Program
Annual Conference - 18 and 19 October 2010
EUFJE BRUSSELS CONFERENCE 2010 – THE ENFORCEMENT OF EUROPEAN BIODIVERSITY LAW AT NATIONAL LEVEL
Egmont Palace, Brussels
Provisional program
Monday, 18 October
9: 00 Board Meeting
9: 30 Registration of participants
10: 00 Welcoming – Luc LAVRYSEN, President EUFJE
10: 05 Opening address: Federal Minister for Climate & Energy or DG Roland MOREAU - European Environmental Policy under the Belgian Presidency
10:30 General Assembly
First session – Enforcement of European Law
11:00 CJEU Judge Koen LENAERTS – The general enforcement obligation of European (environmental) law (art. 4 TEU) – Case law of the Court
11:30 Coffee
11:45 Roel MEEUS (Ghent University) – Specific enforcement obligations in Environmental Directives
12:15 Carole BILLIET (Ghent University/ Flemish Environmental Enforcement Court) – Specific enforcement obligations in Environmental Regulations
12:45 Discussion
13:00 Lunch
Second session – European Biodiversity Law
14:15 Linda NYLUND (DG Environment EC) – Interpretation and application of art. 6.4 Habitats Directive – The New Interpretation Guidelines
14:45 Nicolas DE SADELEER (UCL) - European Biodiversity Law – Protection of Habitats
15:15 Charles-Hubert BORN (UCL) - European Biodiversity Law – Protection of Species
15:45 Discussion
16: 00 Coffee
Third session – Discussion on national reports
16:15 – 17:15 First item
19:00 Diner: Le Cloître au Cinquantenaire
Tuesday, 19 October
Fourth session – Discussion on national reports (continued)
9:00 - 10:30 Second item
10:30 - 11:00 Coffee
11:00 – 12:00 Third item
12:00 – 12:30 Conclusion and end of judges conference
12: 30 Lunch
Extraordinary session - Meeting with environmental prosecutors
13:30 Registration of public prosecutors
14.00 - 14.30 Julio GARCIA BURGUES (DG Environment – EC) – The implementation, application and enforcement of European Environmental Law – A Commission Perspective
14.30 - 15.00 Representative of UNEP – The UNEP Global Inititiative on Public Prosecutors and Environmental Law
15.00 – 15.30 Prof. Dr. Ludwig KRÄMER, The criminal enforcement of European Environmental Law
15:30 – 16.00 Coffee
16.00 – 17.30 Presentation of national experiences of public prosecutors specialised in environmental criminal law
Chair: Eric Staudt (Belgium)
- Mr. Gustaaf A. Biezeveld (The Netherlands)
- Mr. Antonio Vercher Noguera (Spain)
- Ms. Bonomi Nóra Katalin (Hungary)
- Mr. Wouter Haelewyn (Belgium)
- Mr. Jonathan Robinson (UK)
17:30 Closing adress: Federal Minister for Climate & Energy or DG Roland MOREAU
18:00 Reception at Constitutional Court