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The Impact of (Future) Accession to the European Union on the National Legal System
 
April 16-17, 2004
Center for the Study of Democracy

Friday,April 16

10.00 Opening ceremony and welcome address
Mr. Sevdalin Bozhikov, Deputy Minister of Justice
Prof. Dr. Alfred E. Kellermann, General Secretary, TMC Asser Institute

10.15 Pre-accession effect of Community law. The Europe and Association Agreements. The need for constitutional preparation of accession countries
Prof. Dr. Alfred E. Kellermann

10.35 Coffee break

11.00 Sovereignty on the way to the EU
Prof. Dr. Evgeni Tanchev, Member of the Constitutional Court

11.15 European Constitution and the development of Bulgarian constitutionalism
Prof. Georgi Bliznashki, Law Faculty, Sofia University St. Kliment Ohridski

11.30 Amendments to Bulgarian Constitution in the context of EU accession
Dr. Plamen Kirov, Law Faculty, Sofia University St. Kliment Ohridski

11.45 Discussion

12.15 Application of EU law in national courts
Dr. Steven Blockmans, TMC Asser Institute 12.45 Discussion

13.00 Lunch break

14.15 The relationship between EC law and national law: supremacy from the European Court of Justice’s perspective and from the perspective of EU Member States’ constitutions
Dr. Anneli Albi, University of Kent

15.00 Discussion

15.15 Coffee break

15.45 Integration and differentiation in the European Union
Dr. Steven Blockmans, TMC Asser Institute

16.30 Concluding discussion

Saturday,April 17

10.00 Constitutional preparation of candidate countries for accession
Prof. Dr. Alfred E. Kellermann/Dr. Anneli Albi

10.20 EU Law and the Bulgarian economic constitution
Ms. Jenia Peteva, Law Faculty, Sofia University St. Kliment Ohridski

10.40 Discussion

11.00 Coffee break

11.20 The draft Constitutional Treaty and the future of the European Union
Prof Dr. Alfred E. Kellermann

11.40 The place of human rights in European Law (EU Charter, European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights)
Dr. Anneli Albi

12.00 Discussion

12.30 Concluding remarks
Prof. Dr. Evgeni Tanchev
Prof. Dr. Alfred E. Kellermann
 
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