Conference on
Croatia and European Private Law
31st
October 2013
House
of Europe
Korte Vijverberg 5/6, The Hague
The aim of this
conference is to get to know some aspects of the private law of the new Member
State of the European Union. In the European Year of the Citizens topics like
consumer law, commercial law, dispute resolution, free movement of goods and
persons are high on the agenda. The conference will offer insights on the
implementation of European Law in Croatia and the existing and future relations
between The Netherlands and Croatia.
Experts from
Croatia will present the European dimension of their law and are willing to
answer all kind of questions.
Croatia
and European Private Law
9.30 Welcome
9.45 Opening by the Croatian Ambassador Vesela Mrđen Korać
Part 1: Contract Law and Consumer Protection
Moderator:
Jaap de Zwaan, University of
Rotterdam, The Hague University
9.50 Viola
Heutger, The Hague University
EU-Enlargement and European Private Law
Consumer Protection
Saša Nikšić, University of Zagreb
General Law of Obligations
11.30
-12.15 Viola Heutger, Marko Baretić,
Saša Nikšić, Davor Babić
Panel Discussion on Consumer Protection
Part
2: Procedural Aspects and Business Law
Moderator:
Marko
Baretić
14.15 –
15.15 Davor Babić, University of
Zagreb
Private International Law
Hrvoje Sikirić, University
of Zagreb
Vesna
Lazić, Utrecht University
Arbitration in Business Disputes
Company Law
Sinisa Petrović and Petar Miladin, University of Zagreb
Capital Markets
16.20 – 17.00 Tomislav Borić, University Graz
Legal Culture and Croatian Commercial Law
Tatjana Meijvogel-Volk, Pro
Demos, Den Haag,
Cheese as
regional heritage and juridical obstacle
17.00 - 18.00 Panel Discussion on
cross border trade
Wolfgang Filip, Viola Heutger, Davor
Babić, Tomislav Borić, Hrvoje Markovinović,
Petar Miladin, Ana van Winden, Vesna Lazic et al.
Location: House of Europe
Organized
by De Haagse Hogeschool, Lectoraat European Integration
For more
information and registration until 25 October 2013, please contact
Dr. Viola Heutger at croatianlaw@gmail.com