ELGU & the University of Oslo co-organized an International Conference open to the public on EU’s Trade and Investment Agreements: Constitutional and substantive issues on 4-5 May, 2018 at the EPLO premises in Plaka and Sounion.
- The working language of the conference is English.
- No transfer to/from the conference venues is provided by the organizers.
- Participation certificates will be given at the end of each conference day.
Please find hereafter the program announced
Friday 4 May, 16.00-20.00
Venue: EPLO Athens Premises, European Public Law Organization, Poikilis and Dioskouron 2 St., Athens GR-10555
Welcome and introduction 16.15-16.30
Vassilis Hatzopoulos, Provost at the European Law and Governance University & Professor at Panteion University, Athens and College of Europe, Bruges
Session I: 16.30–18.00 Constitutional issues
Chair: Professor Vassilis Hatzopoulos
- Professor Takis Tridimas, King’s College, University of London
Trends in the Treaty making powers of the EU
- Professor Inge Govaere, Ghent University and College of Europe, Bruges
On imperfect conferral and mixity in relation to EU free trade agreements
- Hannes Lenk, PhD candidate, University of Gothenburg
The EU principle of non-discrimination as a constitutional limit for EU investment agreements
Q+A
Coffee Break
Session II: 18.30–20.00.Autonomy of the EU legal order
Chair: Professor Inge Govaere
- Professor Panos Koutrakos, City University London
EU autonomy and international investment law
- Cristina Contartese, Lecturer PhD, European Law & Governance School, Athens
Intra-EU BITs and their compatibility with EU law
- Professor Mads Andenæs, University of Oslo
BITs between EU Members States after the judgment in Achmea – a comment on C. Contartese
Q+A
Saturday 5 May, 10.00-13.00,
Venue: EPLO Sounion premises, 64th km Athens-Sounion Avenue GR 19500
Session III: Substantive issues
Single session – Round table
Chair and discussant: Professor Christophe Hillion, University of Oslo and Leiden University
- Anastasios Gourgourinis, Lecturer PhD, Athens Public International Law Research Center
The Right to Regulate in EU Ιnvestment Treaties
- Professor Fabienne Peraldi Leneuf, University of Paris I
Mutual recognition of technical standards in European FTAs
- Kornilia Pipidi-Kalogirou, PhD student, Speyer University, Germany
Regulatory cooperation in the new EU FTAs and the quest of legitimacy
- Professor Ivar Alvik, University of Oslo
The problem of foreign privilege
- Professor Tarjei Bekkedal, University of Oslo
Investment protection and equality before the law
- Luca Pantaleo, Lecturer PhD, De Haagse Hogeschool
Dispute settlement in EU investment Treaties
- Szilárd Gáspár-Szilágyi, Postdoctoral Researcher PhD, PluriCourts, University of Oslo
Should the Proposal for a Multilateral Investment Court co-opt national courts?
