ERA - Upcoming Conferences (March 2010)

ACADÉMIE DE DROIT EUROPÉEN - ACADEMY OF EUROPEAN LAW - EUROPÄISCHE RECHTSAKADEMIE - ACCADEMIA DI DIRITTO EUROPEO (ERA):

-European Contract Law. EU Consumer Law Revision and the CFR - Towards an Optional Instrument? (Trier, 18 March 2010 – 19 March 2010): The final version of the Draft Common Frame of Reference (DCFR) was published in October 2009. At present, the European Commission is carrying out a selection process to determine which parts of the academic DCFR will be included in the final CFR.
The conference will discuss content and perspectives of a future ‘political’ CFR. One of the main purposes of the CFR is to provide a set of principles, definitions and model rules which could be used as a ‘toolbox’ for better European lawmaking.
Substantive reforms in the consumer protection field are currently on the agenda. The conference will ask whether and how the development of the CFR and the ongoing revision of EU consumer law (e.g. Consumer Rights Directive, Package Travel Directive) could be synchronised and connected.
Furthermore, it will highlight whether the CFR can serve as an ‘optional instrument’. In its resolution on the Stockholm Programme of 25 November 2009, the European Parliament emphasised ”that the political CFR should result in an optional and directly applicable instrument enabling parties to a contract, inter alia companies and consumers, freely to choose European Contract Law as the law governing their transaction.” Against this background, participants will discuss the contents as well as the pros and cons of an optional instrument.
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Conference programme [here]

-Annual Conference on European Company Law 2010. Corporate governance & compliance, European company (SE), European private company (SPE), transfer of seat (Trier, 22 March 2010 – 23 March 2010): The objective of this conference is to meet the requirements of company law specialists to stay informed on the latest developments in legislation, jurisprudence and best practice in this field.
Key topics include:

• the most recent European Commission initiatives in company law;
• corporate governance and compliance in the current economic context;
• a review of the experience with the European Company (SE);
• the state of play of the European Private Company (SPE) statute;
• the consequences of the Cartesio ruling (C-210/06) as the latest episode in the Centros-Überseering saga;
• an overview of the EU company law tools available for a transfer of seat.

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Conference programme [here]

-The State of Play in Implementation of the Services Directive. Main legal and practical implications (Brussels, 22 March 2010 – 23 March 2010): The conference will provide an overview of the state of play in the implementation of the Services Directive and the legal and practical challenges, in particular:

• the direct effect of some important key provisions;
• how to set up the system of mutual assistance and administrative cooperation among member states, provided for in Articles 28-36 of the Directive;
• the exact role of the so-called "Points of Single Contact", destined to become the single interlocutors through which service providers can easily obtain all relevant information and complete all necessary procedures;
• the mutual evaluation process under Article 39 of the Directive as a tool for assessing the effectiveness of the application of the requirements of the Directive in all Member States;
• the rights of the recipients of services and the related obligations for the undertakings acting as providers, according to Articles 19-21 of the Directive.

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Conference programme [here]

-Annual Conference on EU Labour Law 2010. Recent developments in legislation and jurisprudence (Trier, 25 March 2010 – 26 March 2010: The objective of this annual conference is to meet the requirements of lawyers specialised
in employment and labour law to keep themselves informed about the latest developments in legislation, jurisprudence and best practice in this field.
Key topics to be addressed include:

• Recent developments on information and consultation rights of employees
• Recent case-law from the Court of Justice of the European Union
• Reconciliation of professional and family life
• The European Globalisation Adjustment Fund
• Posting of workers "post-Laval"
• Recent case law from the European Court of Human Rights on trade union rights
• The Lisbon Treaty and Social Europe

More information: Academy of European Law (ERA)
Conference programme [here]