovation (b) the European approach under which competition authorities may extend the notion of consumer welfare in healthcare so that it encompasses not only the notions of efficiency, choice and innovation, but also the wider objectives and values European health systems in fact pursue (c) the UK model under which competition authorities may cooperate with health authorities when they assess the impact of a specific transaction on healthcare quality. The thesis identifies the main merits and shortcomings of these models and emphasizes that what is crucial for the adoption of a holistic approach to healthcare quality is not only the model under which healthcare quality is actually integrated into a competition analysis but also competition authorities’ commitment to protect all dimensions of this notion.

Pay sahipleri genel kurula katılma maliyetlerinin fazla gelmesi, buna ayıracak zamanlarının olmaması veya sağlık sorunları gibi sebeplerle dolayı genel kurula katılmak istemeyebilir. Bunun sonucunda pay sahiplerinin şirketin işleyişine ve genel kurul kararlarına etki etme olasılıkları zayıfladığından; genel kurullarda, etkin ve iyi organize olmuş pay sahipleri gerçekte çoğunluk olmasalar da istedikleri kararların alınmasını sağlayabilmektedirler. Bu durum genel kurulda güç boşluğu sorununun doğmasına neden olmaktadır. Bu kapsamda anonim şirket genel kurulunda pay sahibinin temsilinin bu konudaki sorunları giderme de önemli bir rolü vardır. İşte tezimizin konusu, TTK ve SerPK çerçevesinde anonim şirket genel kurulunda pay sahibinin temsilidir. Bilindiği üzere 6102 sayılı TTK bir bütün olarak 01.07.2012 tarihinde yürürlüğe girmiş ve böylece elli yılı aşkın bir süredir uygulanan 6762 sayılı eTTK'yı yürürlükten kaldırmıştır. Yine 6362 sayılı SerPK 30.12.2012 tarihinde yürürlüğe girerek 2499 sayılı SerPK'yı yürürlükten kaldırmıştır. Bu yeni kanunlarda tez konumuzla ilgili olarak bir dizi değişiklikler yapılmış ve yenilikler getirilmiştir. Tez konusunun seçilmesindeki amaç, pay sahibinin temsiliyle ilgili olarak TTK ve SerPK mevzuatlarında getirilen yeni düzenlemelerin Yargıtay kararları, öğretideki görüşler ve mukayeseli hukuk ışığında değerlendirerek olası problemler karşısında çözüm önerileri getirip Türk Hukukuna katkı sağlamaktır. Bu tez çalışmasının ortaya konulması sırasında özellikle konuya kaynaklık eden İsviçre Hukuku ve literatüründen faydalanılmıştır. Konu, Türk Hukuku bakımından incelenirken İsviçre Hukukundan farklılıkları ve benzerlikleri ortaya konulmaya çalışılmıştır. Bunun dışında konumuzla ilgili olarak Alman, Amerikan, İngiliz ve Avrupa Birliği Hukuklarından da yararlanılmıştır. Yapılan değerlendirmeler sonucunda birçok sonuçlar elde edilmiştir. Ancak özellikle şunu belirtmeliyiz ki; halka açık anonim ortaklıklar düşünülerek getirilen TTK m. 428'de ifade edilen toplu temsilciler ile ilgili düzenleme, SerPK m. 30/4'te ve SPK II-30.1 sayılı Tebliğ m. 5/3 düzenlemeleri sebebiyle uygulanmayacaktır. Üstelik bu hükümler nedeniyle Türk Ticaret Kanunu ile Bazı Kanun ve Kanun Hükmünde Kararnamelerde Değişiklik Yapılmasına Dair Kanun Tasarısı Taslağı m. 12'de TTK m. 428, 430 ve 431 hükümlerinin yürürlükten kaldırılması öngörülmektedir. Getiriliş amacı geniş kitlelerin temsilini sağlamak olan bu hükümleri yürürlükten kaldırmak yerine, SerpK'nın ilgili hükümleri ile gerekli koordinasyon sağlanarak, bunların tüm ortaklıklar yönünden uygulanmasının yolu açılmalıdır. Anahtar Kelimeler: Anonim Ortaklık; Genel Kurul; Pay Sahibi; Temsil. Shareholders may refrain to join general assembly meetings due to the reasons like participation costs, lack of time and health issues. Since the possibility of the shareholders to have an impact on the functioning of the company and its general assembly gets weakened as a result of non-attendance, active and well-organized shareholder groups-despite the fact that they do not constitute the majority of the shareholders- may achieve their desired general assembly decisions. This particular issue causes an occurrence of a power gap in general assemblies. In this context, representation of the shareholders in the general assembly of the joint stock companies plays a role of utmost importance in eradicating such problems. Hence, the topic of my thesis is the representation of the shareholders in the general assembly of the joint stock companies within the legal framework of Turkish Commercial Code and Turkish Capital Market Code. As known, Turkish Commercial Code No. 6102 came into force in 01.07.2012, repealing former Turkish Commercial Code No. 6762 which was in force for more than fifty years. Also, Turkish Capital Market Code no. 6362 came into force in 30.12.2012, repealing former Turkish Capital Market Code no. 2449. There has been a series of amendments performed on those two codes concerning my thesis topic. My main goal on choosing this topic is to contribute to Turkish Law through assessing those amendments in the light of supreme court orders, scientific opinions and comparative law and to provide solutions to the existing and prospective problems. In preparation of this work, apart from Turkish Law, Swiss Law is highly referenced as it constitutes the main source of the issue. Therefore, while assessing the point, similarities and differences between Turkish and Swiss law is asserted. Besides, German Law, European Union Law, American Law and English law are also referenced for the sake of the proper assessment of the topic. As a consequence of made analyzes, a lot of conclusions are drawn. However, it is to be pointed out particularly that the regulations in Turkish Commercial Code No. 6102 article 428 which were provided considering open joint stock companies will not be applied because of Turkish Capital Market Code No. 2449 article 30/4 and the regulation of Turkish Capital Market Board no. II-30.1 article 5/3. Moreover, because of those provisions, repealing of the articles no. 428,430,431 of Turkish Commercial Code no. 6102 is at stake. Instead of repealing those provisions of Turkish Commercial Code no. 6102 -which aim at representation in a broader sense- establishing the coordination between those provision and related Turkish Capital Market Code provisions and enabling the application of those provisions on all sort of companies must be done. Keywords: Joint Stock Company, General Assembly, Shareholder, Representation

