CONGRESS

THE PROPOSAL FOR A DIRECTIVE ON CONSUMER RIGHTS

Organisers

Grupo de Investigación GI-1152 «Derecho Privado Europeo»

CDPPOC (Centre de droit privé et public des obligations et de la consommation)

LANGUAGES

Spanish, English (simultaneous translation)

Faculty of Law

Santiago de Compostela

27-28th May 2010

Departamento de Derecho Común Área de Derecho Civil

Vicerreitoría de Política Internacional

Programme

Thursday, 27th May

Chair

Prof. Dr. FERRAN BADOSA COLL. Barcelona

9.00 h. Registration

9.30 h. Welcome

09.45 h. Roman Law and European Private Law: a Project of Unitary Legal Culture

AMELIA CASTRESANA HERRERO University of Salamanca

10.15 h. Overview of the Proposal for a Directive on Consumer Rights: Reluctances from a French Lawyer

YVES PICOD

University of Perpignan

10.55 h. The Full Harmonisation of the Proposal: Legitimacy and Effects

GILLES PAISANT

University of Savoy

11.35 h. Discussion and break

12.00 h. The Proposal for a Directive on Consumer Rights: Consumer Contract Code versus General Contract Law?

GERAINT HOWELLS

University of Manchester

12.40 h. Discussion and lunch

Chair

Prof. Dr. ANTONIO MANUEL MORALES MORENO. Madrid

14.30 h. Standards of Protection: in Search of the «Average Consumer» of EU Law in the Proposal for a Directive

VANESSA MAK

University of Tilburg

15.10 h. Consumer Information Requirements

ANDRÉS DOMÍNGUEZ LUELMO

University of Valladolid

15.50 h. Discussion and break

16.30 h. Withdrawal Right for Distance and Off-Premises Contracts

WOJCIECH KOCOT University of Warsaw

17.10 h. Conformity with the Contract and Remedies for Lack of Conformity

JUANA MARCO MOLINA

University of Barcelona

17.50 h. Discussion and papers

18.30 h. End of first day

Friday, 28th May

Chair

Dr. NICOLÁS PÉREZ-SERRANO JÁUREGUI. Madrid

9.00 h. Direct Producer Liability

NIEVES FENOY PICÓN

Autonomous University of Madrid

9.40 h. Unfair Terms

IRENE KULL

University of Tartu

10.20 h. Discussion and break

11.00 h. Round Table: The Consumer Acquis and the Europeanisation of Private Law

• The Missing Rights of the Consumer in the Proposal for a Directive on Consumer Rights

NUNO MANUEL PINTO OLIVEIRA University of Minho

• The Impact of the Proposal for a Directive on Consumer Rights on Civil Law Codification in Slovakia

ROBERT DOBROVODSKY University of Trnava

• The Implementation of the Proposal – a Challenge for the National Legislators

MICHAEL GANNER University of Innsbruck

12.30 h. Discussion and papers

13.00 h. Lunch

Chair

Prof. Dr. MARÍA PAZ GARCÍA RUBIO. Santiago de Compostela

14.30 h. Relationship between the Proposal for a Consumer Rights Directive and the Common Frame of Reference

REINER SCHULZE

University of Münster

15.10 h. Discussion and papers

15.45 h. Round Table: The Scope of the Proposal and its Impact

For Entrepreneurs

LÉONARD COX, Medef (Paris)

PATRICE PELLEGRINO, Eurocommerce (Brussels)

For Consumers

NURIA RODRIGUEZ MURILLO, BEUC (Brussels)

JOSÉ Mª. PITA PONTE, IGC-Galician Institute for Consumer Affairs, (Santiago de Compostela)

17.00 h. Discussion and break

17.30 h. For Governments

ELLEN D.G. KIERSCH Ministry of Justice (The Netherlands)

VERENA CAP, Ministry of Justice (Austria)

ANITA ZIKMANE, Ministry of Justice (Latvia)

18.30 h. Discussion and papers

19.00 h. End of Congress

Scientific Committee

Prof. Dr. FERRAN BADOSA COLLUniversity of Barcelona

Prof. Dr. MARÍA PAZ GARCÍA RUBIOUniversity of Santiago de Compostela

Prof. GERAINT HOWELLSUniversity of Manchester

Prof. Dr. JAVIER LETE ACHIRICAUniversity of Santiago de Compostela

Prof. Dr. ANTONIO M. MORALES MORENOAutonomous University of Madrid

Prof. Dr. REINER SCHULZEUniversity of Münster

Papers

Those who wish to present papers at the Congress «The Proposal for a Directive on Consumer Rights» must provide notice before 26th April 2010, submitting their title and a brief summary thereof (no more than three pages). They must be related to any of the topics discussed at the Conference. The Scientific Committee shall decide their acceptance on this basis. The papers, written in English or Spanish, must be sent to mpaz.garcia@usc.es. Successful candidates shall be exempted from the registration fee.

Fee

General: 100