Seminar n° 2 – Louvain-la-Neuve: What are the Boundaries between Internal Market and European PIL and Among PIL Instruments?

05 juin 2014

06 juin 2014

Louvain-la-Neuve

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Seminar n° 2 – Louvain-la-Neuve: What are the Boundaries between Internal Market and European PIL and Among PIL Instruments?
5-6 June 2014

 Coordination:
Jean-Sylvestre BERGÉ (Université Jean Moulin Lyon 3)
Stéphanie FRANCQ (Université catholique de Louvain)
Miguel GARDEÑES SANTIAGO (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona)

A demonstration of the existence of European private international law is no longer necessary. However, the question of the place of European private international law in a more globalised legal order, i.e. the difficult but crucial theme of reconciling European private international law to the legal frameworks that preceded it at a national, international and European level, has been largely neglected to date.

The aim of this research program is to remedy this situation by holding discussions in different locations in Europe (Lyon – Barcelona – Louvain), bringing together European specialists in European or private international law and doctoral or post-doctoral students.

For this second seminar, which took place in Louvain-la-Neuve (following the very successful Barcelona seminar, held in March), two main themes were tackled:

 

  1. Reconciling European private international law with other fields of European law, namely the internal market (free circulation and harmonisation of private national legislations) and other aspects of the area of freedom security and justice (immigration and cooperation in criminal matters);
  2. Reconciling the various European instruments of private international law.

 

Thursday, 5 June

pm 04

Inaugural Session
14.30 - 15.00: Inauguration of the seminar and welcome address by Paul Nihoul, Dean of the Faculty and the President of the Research Institute. Welcome address by the organisers.

15.00 - 16.15: Opening session, chaired by Marc Fallon, Professor at the UCL, Dean of the Law School

Speakers:
Veerle Van Den Eeckhout, Professor, University of Antwerp
The Instrumentalisation of Private International Law by the European Institutions: quo vadis? Rethinking the ‘Neutrality’ of Private International law in an Era of Europeanisation of Private International law and Globalisation
Marion Ho-Dac, Lecturer, University of Valenciennes
Adapting European Private International Law to the Demands of the Internal Market

15.50 - 16.15 Discussion

First workshop: Reconciling European Private International Law with other European Law Aspects of EU Substantive Law: Internal Market and other Aspects of the Areas of Freedom Security and Justice

16.45 - 18.15: First session of the first workshop

Speakers:
Ulgješa Grušić, Doctor, Lecturer in Law, University of Nottingham
The Principle of Effectiveness in EU law and Private International Law: The Case of Transnational Employment in the English Courts
Fieke Van Overbeeke, Doctoral candidate, University of Antwerp
The Lost Social Dimension of the EU: A Private International Law Perspective of Labor in International Road Transport
Alexandre Defossez, Doctor, teaching and research assistant at the University of Liège
The Posting of Workers Directive: Erase or Rewind?

Friday, 6 June
9.00 - 10.30: Second session of the first workshop

Speakers:
Blandine de Clavière Bonamour (Lecturer, University Lyon 3) and
Bianca Pascale (Doctoral Candidate, University Lyon 3)
The Scope of European Consumer Law (Substantive and Private International Law Aspects)
Lydia Beil, Doctoral Candidate, University of Freiburg
Reconciling Private International Law with European Consumer Law: Where to start consumer protection in the context of E-Commerce?
Laura Liubertate, Doctor, Lecturer Vilnius University
The Impact of Primary Law of the European Union on the Bilateral Conflict Rules of the Member States

 

 Second workshop: Reconciling the Various European Instruments of Private International Law

11.00 - 12.30: First session of the second workshop

Speakers:
Farouk Bellil, Doctoral candidate, University of Rouen
Articulating the Various PIL Instruments Applying in the Field of Insolvency
Eleonore De Duve, Doctoral candidate and
Anna Katharina Raffelsieper, Research Fellow, Max Planck Institute for International, European and Regulatory Procedure (Luxembourg)
The Debtor’s Protection in European Civil Procedures: Reviewing the Review
Libor Havelka, Doctoral Candidate, Masaryk University
Moving Back and Forth, On the Relationship between the Brussels I Regulation and International and National Law