L’affrètement est un élément incontournable du droit maritime. L’outil que représente le contrat d’affrètement, bien que légalement encadrée, a été notamment forgé et standardisé par les professionnels qui ont su tirer pleinement profit de la liberté contractuelle qu’offrait ce mode d’exploitation. C’est grâce à cette liberté accordé aux parties que l’affrètement a été choisi pour exploiter les navires de grande plaisance. Cependant, malgré que le régime d’affrètement soit adapté à ce type de navigation, la prestation découlant de la mise à disposition d’un yacht doit faire face à de nombreux enjeux fiscaux, juridiques et sociaux qui obligent l’industrie si particulière du yachting à réagir en conséquence et se tourner vers d’autres mode d’exploitation tel que le contrat de croisière.

The picture presented and often referred to in EU internal market law and legal scholarship is clear. Within the internal market private actors are the recipients of rights and public authorities are constrained in their (regulatory) powers. The notion of this new individualism is bound up with capacities, powers, and resources that empower private actors to engage in the internal market and cross-border situations; ultimately serving the objectives the internal market seeks to attain. Yet, within thinew individualism a conceptually different class of private actors has emerged that is constrained in economic freedoms, i.e. through obligations, rather than being empowered in the context of the internal market. This thesis will enquire the reasons that led to the development of this counter-culture. Why did it emerge? To what extent does this phenomenon affect the roles of private actors in the internal market? I will demonstrate that under the counter-culture private actors are responsibilized and transformed into ‘competent authorities’, i.e. alternative forms of regulatory authority, in the internal market. Private actors are placed into systems of shared responsibilities the relationships of which are coordinated by EU internal market law. In this regard, the concept of responsibility will serve as a tool to bridge the gap between the new positions EU internal market law allocates to private actors and the emerging legal consequences, i.e. allocation of obligations or tasks. The legal contexts of EU free movement law, EU discrimination law, EU food safety law and EU data protection law will serve as case studies against which the construed conceptual framework will be tested. Under the counter-culture the new individualism is no longer only about the exercise of self-interests. Rather, this form of the new individualism comes with a requirement to give account to the interests of other actors within the internal market.