Presentation
While the most recent research on the legal history of the European Union has established that the European Court of Justice (ECJ) has played a critical role in the functioning of European institutions, other legal actors have also played important roles, exerting a decisive influence on the ECJ and on legislators. This, for instance, was the case with the legal services of institutions such as the Commission, the Council of Ministers and the European Parliament, decisively influencing the negotiation of various European treaties and the resolution of legal controversies – especially concerning institutional competencies, which was ultimately resolved through bilateral meetings between these legal services, and by the ECJ.
Hosted at the Max Planck Institute for European Legal History (Frankfurt am Main), this conference will bring together scholars and former members of these institutions' legal services. They will present the historical trajectories of the legal services via key figures, the doctrinal developments achieved by each institution, and their cooperation with academics and legal practitioners. Contributions will reflect on how each of these legal services has influenced the general development of EU law as a constitutional practice, their implications for the process of European integration and its institutional evolution.
Program
Tuesday, 18 June 2019
(MPIeR Room Z01)
09:00 : Arrival and Registration
09:30 : Welcome
Stefan Vogenauer and Sigfrido Ramírez Pérez (MPIeR)
10:00 : Coffee
Panel I - The Legal Service of the European Commission (Part 1)
Chair : Wilma Viscardini Donà, University of Padova
10:30 : Michel Gaudet and his doctrine on EU law in the Legal Service of the European Commission in the 1960s
Morten Rasmussen, Copenhagen University
11:00 : The Legal Service under Claus-Dieter Ehlermann : building an 'esprit de corps' and paving the way for community law
Sigfrido Ramírez Pérez, MPIeR
11:30 : The changes in the Legal Service from the Delors Commission to the fall of the Santer Commission : Coping with Treaty reforms
Karin Van Leeuwen, University of Maastricht
12:00 : Comments and debate
Julio Baquero Cruz, Legal Service of the European Commission
12:30 : Lunch
Panel II - The Legal Service of the European Commission (Part 2)
Chair : Alessandra Donati, Max Planck Luxemburg
13:30 : Première Dame : Wilma Viscardini Donà, Legal Adviser of the European Commission
Alessandro Rosanò, University of Turin
14:00 : The contribution of the European Commission's Legal Service to the “problematisation” of public economy in the Common Market: An illustration from Bastiaan van der Esch's case
Mélanie Vay, CESSP, Université Paris I - Panthéon Sorbonne
14:30 : The role of the Legal Service of the European Commission in dialoguing with the UN International Law Commission
Teresa Cabrita, Amsterdam Center for European Law and Governance
15:00 : Comments and debate
Anna Katharina Mangold, University of Flensburg
15:30 : Coffee
Panel III - The Legal Service of the Council of Ministers
Chair : Vera Fritz, University of Luxemburg
16:00 : Les légistes de la Communauté européenne : les directeurs du Service juridique et l'influence du Conseil d'Etat
Michel Mangenot, Director of the Institute of European Studies, University Paris VIII
16:30 : The role of the Legal Service during Treaty reforms
Giorgio Maganza, Former Director for Institutional Affairs of the Council of the European Union
17:00 : The external representation of the EU in multilateral fora
Gilles Marhic, Legal Affairs Division at the European External Action Service
17:30 : Comments and debate
Agustín Menéndez, UAM, ARENA Centre Oslo
18:00 : End
Wednesday, 19 June 2019
(European Central Bank)
09:00 : Arrival and Registration
09:30 : Presentation
Sigfrido Ramírez Pérez (MPIeR) on The future development of the Research Field of the Legal History of the European Union at the Max Planck Institute
10:00 : Coffee
Panel IV - The Legal Service of the European Parliament
Chair : Mechthild Roos, University of Augsburg
10:30 : The Legal Service of the European Parliament in the historiography of the European Parliament
Etienne Deschamps, Research Service of the European Parliament
11:00 : The origins of the Legal Service of the European Parliament : A legal perspective
Fernanda Nicola, American University
and Antonio Caiola, Legal Service of the European Parliament
11:30 : Building a role for the Jurisconsult and the Legal Service
Gregorio Garzón Clariana, Former Jurisconsult of the European Parliament
12:00 : Comments and debate
Christian Pennera, Former Head of the Legal Service of the European Parliament
12:30 : Lunch
Round Table - In the shadow of law : The politics of legal expertise in EU policy making
Moderator : Laura Di Gregorio, Editor of “This Century's Review: Journal for rational legal debate”
13:30 : Presentation and Discussion
by Päivi Leino-Sandberg, University of Helsinki
With : Claus-Dieter Ehlermann, Former Director General of the Legal Service of the European Commission
Gert-Jan Van Hegelsom, Head of Legal Affairs Division of the European External Action Service
and Christian Pennera, Former Jurisconsult of the European Parliament
15:30 : Conclusion
by Stefan Vogenauer and Sigfrido Ramírez Pérez (MPIeR)
16:00 : End
Registration : https://www.rg.mpg.de/1666785/r_registration-form_ext-Gaeste.pdf
Organised by Stefan Vogenauer et Sigfrido Ramirez Perez, Max Planck Institute for European Legal History