EIPA Luxembourg - Open Activities

During this annual event, we will be reviewing and commenting on a number of key judicial decisions issues by the Court of Justice of the European Unio (CJEU) during the past 12 months. These judicial decisions offer a first interpretation on certain EU legal instruments, give a new meaning to existing legal rules, or they adapt or re-examine past jurisprudence. The program of this special 30th Anniversary Edition will feature a number of key decisions in the field of the Rule of Law and the independence of the judiciary (the conditionality regulation), the configuration of the EU legal system, EU procedural law, EU citizenship (and the consequences of Brexit) and fundamental EU law principles (state liability and the principle of _ne bis in idem_). It will also present an analysis of major recent judgements on substantive EU law matters such as free movement of persons (children of same sex couples), EU competition policy (dominant position and exclusionary practices), data protection and digital governance and EU consumer protection laws. The program will be completed with a discussion of the Court’s most recent rulings in the various facets of the area of freedom of security and justice: immigration (detention cases), and judicial cooperation in civil matters (concept of habitual residence). Moreover, the recent case-law on  the review of legality EU external sanctions will be analysed.  Finally, as a particular feature of this 30th anniversary edition, the conference will offer the occasion to ponder on the evolution of the caselaw of the Court in four particular sessions dealing respectively with the judicial enforcement of EU law over Member States, competition, the European Arrest Warrant and free movement of persons. 

The official website of the European Union (www.europa.eu) is the biggest digital portal on the net. It is also the point of entry to an immense plethora of digital resources for professionals working with the EU, economic operators who want to pursue business in the EU, citizens and consumers living and working in the EU and academics and scholars researching about the EU. Moreover, a countless number of other websites (either free or commercial) have flourished over the years augmenting even more the information offer ready to be accessed. This hands-on, practical and interactive online course has as an aim to provide its audience with a chart on the most useful and practical EU information resources, and demonstrate to them which tools to use to quickly obtain official documents, publications, statistics, open data and legal information about EU, how to intervene in EU consultations and express and voice interests in the making of EU legislation and how  to find about funding opportunities provided by the EU and apply to projects and public contracts.

Based on a summary of what are the legal instruments adopted by the EU and what needs to be done when implementing EU legal acts at the national level, this course will provide practical experiences on how to plan, organise and ensure timely and correct implementation of EU law at the national level. It will also provide an overview of various policies and initiatives by the European Commission and EU Agencies aiming to support the Member States in their endeavours. As regards the latter, the course will illustrate the link between the European Commission’s Better Regulation agenda with practical initiatives by the European Commission and EU Agencies such as support with implementation plans, guidance documents, toolboxes, training and exchanges of good practices in practice groups of national officials. Also, an example of operational support offered to Member States lacking resources to deal with extraordinary workloads will be shared. Finally, we will share with you various tools being developed in various Member States in their implementation efforts in the future such as digital and AI tools aiding the translation of EU legal acts, planning the transposition of EU legal acts, drafting national legal acts and managing stakeholder consultations. This course is developed and delivered with the support of LuxDev and the Luxembourg Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs.

The course addresses two complementary areas of EU law. Firstly, it explains the policy considerations and legal concepts related to asylum law as developed in the EU’s Common European Asylum System (CEAS). Secondly, the course addresses other aspects of the European Union’s Area of Freedom, Security and Justice relevant for understanding EU migration law in the broader sense. (Schengen, human smuggling, regular migration of third country nationals). The training will explain the challenges of policy formulation and regulation of asylum matters, and it is within this context that the course will address the EU’s difficulties in responding to the large-scale movements of 2015-2016, as well as the EU’s approach to tackling the recent Ukrainian ‘refugee crisis’. A look at the New Pact on Migration and Asylum will reveal if it can serve as a new start. The much broader questions about the EU’s future, identity and responsibility will also be addressed.

This highly practical course will provide with a sophisticated understanding of the procedures of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU). Knowledge on the CJEU’s practices and case law is quintessential to successfully litigate before the Court. Through practical examples and case-law discussions you will learn the insights of the actions to be entertained before the Court of Justice of the European Union. Enhance your knowledge on the CJEU, the procedures before the CJEU, its internal rules, language regime, handling of documents, appeals and interim measures!