Institute of European Law

Integration or Disintegration?

Institute of European Law Annual Lecture 2012: 27 June 2012 (16:30-19:00). Attendance is free.

Professor Alan Dashwood (University of Cambridge) Judicial Activism and Conferred Powers - Is the Court of Justice falling into bad habits? Aston Webb WG5, followed by buffet reception. Conference on the Future of European Law & Policy: 28-29 June 2012 at the University of Birmingham

• Register for the Conference (£99 Regular / £69 academic / £39 student)

Opening session, 28 June 2012, 11:00: Surviving the Crisis: Integration or Disintegration? (Arts Building, LT7)

• Professor Martin Trybus (University of Birmingham): Opening Remarks • Professor Alan Dashwood (University of Cambridge): Keynote address • Professor Fabian Amtenbrink (Erasmus University Rotterdam): Constitutional failings of the reform of European economic governance • Dr. Fernando Losada (): Institutional experimentalism in European Monetary Union and national constitutions • Dr. Aris Georgopoulos (University of Nottingham): A letter from Greece: EU demo(i)cracy in times of technocractic challenges and fiancial crisis?

Workshop sessions, 28 June 2012, 14:00-17:30 pm and 29 June 2012 09:30 am to 13:00 Conference Dinner on the evening of 28 June. www.birmingham.ac.uk/IEL2012 Institute of European Law Birmingham Law School University of Birmingham Integration or Disintegration? 3rd Conference on European Law & Policy in Context

Wednesday 27 June 2012 (16:30-19:00) Aston Webb Building, WG5, 5 pm Institute of European Law Annual Lecture 2012 Professor Alan Dashwood (University of Cambridge) Judicial Activism and Conferred Powers – Is the Court of Justice falling into bad habits? Followed by a wine reception

28-29 June 2012 CONFERENCE PROGRAMME Thursday, 28 June 2012:

10.00 - 11.00 Registration, Foyer, Arts Building

Opening session, 28 June 2012, 11.00 am – 1.00 pm, Arts Bldg., Lecture Theatre 7: ‘Surviving the Crisis: Integration or Disintegration?’

Professor Martin Trybus (University of Birmingham): Opening Remarks Professor Alan Dashwood (University of Cambridge): Keynote address Professor Fabian Amtenbrink (Erasmus University Rotterdam): “Constitutional failings of the reform of European economic governance« Dr. Federico Losada (University of Helsinki): “Institutional experimentalism in European Monetary Union and national constitutions” Dr. Aris Georgopoulos (University of Nottingham): "A letter from Greece: EU demo(i)cracy in times of technocractic challenges and fiancial crisis?"

1.00-2.00 pm: Lunch, Arts Bldg. Senior Common Room

Thursday afternoon and Friday morning there will be parallel workshop sessions in the Arts Bldg. with the A-stream in Lecture Theatre 7, the B-stream in the Danford Room, the C-stream in the IAA Museum, the D-stream in the Rodney Hilton Library, the E-stream in Lecture Theatre 8, and the F-stream in Lecture Theatre 5

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Parallel workshop sessions:

Workshop Sessions 1: Thursday 28 June 2012 (2.00-3:30 pm)

• 1A: The Euro Zone Crisis (Lecture Theatre 7) • 1B: Who makes law in the EU? (Danford Room) • 1C: Russia and the EU (IAA Museum) • 1D: Social rights in the EU (Rodney Hilton Library) • 1E: Sustainability and human rights (Lecture Theatre 8 ) • 1F: Internal market (Lecture Theatre 5)

Tea break: 3.30 - 4.00 pm, Senior Common Room (Arts Bldg.)

Workshop Sessions 2: Thursday 28 June 2012 (4.00 - 5:30 pm)

• 2A: EU Monetary Policy (Lecture Theatre 7) • 2B: Theory (Danford Room) • 2C: Africa and the EU (IAA Museum) • 2D: Equality and non-discrimination (Rodney Hilton Library) • 2E: Competition law I (Lecture Theatre 8) • 2F: Withdrawal from the EU (Lecture Theatre 5)

Reception and Conference Dinner, 7.30 – 10.00 pm, Hornton Grange, University of Birmingham

Friday, 29 June 2012

Workshop Sessions 3: Friday 29 June 2012 (9:30-11am)

