Program

Annual Conference - Friday 15 and Saturday 16 September 2006

Friday 15 September 2006

9.00: EUFJE Board Meeting

9.15: Registration

10.00: Welcome
- Dr. Pekka Hallberg, President, Supreme Administrative Court (pdf, 26 KB)
- Ms. Leena Luhtanen, Minister of Justice

10.30: Outline of the Conference Programme: Dr. Kari Kuusiniemi, Justice, Supreme Administrative Court

10.35: Global Judges Programme – Application of Environmental Law by National Courts and Tribunals: Dr. Iwona Rummel-Bulska, Principal Legal Officer and Chief, Environmental Law Branch, UNEP

10.50: General Assembly of EUFJE and Preview of the EUFJE Programme for 2006-2007: Lord Robert Reed, President of EUFJE

11.20: Tea & Coffee

11.50: Legal Analysis of Art. 6 of the Habitats Directive: Dr. Nicolas de Sadeleer, Professor, Université Catholique de Louvain (pdf, 231 KB)

12.30: Discussion

12.45: Lunch

Afternoon session: Legal Impacts of Natura 2000 Sites on Environmental Licensing Issues

Chair: Dr. Erkki J. Hollo, Professor, University of Helsinki

14.15: Key Note Address
The ECJ and Nature Protection: Dr. Allan Rosas, Justice, European Court of Justice (pdf, 62 KB)

15.00: Enforcement of EC Nature Protection Law: Ms. Marie-Claude Blin, Deputy Head of Unit ENV.B.2, European Commission, DG Environment

15.30: Significance of Natura 2000 Network for the Protection of Biological Diversity and Threats of the Future Developments: Dr. Heikki Toivonen, Professor, Finnish Environment Institute (pdf, 14 KB)

16.00: Tea & Coffee

16.15: Implementation of Natura 2000 Protection, Problems Faced by the National Courts: Dr. Pekka Vihervuori, Justice, Supreme Administrative Court (pdf, 33 KB)

16.45: Open discussion

17.00: End of session

19.00: Dinner, Government Banquet Hall

Speech of Welcome: Dr. Kirsti Rissanen, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Justice (pdf, 18 KB)

Saturday 16 September 2006

9.00: Address: Mr. Jan-Erik Enestam, Minister of the Environment (pdf, 16 KB)

9.15: Natura 2000 and Environmental Licensing in Member States: Problems and Casestudies

Chair: Professor Luc Lavrysen, Justice, Arbitration Court of Belgium
Presentations by selected judges and general discussion
- Justice Ulf Bjällås (SWE)
- Justice Thijs Drupsteen (NED)

10.30: Tea & Coffee

10.45: Presentations continue

11.45: Closing comments

12.00: Lunch

13.30: Departure to Nuuksio Natura 2000 site (bus from Hotel Vaakuna)

18.00: Dinner at Nuuksio

19.45: Bus transport back to the hotel leaves