1.    Participation is only open to judges, prosecutors and other members of the judiciary from an EU Member State, Iceland or Liechtenstein.

2.    The number of places available is limited. Participation will be subject to a selection procedure. Selection will depend on:

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

ii.   the ability to disseminate the gained knowledge;

iii.  geographical and linguistic balance among the       participants will be sought;

iv.  priority will be given to applicants who have not     participated in one of the earlier editions of this event in the last 5 years;

v.   only one person per institution may be accepted.

3.    Applications can be made until 4 September 2019.

4.    A response will be given to every applicant to the seminar shortly after this deadline. We strongly advise you not to make any travel or hotel arrangements before receiving our confirmation.

Registration Fee

5.    There is no registration fee.

Travel expenses

6.     Reimbursed to a maximum of 450 euros subject to providing all original travel receipts such as flight ticket, boarding pass, train ticket, taxi bill (taxi costs can only  be reimbursed in exceptional cases and has to be justified in written), etc. You are requested to make every effort to use the most economic means of transport and to book the most favourable tickets available. The place of employment is in general considered as point of departure and end destination of the journey.

 Accommodation

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

Other services

8.    Lunches and beverages during the event, the conference documents and the conference dinner are offered by the Academy free of charge.

Participation

9.    Participation to the whole course is required and your presence will be monitored.

10.   A list of participants including each participant’s address will be made available to all participants unless the Academy receives written objection from the participant no later than one week prior to the beginning of the event.

11.   The participant’s address and other relevant information will be stored in the Academy’s database in order to provide information about future ERA events, publications and/or other developments in the participant’s area of interest unless the participant indicates that he or she does not wish the Academy to do so.

12.   A certificate of attendance will be issued and is available after the conference.