EU Structural Funds
Do you know all you need to know about EU Cohesion and the new Structural
Funds Regulations and what the final changes are, compared to the 2014-2020
period? Do you know what new Programmes look like? How have they selected
priorities and planned finances? What flexibilities and simplifications do
they have? And how will they measure performance and impact?
This online seminar will address these questions and examine the new
2021-2027 regulations. We will refer to the EC templates that need to be
used for the funds management. In addition, we will discuss what are the
latest EC emergency proposals for EU Cohesion funding adjustments, through
CRII and REACT-EU, in response to the Ukrainian crisis.
Introduction to EU Law The Role of the National Judge in the European Judicial Space. The Judiciary and the Enforcement of EU Law
The EU is a legal order based upon the core principles of the rule of law
and the respect of EU legality. In order to uphold these principles, the EU
has established an effective system of judicial protection, whose actors
are the Court of Justice of the EU (CJEU) and national courts and
tribunals. The seminar will describe the role and competences of the CJEU,
and the type actions which can be brought before it. Moreover, this seminar
will also study in detail the duties and prerogatives corresponding to
national courts and tribunals in the enforcement of EU legality.
Consequently, participants will learn the allocation of jurisdictional
competences between the national courts and the CJEU, and understand which
are those cases where national courts are solely competent. The seminar
will also guide participants through the EU legal system presenting the
various EU legal instruments and explaining their respective legal force
and their practical consequences in their application and interpretation by
national judges. It will also comment on a number of EU legal principles
which need to be taken into account by these magistrates in their judicial
adjudication: primacy, direct effect and state liability. The seminar will
conclude with an analysis and commentary of the main mechanism of
cooperation between national judges and the CJEU, the reference for a
preliminary ruling procedure.
The Essential Data Protection Course (2022)
The Fundamentals of EU Merger Control
Merger control is one of the core tenets of ensuring a level playing field
on the internal market. Merger control can help to prevent the
concentration of power of a small number of companies on the internal
market. Moreover, mergers can also have far-reaching impacts on wider
society (for example, the acquisition of Instagram and WhatsApp by
Facebook).
The merger control regime in the EU is dictated largely by EU Merger
Regulation No 139/2004 (“EUMR”). In this seminar, you will become
familiarised with the provisions of the EUMR and learn about the various
steps carried out by the EU Commission in the merger process, including:
• How the EU determines whether a merger falls within its jurisdiction;
• How the EU conducts its initial assessment of a merger under Phase 1
and the subsequent Phase 2 process;
• What types of remedies can be offered by a company where the merger
raises competition concerns;
• How a decision by the European Commission on a merger can be appealed
before the Court of Justice; and
• The penalties risked if a company breaches a provision of the EUMR.
The seminar will close out with insights on the latest developments in the
EU merger regime, and what potential reforms are proposed for the regime
(including the impact of the DMA and the FDI Regulation).