Professional services
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"Conference on the Regulation of Professional Services"
Brussels, 28 October 2003
Opening remarks
Session 1- Regulation and business development: Focusing on rules that impact on business development, including inter-professional co-operation, business structure, new entry and innovation
- Professional rules and business development. Helge Jakob Kolrud, Council of the Bars and Law Societies of Europe
- Introductory observations. Maître Hans Gilliams, Eubelius
- Intervention de Maître Jacques VERGÈS. Maître Jacques Vergès, Avocat à la Cour (Barreau de Paris)
- PGEU Presentation Luis Matias, Pharmaceutical Group of the European Union
- Why the Swedish consumers would be the winners Fredrik Hägglund,ICA Förbundet Invest AB, Sweden
- Speaking Notes, David Devlin, European Federation of Accountants
- Regulation & Business Development, Jeremy Jennings OBE, Ernst & Young
Session 2 - Regulation and consumer protection:
Focusing on price regulation, recommended prices, advertising restrictions and other professional rules justified as in the consumer interest.
- Speaking Notes, Jim Murray, European Consumers' Organisation
- Regulierung der Freien Berufe und Verbraucherschutz, Arno Metzler, Federal Association for Professional services, Germany
- Regulierung der Freien Berufe: Dient sie auch dem Wohl der KonsumentInnen und der ArbeitnehmerInnen? Dorothea Herzele, Federal Chamber of Labour, Austria. Presentation
- Regulation of Professional Services and Consumer Protection, Katarina Nilsson, Architects' Council of Europe
- Normstrukturen des europaweiten De-Regulierungstrend und Kartellrecht Harald Herrmann, Friedrich-Alexander University, Germany. Presentation.
- Speaking Notes, Phil Evans, Consumers' Association, United Kingdom
Session 3 - Reform in the EU Professions:
Focusing on recent deregulation in certain Member States and whether similar reforms could be applied elsewhere in the EU.
- Regulation of Professional Services, Giuseppe Tesauro, Competition Authority, Italy
- Reform in the EU Professions. Dr. Kurt Franz, Ministry of Justice, Germany
- The Case for Agnosticism and Diversity in the Regulation of Professions, Benito Arruñada, Pompeu Fabra University, Barcelona
- Mark Hameleers, Ministry of Economic Affairs, The Netherlands (presentation not available)
- Dr John Fingleton, Competition Authority, Ireland. Presentation in English, in French
- Comments and concluding remarks, Mario Monti, EU Commissioner for Competition
Recorded video files:
- Original
- German
- English
- French
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