European Administrative Law Conference 2007

1. Facullty of Law, Economics and Finance of the University of Luxembourg – Centre for European Law in cooperation with Kings College, Centre of European Law, London, and with support by the FNR February, 8th & 9th, 2007 Location University of Luxembourg, room 0.03, Building of Sciences, 162a, avenue de la Faïencerie, L-1511 Luxembourg Price Free of charge Registration To register, please send an email with your address (last name, first name, title, firm) to the following e-mail address fdef-colloques@uni.lu and mention the subject of the conference. European Administrative Law – The Move Towards an Integrated Administration 9:15 – 9:30 Registration of participants 9:30 – 9:45 Welcome Address and Introduction Alexander Türk and Herwig Hofmann Thursday, 8th February 2007 Session 1 Models of Cooperative Administration – Chances, Problems and Experiences 9:45 – 10:05 Speaker 1 Paul Craig, University of Oxford, Examination of shared administration, OMC, Agencies 10:05 – 10:20 Respondent Herwig Hofmann, University of Luxembourg 10:20 – 10:45Discussion 10:45 – 11:00 Coffee Break 11:00 – 11:20Speaker 2 Gernot Sydow, Universität Freiburg i. Br., Administrative Law – extraterritorial effects, administrative cooperation, and hierarchy 11:20 – 11:35 Respondent Hussein Kassim, Birckbeck College London 11:35 – 12:05Discussion 12:05 – 13:05Lunch

2. Thursday, 8th February 2007 (following) Session 2a Procedures and Structures for Cooperative Administration Comitology, Lamfalussy 13:05 – 13:25Speaker 1 Manuel Szapiro, Commission Secretariat General The 2006 comitology reform: rationale, evaluation and prospects 13:25 – 13:45Speaker 2 Christine Neuhold, University of Maastricht Taming the "Trojan Horse" of Comitology? The scrutinizing powers of the European Parliament within the field of implementation of European Law 13:45 – 14:05Respondent Philippe – Emmanuel Partsch, Arendt & Medernach, Luxembourg and Université de Liège 14:05 – 14:40Discussion 14:40 – 15:00Coffee Break Session 2b Procedures and Structures for Cooperative Administration Agencies and Networks 15:00 – 15:20Speaker 1 Michelle Everson, Birckbeck College, London, Agencies 15:20 – 15: 45 Speaker 2 Dominik Schnichels, European Commission Cooperation of Competition Agencies in the European Competition Network 15:45 – 16:05Respondent Deirdre Curtin, University of Utrecht 16:05 – 16:35Discussion 16:35 – 16:45 Break

3. Thursday, 8th February 2007 (end) Session 3aProcedural Rights and Accountability in Cooperative Administration 16:45 – 17:05Speaker 1 Carol Harlow, LSE, London « Promoting Accountability in Multi-Level Governance: A Network Approach » 17:05 – 17:25Speaker 2 Speaker Rudolphe Munoz, Université de Liège, Solvit – delegation of control functions from the Commission to the Member States? 17:25 – 17: 45 Respondent Cathryn Costello, University of Oxford 17:45 – 18:15Discussion 19:30Speakers Dinner Friday, 9th February 2007 Session 3b Procedural Rights and Accountability in Cooperative Administration (following) 9:15 – 9:35 Speaker 3 Gerard Rowe, Universität Frankfurt/Oder, Administrative Supervision of Administrative Activity 9:35 – 9:55 Discussion 9:55 – 10:15 Speaker 4 Chris Bovis, Lancashire Law School, Public Procurement’s contribution to transparency and accountability of Administrations 10:15 – 10:35 Discussion 10:35 – 11:00Coffee Break 11:00 – 11:20 Speaker 5 Takis Tridimas, Procedural Rights and General Principles 11:20 – 11:50 Respondent, Hanns-Peter Nehl, ECJ, Luxembourg 11:50 – 12:20 Discussion 12:20 – 13:30 Lunch

4. Friday, 9th February 2007 (end) Session 4 Challenges in Integrated Administration 13:30 – 13:50Speaker 1 Alexander Türk, Kings College London Judicial Review of Integrated Administration 13:50 – 14:05Respondent Jörg Gerkrath, Université du Luxembourg 14:05 – 14:25 Discussion 14:25 – 14:45Coffee Break 14:45 – 15:05Speaker 2 George Bermann, Columbia Law School, European Administrative Law: A Transatlantic Perspective 15:05 – 15:35Discussion 15:35 – 15:55Summary of the Results and Conference, Farewell to Participants 15:55 – 16:20 Discussion with speakers and respondents about publication of results