Conference on ‘Global Standards and EU Law – Challenges for European Administrative Law’ (webinar)

17 June 2021 11:00 - 18 June 2021 12:30

Standards made at the global level are present in virtually every aspect of daily life. Despite their undoubted trade advantages in an increasingly globalized society, they are often produced through obscure procedures, without democratic credentials or societal involvement. These shortcomings in global standard-setting process raise legal concerns because of the fact that these standards are often incorporated into measures at the EU and national level. In fact, EU law is increasingly permeated by global standards which enter the EU legal system through different legal mechanisms to become binding rules or soft law directly applicable in the EU.

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In this conference, the speakers will critically reflect on the increasing incorporation of global standards in the EU legal system and the legal questions raised by this phenomenon. It will provide an account of the various ways of implementation of these standards via European legislative, non-legislative and soft law measures, in important sectors such as environmental, health or financial regulation. Furthermore, it will examine how these standards are formed on global level, and, based on this analysis, question the extent to which they respect basic tenets of European administrative law, such as transparency and participation. Finally, it will consider questions of legitimacy of global standards in relation to the multi-layered nature of the EU legal system, the judicial use made of them, and their role when the EU operates as global actor.

13.15h	Opening of the conference by Mariolina Eliantonio (Maastricht University)
	Panel 1: Case studies (chair: Sabrina Röttger-Wirtz, Maastricht University)
13.30h	Agriculture by Michael Cardwell (University of Leeds) and Diane Ryland (University of Leeds)
13.50h	Environment by Leonie Reins (Tilburg University)
14.10h	Transport by Annalisa Volpato (Maastricht University) and Mariolina Eliantonio (Maastricht University)
14.30h	Discussion
15.00h	Break
15.30h	Panel 2: Case studies (chair: Annalisa Volpato, Maastricht University)
15.30h	Finance/Accounting by Maurizia De Bellis (University of Rome II “Tor Vergata”)
15.50h	Internet by Alison Hartcourt (University of Exeter)
16.10h	Accessibility by Andrea Broderick (Maastricht University) and Delia Ferri (Maynooth University)
16.30h	Discussion
17.00h	Comparative discussion of the case studies and planning for book
17.30h	End of day 1

	Panel 1: Horizontal issues (chair: Merijn Chamon, Maastricht University)
9.15h	Opening of day 2
9.30h	The European Court of Justice and global standards by Herwig Hofmann (University of Luxembourg)
09.50h	Global Standards in the EU’s Digital Trade Chapters & Negotiations: on Internationalization by Elaine Fahey (City University London)
10.10h	Discussion
10.30h	Break
11.00h	Panel 2: Horizontal issues (chair: Ellen Vos, Maastricht University)
11.00h	European agencies and the implementation of global standard in the EU: in-between global, EU and Member State level by Sabrina Röttger-Wirtz ( Maastricht University)
11.20h	Global standard setting, WTO law and the influence on the EU’s constitutional settlement by Lavinia Scudiero (University of London) and Alexia Herwig (Wageningen University)
11.40h	Discussion
12.00h	Closing of the Conference by Mariolina Eliantonio (Maastricht University)

Conference on ‘Global Standards and EU Law – Challenges for European Administrative Law’ (webinar)

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