• 3A: Multi-level relations (Lecture Room 7) • 3B: Institutions and relations (Danford Room) • 3C: EU External Relations (IAA Museum) • 3D: EU Asylum and Immigration Law (Rodney Hilton Library) • 3E: Competition Law II (Lecture Room 8) • 3F: Area of Freedom Security and Justice (Lecture Room 5)

Coffee break: 11.00-11.30 am, Senior Common Room

Workshop Sessions 4: Friday 29 June 2012 (11:30am-1pm)

• 4A: Innovative thinking (Lecture Room 7) • 4B: The Court of Justice (Danford Room) • 4C: EU enlargement (IAA Museum) • 4D: Consumer protection (Rodney Hilton Library) • 4E: Social affairs and the EU (Lecture Theatre 8) • 4F: National identity and the EU (Lecture Theatre 5)

1.00-2.00 pm: Barbecue lunch in front of Birmingham Law School 2.00-3.00 pm: Campus Tour (Aston Webb Building and Barber Institute of Fine Arts)

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Parallel workshop sessions – Full programme

Workshop Sessions 1: Thursday 28 June 2012 (2.00-3:30 pm)

1A: Lecture Theatre 7 – The Euro Zone Crisis Discussant: Chris Bovis (University of Hull) Nicole Scicluna (La Trobe University Melbourne), EU constitutionalism in flux: is the Euro Zone precipitating centralisation or diffusion? Stefan Auer (La Trobe University Melbourne), Constrained democracy: is the Euro Zone Crisis turning the EU into a German Rechtstaat Writ Large? Andrew Hemming (University of Southern Queensland), The Euro Zone: too big to fail, too splintered to succeed 1B: Danford Room – Who makes law in the EU? Discussant: Tony Arnull (University of Birmingham) Luigi Corrias (Free University of Amsterdam), Populism and democracy in post-constitutional Europe Carmen Martinez (Autonomous University of Madrid), A crucial question: when a special legislative procedure (and thus a legislative act) is at stake? Adam Cygan (University of Leicester), Soft law, subsidiarity and institutional balance in the EU’s multi- level governance framework 1C: IAA Museum – Russia and the EU Discussant: Aris Georgopoulos (University of Nottingham) TBC Guillaume van der Loo (University of Ghent), Russia’s WTO membership Rilka Dragnewa Lewers (University of Manchester) & Kataryna Wolcuk (University of Birmingham), In the (growing) shadow of the Eurasian customs union or why EU’s neighbourghood policy has to be re- defined Karin Traunmüller (University of Vienna), Space cooperation between the EU and the Russian Federation 1D: Rodney Hilton Library –Social rights in the EU Discussant: Gulara Guliyeva (University of Birmingham) Ivana Palinkas (University of Tilburg), Social partners in Europe after the Treaty of Lisbon Roderic O’Gorman (Griffith College Dublin), Creating a fundamental right to a subsistence minimum under EU law Konstantina Kalogeropoulou (Kingston University), Improving supplementary (occupational) pension rights for mobile EU workers Nicole Busby & Rebecca Zahn (University of Stirling), European labour law in crisis: the demise of social rights? 1E: Lecture Theatre 8 – Sustainability and human rights Discussant: Martin Borowski (University of Birmingham) Elisa Ruozzi (University of Turin), The EU and sustainable development Hanele Isola-Miettinen (University of Helsinki), Cooperation between Council of Europe and EU in the field of human rights? Mehmet Celtik (University of Tilburg), The search for a mandatory EU eco label Jukka Viljanen (University of Tampere), The quest for a European standard Eva Barret (University of Dublin), “Facing the Heat”: Will the EU be compelled to revise her Emission Regulation Policy?

1F: Lecture Theatre 5 – Internal market Discussant: Katharina Möser (University of Birmingham) Flora Goudappel (Erasmus University Rotterdam), Trade and citizenship in EU overseas territories Natalia Woytila (), Taxation of cross-border business and the Internal Market Seyed Hamzeh Hosseini (University of Lund), Does corruption mitigate trade in the EU? Julian Lonbay (University of Birmingham), Europe’s legal professions

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Tea break: 3.30 - 4.00 pm, Senior Common Room (Arts Bldg.)

