European Union Civil Service Law

Since 2012, EIPA’s European Centre for Judges and Lawyers (ECJL) in Luxembourg has held annual conferences on the theme ‘European Union Civil Service Law’. These events have been a great success and have established themselves as a high-level forum for discussion, attracting the enthusiasm of many participants, including judges from the General Court, legal representatives of the European institutions, university professors and lawyers specialised in this field who actively contribute to shaping debate in this area each year.

In light of this continued success, EIPA wishes to repeat the experience by organising the 16th Annual Conference, which will not only provide participants with an in-depth update on recent developments in EU Civil Service Law, but also offer a unique opportunity for exchange, reflection and thought leadership on key substantive and procedural issues. Through expert-led panels and discussions, the conference aims to foster dialogue between theory and practice and to encourage forward-looking perspectives on emerging challenges in the field. This will be an occasion to explore some of the recent developments in both substantive and procedural law.

Course methodology

Leading experts in the field (justice professionals, lawyers and legal counsellors, EU officials, etc) will analyse a series of contents proposed by the programme. Ample discussion sessions will feature in the programme to allow for questions and debate. Moreover, the social elements in the programme (meals, evening cocktail, etc) will be excellent opportunities for professional networking.

What you will learn

The programme of this year’s conference will comment and discuss, inter alia, the following topics:

• Recent developments in substantive EU civil service law
• Recent developments in procedural EU civil service law
• Misconduct of EU staff and disciplinary proceedings
• Psychological harassment: practice and recent case law

(Additional topics will be announced shortly)

The aim of the conference is twofold: first, to inform participants about recent developments in the case law of the General Court and to look in more detail at specific issues regarding civil service litigation in the EU, including those which are currently on the agenda; and secondly, to provide scope for a debate and a critical assessment of this case law among the key actors concerned, namely judges, lawyers and staff of the institutions.

• Civil servants and officials of the EU institutions;
• Bodies and agencies who are responsible for legal aspects of human resources management;
• Members of trade unions of the EU institutions;
• Lawyers specialised in EU civil service litigation;
• National experts of civil service law as well as officials of international institutes;
• Non-EU organisations responsible for human resources management.

Project number: 2650601

Course venue
DoubleTree by Hilton Brussels City
Rue Gineste 3
Brussels (BE)

Programme Organiser
Ms Elisa Dolci
Tel: +352 691 108 038
e.dolci@eipa.eu

Fee
The fee includes documentation, and refreshments. Lunches, a reception or dinner are included if mentioned in the programme. Accommodation and travel costs are at the expense of the participants or their administration.

Discounts
EIPA member fee
EIPA offers a discount to all civil servants working for one of EIPA’s supporting countries, and civil servants working for an EU institution, body or agency.

Who are the supporting countries?
Civil servants coming from the following EIPA supporting countries are entitled to get the reduced fee: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Spain, Sweden.

For all other participants, the regular fee applies.

Loyalty coupon
As a token of appreciation, we offer all our participants a 10% loyalty coupon for one of our future courses. The offer can be shared with colleagues and relevant networks. The coupon will expire one year after its release. This discount is not cumulative with other discounts, except for the EIPA member fee.

Meals
Dietary preferences can be indicated on the registration form.

Hotel reservation
DoubleTree by Hilton Brussels City
Rue Gineste 3
Brussels, B-1210, BE

A limited number of rooms have been reserved for participants at a special rate. We recommend booking your room by 18 October 2026 to ensure availability at the preferential rate. After this date, rooms will be subject to availability.

Individual pick-up via this booking link: Booking Link

Wednesday, 18/11/2026 : 5 Single Room nights at – 234.60 EUR breakfast and city tax included
Thursday, 19/11/2026 : 15 Single Room nights at – 234.60 EUR breakfast and city tax included
Friday, 20/11/2026 : 5 Single Room nights at – 184.60 EUR breakfast and city tax included

Each individual guest will be responsible to reserve and guarantee its own bedroom, and will be liable in case of cancellation, no show or early departure.

The individual cancellation deadline is 72 hours prior to arrival. Cancellations and no shows within 72 hours from arrival will be charged in full.

Confirmation
Confirmation of registration will be forwarded to participants on receipt of the completed online registration form.

Payment
Prior payment is a condition for participation.

Cancellation policy
For administrative reasons you will be charged €150 for cancellations received within 15 days before the activity begins. There is no charge for qualified substitute participants.

EIPA reserves the right to cancel the activity up to 2 weeks before the starting date. In that case, registration fees received will be fully reimbursed. EIPA accepts no responsibility for any costs incurred (travel, accommodation, etc.).

A few days before the start of the course you will receive the log-in details for accessing the course materials. You can log in here.