Understanding the EU Reform Treaty - Major Conference 8 February

In 2008 the Centre of European Law’s traditional Annual European Law Conference will focus entirely on the EU Reform Treaty. Entitled ‘Understanding the EU Reform Treaty’ the conference will explore the key reforms which the new Treaty seeks to introduce, and will assess what those reforms may mean for the development of EU law and the European Union as a whole. It will also examine the consequences of the Treaty for the UK. Though taking a legal perspective, it will also aim to be informative for a wider, non-lawyer public.

from the European Court of Justice will chair the afternoon session.

Judge CWA Timmermans

MORNING SESSIONS
Professor Marise Cremona, European University Institute, Florence
The New Treaty Structure of the EUDr Andreas Maurer, Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik, Berlin, and national expert, European Parliament
The European Council, the Council and the Commission: A New Institutional Balance?

Richard Corbett (MEP)
The Evolving Roles of the European Parliament and National ParliamentsProfessor Sir Francis G Jacobs KCMG QC, King's College London
Reforms in the Jurisdiction of the Court of Justice

AFTERNOON SESSIONS
Jonathan Faull, Director General, European Commission
The Reform of Criminal and Police Cooperation

Professor Pieter-Jan Kuijper (University of Amsterdam)
External Relations and Foreign and Security Policy

Thomas Deisenhofer, DG COMP, European Commission
Competition Policy and Services of General Economic Interest

David Anderson QC, Brick Court Chambers, Visiting Professor King's College London
Fundamental Rights: The Charter and Accession to the ECHR