Seminar in Brussels on 28 January 2008

National Reports

Colloquium Acts

PRESENTATION by Yves KREINS, Secretary-general of the Association of the Councils of State and Supreme Administrative Jurisdictions of the European Union, President of chamber at the Council of State of Belgium
FIRST OPENING ADRESS by David Grant LAWRENCE, Director Water, Chemicals and Cohesion - European Commission
SECOND OPENING ADRESS by Eva KRUZIKOVA, Director - Principal Legal Advisor - MIME TEAM - European Commission

FIRST ISSUE: Public information on involvement in environmental issueschaired by Eckart HIEN, former President of the Federal Administrative Court of Germany
GENERAL REPORT Presentation by Yann AGUILA, Member of the Council of State of France, general rapporteur
FIRST PANEL
CONTRIBUTION Jean-Paul JACQUE, Director, Legal Service of the Council of the European Union
CONTRIBUTION Benoît JADOT, First Auditor Head of Division, Council of State of Belgium
CONTRIBUTION Michel PAQUES, Lecturer at the University of Liège
CONTRIBUTION Charles PIROTTE, Administrator with the Communication and Governance Unit of the Environment DG (European Commission)
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SECOND ISSUE: Regulations governing waste and polluting facilities chaired by Robert ANDERSEN, First President of the Council of State of Belgium
GENERAL REPORT Presentation by Mattias GUYOMAR, Maître des requêtes of the Council of State of France, general rapporteur
SECOND PANEL
CONTRIBUTION Johannes BLOKLAND, Vice-Chairman of the European Parliament's Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety (to be confirmed)
CONTRIBUTION Marc Clement, Administrator with the Infringements Unit of the Environment DG (European Commission)
CONTRIBUTION Isabelle LARMUSEAU, Lawyer and member of the team at the University of Ghent's Centre for Environmental Law
CONTRIBUTION H.G. SEVENSTER, Member of the Council of State of The Netherlands
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GENERAL CONCLUSIONS by Jean-Marc SAUVÉ, Vice-President of the Council of State of France