Lecture
Speaker
Dr. Luigi Malferrari, LL.M. (Harvard)
Date
30.05.2017 18:00 - 20:00
Content
The Treaties of Rome and the EEA Agreement have created a common market in which the free movement of persons, services, goods and capital within thirty-one European countries is ensured. The current economic operator - whether she is a service provider, a producer of goods or an investor - increasingly needs to be protected from the state as public authority. At the same time, it must be possible for the state to pursue legitimate general interests and thus fulfil its social function. It is often difficult to provide an equilibrium between these opposing concerns. How complete and effective is the protection of investments against the state in accordance with the EU or EEA fundamental freedoms, sixty years after the Treaties of Rome and twenty-five years after the EEA Agreement? What does the general legal principle of legal certainty mean in this context? And what are the implications of the European Fundamental Rights? These questions will be closely examined in the light of the recent case-law of the ECJ and the EFTA Court.
Dr. Luigi Malferrari is a member of the Legal Service of the European Commission in Brussels; he works mainly in areas of free movement of capital, freedom of establishment and free movement of services. Since 2004 he has been teaching EU law and fundamental freedoms at the Robert Schuman University in Strasburg and since 2013 at the EBS in Wiesbaden. He used to be a legal administrator at the ECJ and prior to that he worked as a lawyer in an international law firm.
Target Audience
Lawyers, trustees, financial auditors, employees working in the legal departments of administrative bodies and in the financial centre, and any other people interested in current case law.
Information Contact
lic. iur. Frédérique Lambrecht, LL.M.
Univ.-Prof. Dr. Francesco A. Schurr
Costs
210 Swiss francs per person incl. materials, a certificate of participation and an aperitif.
Deadline
May 19, 2017
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