14.30 - 16.00: Second session of the second workshop

Speakers:
Cécile Pellegrini, Post-Doctoral Researcher, University of Luxembourg
Current State of the European and American Exorbitant Grounds of Jurisdiction
Maria Aranzazu Gandia Sellens, Doctoral Candidate, University of Valencia
The Relationship between the Brussels I Regulation Recast and the Agreement on a Unified Patent Court, Specially Focusing on Patent Infringement: When Reality Exceeds Fiction
Pablo Quinzá Redondo, Doctoral candidate, University of Valencia
The Coordination of Jurisdiction and Applicable Law in Related Proceedings: The Interaction between the Proposal on Matrimonial Property Regimes and the Regulations on Divorce and Succession.

16.30 - 17.30: Third session of the second workshop

Speakers:
Ioannis Somarakis, Doctoral Candidate, University of Athens, The Scope of Application of the Method of Recognition for Foreign Situations in European Private International Law
Amélie Panet, Doctor, Research and Teaching Assistant University Lyon 3, The Recognition of Situations of Personal Status Created in Third Countries

17.30 - 18.00: Closing of the seminar

 

With the participation of:
APERS Elsemiek, Phd Candidate, Universiteit Leuven; ARENAS GARCIA Rafael, Catedrático of Private International Law, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona; BEIL Lydia, Doctorante, Université de Fribourg; BELLIL Farouk, Doctorant, Université de Rouen; BERGE Jean-Sylvestre, Professeur, Université Lyon 3; BERTE Sara, Phd Candidate, Universiteit Leuven; BOMHOFF Jacco, Associate Professor, London School of Economics; CARLIER Jean-Yves, Professeur, Université catholique de Louvain; DE CLAVIERE Blandine, MCF, Université Lyon 3; DE DUVE Eléonore, Research Fellow, Institut Max Planck; DECHAMPS Marie, Assistante, Université catholique de Louvain; FALLON Marc, Doyen Faculté de droit, Université Catholique de Louvain; FRANCQ Stéphanie, Professeur, Université Catholique de Louvain; GANDIA SELLENS Maria, Doctorante, Universitat de València; GARDENES SANTIAGO Miguel, Professeur, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona; GERVASONI Véronique, Ingénieur d'études, Université Lyon 3; GRUSIC Ugljesa, Docteur, University of Nottingham; HARDY Bruno, Assistant, Université catholique de Louvain; HAVELKA Libor, Doctorant, Masarykova Univerzita; HEYMANN Jérémy, Associate Professor, Université Paris 1 Sorbonne; HO-DAC Marion, MCF, Université de Valenciennes et du Hainaut-Cambrésis; KRUGER Thalia, Professeur, Universiteit Antwerpen; LAAZOUZI Malik, Professeur, Université Lyon 3; LENZING Katja, DG Coopération en matière civile, katja.lenzing@ec.europa.eu; LIUBERTAITE Laura, Lecturer, Vilniaus Universitetas; MARY Julie, Assistante, Université Catholique de Louvain; MEEUSEN Johan, Vice Rector, Universiteit Antwerpen; NIHOUL Paul, Président Institut JUR-I, Université catholique de Louvain; NOURISSAT Cyril, Professeur, Université Lyon 3; PANET Amélie, Docteur, Université Lyon 3; PASCALE Bianca, doctorante, Université Lyon 3; PELLEGRINI Cécile, Post-doctorante, Université de Luxembourg; QUINZÀ REDONDO Pablo, Doctorante, Universitat de València; RAFFELSIEPER Katharina, PhD candidate, Institut Max Planck; RASS-MASSON Lukas, Juriste, Conférence de La Haye; SOMARAKIS Yannis, Doctorant, Université d'Athènes; VAN DEN EECKHOUT Veerle, Professeur, Universiteiten Antwerpen en Leiden; VAN OVERBEEKE Fieke, Doctorante, Research and teaching assistant; VILA COSTA Blanca, Catedrática of Private International Law, UAB; WAUTHELET Patrick, Professeur, Université de Liège.