Workshop Sessions 2: Thursday 28 June 2012 (4.00 - 5:30 pm)

2A: Lecture Theatre 7 -EU Monetary Policy Discussant: Fabian Amtenbrink (Erasmus University Rotterdam) Jonathan Bishop (University of Swansea), An integration agenda for the European Union: the role of institutional and fiscal reform for solving Chris Bovis (University of Hull), The role and regulation of credit rating agencies in the EU Patrick O’Callaghan (University of Newcastle), Obstacles to the ECB acting as a lender o last resort in the government bond markets 2B: Danford Room – Theory Discussant: Martin Trybus (University of Birmingham) Delia Manzanero (Autonomous University of Madrid), The Krausist Ideal of Humanity in the process of European integration Francesco De Cecco (University of Newcastle), The subjective and the instrumental dimensions of free movement law Alina Tryfonidou (University of Reading), “Discrimination” and “Restriction” in EU Free Movement Law Sonia Morano Fuadi (Oxford Brookes University), Towards a New Legal Pluralism Theory 2C: IAA Museum – Africa and the EU Discussant: Alexander Orakhelashvili (University of Birmingham) Melanie Reid (Lincoln Memorial University), Is West Africa becoming the EU’s Mexico: a perspective on illicit drug trafficking Gloria Okemuo (University of Birmingham), Neither integration nor disintegration: an insight into the legal flexibility of the CSDP in Sub-Saharan Africa Andrea Spagnolo (University of Milan), The EU naval operation Atalanta: finding Europe an easier path to better integration? 2D: Rodney Hilton Library – Equality and non-discrimination Discussant: Evelyn Ellis (University of Birmingham) Justyna Maliszewska-Nienartowicz (Nicolas Copernicus University of Torún), Tackling multiple discrimination Sara Benedi (University of Leicester), Access to remedies to fight racial discrimination at national level Tahwida Ahmed (University of Reading), The EU, Diversity and Minority Rights: Reflections Post- Lisbon Gulara Guliyeva (University of Birmingham), Religious dress 2E: Lecture Theatre 8 – Competition law I Discussant: Luca Rubini (University of Birmingham) Oles Andriychuk (University of Stirling), A theoretical insight on the structure of Article 101 TFEU Victoria Daskalova (University of Tilburg), EU competition law: old goals, new goals Conor Talbot (European University Institute), The role and influence of European competition law in the restructuring of crisis industries: lessons from the global airline industry 2F: Lecture Theatre 5 – Withdrawal from the EU Discussant: Adam Cygan (University of Leicester) Lena Boucon (European University Institute Florence), The incorporation of retained powers of Member States into the European legal order and its implications for European integration Ozlem Sefer (University of Ankara), How would the right of withdrawal from the European Union affect the Union and the Member States? Clemens Rieder (University of Reading), Withdrawal in the light of EU citizenship: integration through disintegration Adam Lazowski (University of Westminster), Withdrawal from the European Union and Alternatives to Membership

Reception and Conference Dinner, 7.30 – 10.00 pm, Hornton Grange, University of Birmingham

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Friday, 29 June 2012 Workshop Sessions 3: Friday 29 June 2012 (9:30-11am)

3A: Lecture Room 7 – Multi-level relations Discussant: Tony Arnull (University of Birmingham) Kathryn Wright (University of York), The European Commission in national courts Dorota Leczykiewicz (), The ‘disintegration’ of remedies and procedures in EU law Tobias Lock (University of Surrey), Member States liability Agata Capik () & Martin Petschko (University of Luxembourg), Supremacy up- to-date: is the hierarchy of norms outdated by the way of judicial dialogue? 3B: Danford Room – Institutions and relations Discussant: Martin Trybus (University of Birmingham) Hans Merket (University of Ghent), Unravelling the principles of loyalty and consistency: the role of the Court of Justice in ensuring the unity of the EU’s international representation Davor Jančić (University of Utrecht), A new kind of diplomacy? Integrating the European Parliament in global decision making Veronika Fikfak (University of Oxford), Does the integration of European legal order promise the disintegration of the international? EU courts as actors in the international legal order 3C: IAA Museum – EU External Relations Discussant: Rilka Dragnewa Lewers (University of Manchester) Luke Butler (University of Birmingham), A bridge across the Atlantic Chiara Sisler (University of Milan), The requirement of unity in the international representation of the EU: recent developments in the context of mixed agreements Teodora Delsivkova (Neofit Rilski Southwestern University Blagoevgrad), Improving EU legal capacity for the development policy: new targets and prospects of change Mery Ciacci (European University Institute Florence), The new EU economic external strategy and its likely impacts on third countries 3D: Rodney Hilton Library – EU Asylum and Immigration Law Discussant: Helena Raulus (Erasmus University Rotterdam) Marie-Laure Basilien-Gainche (University Sorbonne Nouvelle Paris 3), Disintegrative integration Lisa Avalos (Georgetown University), Female genital mutilation in Europe and Great Britain Gorkem Atsungur (Yeditepe University Istanbul), Ne bis in idem 3E: Lecture Room 8 - Competition Law II Discussant: Luca Rubini (University of Birmingham) Catalin Rusu (University of Nijmegen), EU merger control Katarzyna Guziak ( of Krakow), International investment arbitration in the EU after the Lisbon Treaty Valerie Demedts (University of Ghent), Diversification in international competition law enforcement: for better or worse? 3F –Lecture Room 5 – Area of Freedom Security and Justice Discussant: Flora Goudappel (Erasmus University Rotterdam) Roberta Munigianou (University of Copenhagen), EU Operational Cooperation: towards a common policy on external border controls? Maribel Gonzalez-Pascual (University Pompea Fabra ), Three ways to cope with potential clash between fundamental rights and EAW Esther Herlin-Karnell (Free University of Amsterdam), Limits to mutual recognition in the AFSJ Helena Raulus (Erasmus University Rotterdam), Unravelling of mutual trust and mutual recognition in the Area of Freedom, Security and Justice? Stoyan Panov (University of Birmingham), A borderless European judicial space where Europe arrests

