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What is this online course about?
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 attracted the enthusiasm of many participants, including judges from the European Union Civil Service Tribunal (now defunct) and General Court, legal representatives of the European institutions, university professors and lawyers specialised in this field. In light of this, EIPA wishes to repeat the experience by organising the 9th Annual Conference. This will be an occasion to explore some of the recent developments in both substantive and procedural law.
Target group
The conference is geared towards civil servants and officials of the EU institutions 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, non-EU organisations who are responsible for staff matters.
Objective
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.
Methodology
In addition to traditional presentations, this year’s conference will focus on discussions between the experts and participants.
Experts
Julian Currall, Barrister, Alber & Geiger, Brussels, former Principal Legal Adviser – Legal Service and Director of the ECS Team, European Commission, Brussels
Anna Duron, Avocat at the Paris Bar, Ashurst, Brussels
Laure Levi, Avocat at the Brussels Bar, Lallemand Legros & Joyn, scientific associate at the Institute of European Studies of the University of Brussels
Thomas Livolsi, Lawyer linguist at the French language translation unit of the Court of Justice of the European Union, Luxembourg
Emmanuel Maurage, Head of Administration, European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE), Lithuania
Laurence Potvin Solis, Professor, Faculty of Law at the University of Caen, France
Philippe Singer, Avocat at the Strasbourg and Luxembourg Bars, Honorary Director at the European Court of Justice, chief editor of JurisNews European Civil Service, Luxembourg
Haris Tagaras, Professor of European Law at the Panteion University of Athens, Lawyer, Former Judge at the European Union Civil Service Tribunal, Luxembourg
Tomasz Kramer, Lecturer, EIPA Luxembourg – European Centre for Judges and Lawyers, t.kramer@eipa.eu
Topics, subject to change, to be addressed include:
- General overview of substantive and procedural EU civil service law developments
- The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the EU Civil Service – a panel discussion on selected themes
- Misuse of power
- Conflicts of interests
- Selected distinctive features of the status of contractual agents and temporary agents
- Review of legal aspects related to internships
- Other topics to be determined
Practical information
Online Course
For this online course we make use of Zoom
Programme Organiser
Ms Stéphanie Gemnig Comodi
Tel: +352 426 230 301
s.gemnig@eipa.eu
Discounts
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, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Sweden.
For all other participants, the regular fee applies.
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 € 50 for cancellations received within 7 days before the activity begins. There is no charge for qualified substitute participants.
EIPA reserves the right to cancel the activity up to 1 week before the starting date. In that case, registration fees received will be fully reimbursed.
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The programme
| 14.00 | Welcome and introduction to the conference
Tomasz Kramer, Lecturer, European Centre for Judges and Lawyers, EIPA Luxembourg |
| GENERAL ASPECTS | |
| 14.15 | Introductory address by the Chair |
| 14.30 | Impact of the pandemic on the EU civil service law Laurence Potvin-Solis, Professor, Faculty of Law at the University of Caen, France |
| 15.00 | Q & A |
| 15.15 | break |
| 15.30 | Overview of substantive EU civil service law developments Julian Currall, Barrister, Alber & Geiger, Brussels, former Principal Legal Adviser – Legal Service and Director of the ECS Team, European Commission, Brussels |
| 16.00 | Q & A |
| 16.15 | Break |
| 16.30 | Recent developments in procedural EU civil service law Julian Currall |
| 17.00 | Q & A |
| 17.30 | End of the first day |
| PARTICULAR ISSUES | |
| 09.00 | Psychological harassment Emmanuel Maurage, Head of Administration, European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE), Lithuania |
| 09.45 | Q & A |
| 10.00 | Break |
| 10.15 | Termination of service or employment as official or agent Laure Levi, Avocat at the Brussels Bar, Lallemand Legros & Joyn, scientific associate at the Institute of European Studies of the University of Brussels |
| 11.00 | Q & A |
| 11.15 | Break |
| 11.30 | Articles 16 and 48(b) of the CEOS and end of employment Anna Duron, Avocat at the Paris Bar, Ashurst, Brussels |
| 12.00 | Q & A |
| 12.15 | Lunch |
| 13.45 | Language rules in EPSO competitions – an update on the Case Law Thomas Livolsi, Lawyer linguist at the French language translation unit of the Court of Justice of the European Union, Luxembourg |
| 14.30 | Q & A |
| 14.45 | Break |
| 15.00 | Review of legal aspects related to internships Philippe Singer, Avocat at the Strasbourg and Luxembourg Bars, Honorary Director at the European Court of Justice, chief editor of JurisNews European Civil Service, Luxembourg |
| 15.45 | Q & A |
| 16.00 | Final address by conference organisers Stéphanie Comodi Gemnig & Tomasz Kramer |
| 16.15 | Closure of the conference and evaluation |
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