Presentation

Financed by the European Commission, the Academic Network of Soft Law Research (SoLaR) (https://www.solar-network.eu/home/) aims at stimulating the debate between academics and practitioners on the national role of EU soft law. SoLaR asks whether and how non-binding EU instruments are used by national administrations when implementing EU policies and by national courts when ruling in cases falling within the scope of application of EU law.This final event will present the results of the project (to be published by Bloomsbury as an edited collection in 2020), introduce the policy recommendations and discuss follow-up activities.

Working language : English

Program

Day 1, Thursday 17 October

8.15 : Registration

8.30 : Welcome to the Faculty of Law
Jean-Philippe Agresti, Dean of Faculty
Nathalie Rubio, Aix-Marseille University
Emilia Korkea-aho, University of Helsinki

9.00 : Normative Assumptions

Chair : Nathalie Rubio,Aix-Marseille University

With :
Andreas Hofmann, Freie University Berlin
Miriam Hartlapp, Freie University Berlin
Emilia Korkea-aho, University of Helsinki
Giulia Gentile, King's College London

11.00 : Coffee break

11.30 : National Chapters – Part I

Chair : Jean-Sylvestre Bergé, Nice Côte d'Azur University

Finland
Katri Havu & Emilia Korkea-aho, University of Helsinki

France
Nathalie Rubio, Aix-Marseille University

Germany
Miriam Hartlapp & Andreas Hofmann, Freie University Berlin

13.00 : Lunch

14.00 : National Chapters – Part II

Chair : Emmanuelle Mazuyer, Lyon III University

Cyprus
Napoleon Xanthoulis, Portsmouth Law School

Hungary
Petra Lancos, Pázmány Péter Catholic University

China
Francis Snyder, University of Peking and Aix-Marseille University

Italy
Jacopo Alberti, Milan University & Mariolina Eliantonio, Maastricht University

16.00 : Coffee Break

16.30 : National Chapters – Part III

Chair : Emilia Korkea-aho, University of Helsinki

Netherlands
Barbara Beijen, Nijmegen University

United Kingdom
Oana Stefan, King's College London

Spain
Luis Arroyo Jiménez, Castilla-La Mancha University

Slovenia
Katarina Vatovec, Kranj School of Law & Matej Avbelj, Graduate School of Government and European Studies

18.30 : Break

20.00 : Dinner for SoLaR members and guests

Day 2, Friday 18 October

9.00 : Evaluation

Chair : Miriam Hartlapp, Freie University Berlin

Mariolina Eliantonio, Maastricht University
Oana Stefan, King's College London
Napoleon Xanthoulis, Portsmouth Law School

Discussant : Emmanuelle Mazuyer, Lyon III University

10.30 : Coffee break

11.00 : Keynote presentation

Chair : Rostane Mehdi, Sciences Po Aix

Michal Bobek, Advocate General at the European Court of Justice

12.30 : Lunch

13.30 : Roundtable on SoLaR policy recommendations

Chair : Sir Francis Jacobs KCMG QC, President of the Centre of European Law for King's College London School of law, former Advocate General at the European Court of Justice

With :
Francis Snyder, University of Peking and Aix-Marseille University
Niilo Jääskinen, Judge at the European Court of Justice
Emilia Korkea-aho, University of Helsinki
Mariolina Eliantonio, Maastricht University
Oana Stefan,King's College London

15.45 : Closing
Emilia Korkea-aho, University of Helsinki
Nathalie Rubio, Aix-Marseille University

16.00 : End

Registration : pascal.gauttier@univ-amu.fr