Selection
1. Participation is only open to judges, prosecutors, court staff and lawyers in private practice from eligible EU Member States participating in the EU Justice Programme (Denmark does not participate), Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo* and Ukraine. (*this designation is without prejudice to positions on status and is in line with UNSCR 1244/1999 and the ICJ opinion on the Kosovo declaration of independence)
The number of places available is limited (30 places). Participation will be subject to a selection procedure. Selection will be first come first served and according to nationality.
2. Applications should be submitted before 15 March 2025.
3. A response will be sent to every applicant after this deadline. We advise you not to book any travel before you receive our confirmation.
Registration Fee
4. €135 including documentation, coffee breaks, lunches and dinner. No discounts are applicable.
Travel and Accommodation Expenses
5. Participants will receive a fixed contribution towards their travel expenses and are asked to book their own travel. The condition for payment of this contribution is to sign all attendance sheets at the event. No supporting documents are needed. The amount of the contribution will be determined by the EU unit cost calculation guidelines, which are based on the distance from the participant’s place of work to the seminar location and will not take account of the participant’s actual travel costs.
6. Travel costs from outside the Czech Republic: participants can calculate the contribution to which they will be entitled on the European Commission website (https://era-comm.eu/go/calculator, table 2). The distance should be calculated from their place of work to the seminar location.
7. For inter-Member States return journeys between 50 and 400 km (AT, DE, FR, HR, PL, RO, SI, SK) please consult p.11 on https://era-comm.eu/go/unit-cost-decision-travel
8. For those travelling within the Czech Republic, the contribution for travel is fixed at €20 (for a distance between 50km and 400km). Please note that no contribution will be paid for travel under 50km. For more information, please consult p.10 on https://era-comm.eu/go/unit-cost-decision-travel
9. Accommodation costs: international participants and national participants travelling more than 50km one-way will receive a fixed contribution of €107 per night for up to two nights’ accommodation. National participants travelling more than 50km one way will receive a fixed contribution of €107 per night for max one night accommodation. For more information, please consult p.13 on https://era-comm.eu/go/unit-cost-decision-travel
10. Successful applicants will be sent the relevant claim form and information on how to obtain payment of the contribution to their expenses. Please note that no payment is possible if the registered participant cancels their participation for any reason or does not attend both days of the event.
Participation
11. Participation at the whole seminar is required and participants’ presence will be recorded.
12. A list of participants including each participant’s address will be made available to all participants unless ERA receives written objection from the participant no later than one week prior to the beginning of the event.
13. The participant will be asked to give permission for their address and other relevant information to be stored in ERA’s database in order to provide information about future ERA events.
Accommodation
14. ERA neither provides nor endorses any accommodation options for this event. Kindly consult your preferred accommodation provider for options.