Coffee break: 11.00-11.30 am, Senior Common Room

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Workshop Sessions 4: Friday 29 June 2012 (11:30am-1pm)

4A: Lecture Room 7 – Innovative thinking Discussant: Jean McHale (University of Birmingham) Maria K. Sheppard (University of London), The definition of the healthcare basket Katharina Möser (University of Birmingham), The European fresh-start policy and its implementation in the United Kingdom Yasin Kerem Gumus (Sakarya University Istanbul), EU Blue Card Scheme: the right step in the right direction? Andrea Faeh (University of Copenhagen), Is further market harmonisation a universal cure to foster innovation in the Union? 4B: Danford Room – The Court of Justice Discussant: Dorota Leczykiewicz (University of Oxford) Constantinos Kombos (University of Cyprus), Judicial activism and the ECJ: still related?” Ian Kilbey (De Montfort University Leicester), Infringement Ryan Murphy (Aston University), Judicial law-making gives way to ‘legislative adjudicating Pieter van Cleynenbreugel (University of Leuven), The confusing constitutional status of positive procedural obligations in EU law 4C: IAA Museum – EU enlargement Discussant: Kataryna Wolcuk (University of Birmingham) Szylvia Varadi (University of Szeged), The enlargement of the European Union: a never ending story? Dewi Williams (Staffordshire University), The expansion of the EU and Euroslavia Keith Puttick (Staffordshire University), Croatia’s accession to the EU, European social solidarity and the threat to free movement from labour market protection and integration barriers 4D: Rodney Hilton Library – Consumer protection Discussant: Jules Lonbay (University of Birmingham) Janja Hojnik (University of Maribor), Boosting consumer ethnocentrism in the EU Zofia Bednarz (University of Malaga), The future of European consumer law: the new Consumer Rights Directive Peter Orji (University of Reading), Solving the myth of jurisdiction in the virtual world – European lesson in the integration of a disintegrating trend 4E: Lecture Theatre 8 – Social affairs and the EU Discussant: Marianne Wade (University of Birmingham) Amedeo Arena (University of Naples), Services of general interest as a shared competence: the role of Union pre-emption Javier Porras Belara (University CEU San Pablo Madrid), A new normative framework for SGEIs Clemens Kaupa (University of Vienna), Judicial reconstruction of democratic choice in European economic law 4F: Lecture Theatre 5 – National identity and the EU Discussant: Martin Trybus (University of Birmingham) Darinka Piqani (University of Leiden), The emphasis on national identities in European constitutionalism: towards disintegration? Theodore Konstadinides (University of Surrey), Reconciling constitutional identity with the obligations of EU Membership Carina Alcoberro Llivina ( University Barcelona), What kind of (constitutional) provisions fall under the new national identity clause

1.00-2.00 pm: Barbecue lunch in front of Birmingham Law School

2.00-3.00 pm: Campus Tour (Aston Webb Building and Barber Institute of Fine Arts)

END OF CONFERENCE

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