Seminar on the role of the National Judge in
relation to EU Law
organised in co-operation with the
State of Nordrhein-Westfalen
and the
Deutsch-Lettische Juristenvereinigung e.V.
JHA
Venue:
Representation of North-Rhine-Westphalia to the EU
Avenue Michel-Ange, 8
1000 Brussels, Belgium
30-31 October 2006
Chair:
Dr. Christian Burr
and Mrs. Dace Luters-Thümmel
09.00 – 09.15 Registration and Welcome
09.15 – 11.00 Overview of recent
developments in EU Law and guidance on practical issues
Gérard Berscheid
Legal Service,
European Commission
TO REFER OR NOT TO REFER?
11.00 – 13.00 Art. 234 EC Treaty -
The Preliminary Ruling Procedure
Prof. Dr. Norbert Reich
University of Tartu
13.00 – 14.00 Lunch Break
14.00 – 16.00 Art. 234 EC Treaty:
Practical exercises - cases LAVAL and Viking
Prof. Dr. Norbert Reich
University of Tartu
16.00 – 18.30 To be a Judge at the ECJ
– The Latvian experience
Dr. Egils Levits,
Judge at the
ECJ
19.00 Reception offered
by the State of North-Rhine-Westphalia and the Deutsch-Lettische
Juristenvereinigung e.V.
Chair:
Dr. Christian Burr and Mrs. Dace Luters-Thümmel
JUDICIAL COOPERATION IN CIVIL AND
CRIMINAL LAW
09.00 – 12.00 Judicial Co-operation
in Civil Law matters: a challenge for the National Judge
-
Introduction: civil law the unloved step sister?
- Legal base and horizontal problems
- What has been done:
Regulation Brussels I and II, Service of
documents, Taking of evidence, European Enforcement order for uncontested
claims, European Judicial Network
- Due to pass:
Regulation on small claims, The European Payment
Order, Regulation Rome II
- Under
discussion:
Regulation Maintenance Obligation, Regulation Rome
I and Regulation Rome III
- Future work:
Succession and
wills, enforcement
- Assessment:
Does the unloved step sister turn into a cinderella?
Klaus Meyer-Cabri van Amelrode
German Permanent Representation, Brussels
12.00 – 15.00 Visit to
the European Parliament and lunch
15.00 – 18.00 Judicial Co-operation
in Criminal Law matters: a challenge for the National Judge
(The role of
the EU and the Council of Europe; the legal nature of the instruments of the
Third Pillar (judgement Pupino case – C-105/03);overview about the various
framework decisions - European arrest warrant, trafficking in human
beings, money laundering, European evidence warrant, terrorism, data
retention, organised crime etc; EUROJUST; European National Network;
judgement of the ECJ in the case 176/03)
Mr. Stefan Brewing
Vorsitzender Richter am Landgericht Wuppertal
Mrs. Stephanie Sauer
Public prosecutor, Ministry of Justice
North-Rhine-Westphalia
12.00 – 15.00 Visit to
the European Parliament and lunch
