Selection

1.        Participation is only open to lawyers in private practice from an EU Member State (except the United Kingdom and Denmark) and Albania.

2.      The number of places available is limited to 25 persons. Participation will be subject to a selection procedure. Selection will be dependent on the following criteria:

a.     the relevance of the seminar to the professional life of the applicant;

b.     geographical balance among the participants;

c.     ability to disseminate the information obtained;

d.     in the case of an excess of applications, only one participant per institution may be accepted;

e.     in case of applicants with the same qualifications, the first applicant to register will be selected;

f.      applications from persons with disabilities are particularly welcome.

3.       Applications should be submitted before 13 August 2020.

4.        A response will be sent to every applicant shortly after this deadline. We advise you not to book any travel before you receive our confirmation.

Registration fee

5.        No seminar fee for participants selected by our partner organisations. For all other applicants the seminar fee is 350 euros.

Travel

6.       Travel expenses will be reimbursed to a maximum of 350 euros subject to the submission of the originals of travel receipts (like flight ticket, boarding pass, train ticket, taxi bill, etc.). Participants are advised of the obligation to use the most cost-efficient mode of transport available. Participants are further advised not to plan their return travel immediately after the visit of the CJEU as ERA cannot guarantee that the hearing will end at the time specified in the programme. Furthermore, due to security reasons, once inside the Court, the participants will not be allowed to leave individually but only as a group. A bus booked by ERA will take the participants from Trier to Luxembourg for the visit of the CJEU and back to Trier. Participants may decide to stay in Luxembourg after the end of the visit of the CJEU.

Accommodation

7.       Maximum 2 hotel nights will be covered directly by ERA, only for the hotel booked by ERA.

Other services

8.       One dinner, two lunches, beverages consumed during the event and the seminar documents are offered by ERA.

Participation

9.       Participation at the whole conference is required and your presence will be monitored. A certificate of attendance will be distributed at the end of the conference.

10.     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.