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European Contract Law:
Better Lawmaking through the
Common Frame of
Reference
On 26
September 2005, the European
Commission and the United
Kingdom Government, as part of
its Presidency of the Council
of the European Union, jointly
hosted a conference on the
theme of "European Contract
Law: Better Lawmaking through
the Common Frame of Reference."
The event took place at the
Mansion House, the Lord Mayor
of London's official residence,
in the City of London.
The event was
the inaugural meeting of the
European Discussion Forum on
contract law as envisaged in
the
2004
Communication, et a permis
de rassembler les experts du
CFR-net et le réseau d'experts
de Etats and brought together
the CFR-net and the network of
Member States experts,
Ministers, senior officials and
Members of the European
Parliament taking part.
Working
sessions focused on how to
better meet the needs of
stakeholders in the process as
well as current relevant issues
of the CFR work and the review
of the acquis. Furthermore, the
conference provided an
opportunity to gather some
first reactions to the
First
Annual Progress Report on
European Contract Law and the
Acquis Review.
Agenda
Speeches
- Lord
Falconer of Thoroton QC,
Constitutional Affairs
Secretary and Lord Chancellor
-
Opening
Speech
- Markos
Kyprianou, Commissioner for
Health and Consumer
Protection -
Inaugural
Speech
- Baroness
Ashton of Upholland,
Parliamentary Under Secretary
at the Department for
Constitutional Affairs -
Closing
remarks
Contributions
from panellists
-
Antonio D'Amato
, Appeal Court Judge,
Head of Secretariat of
Senator Pasquale Giuliano,
Secretary of State, Italian
Ministry of Justice
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Dr
Péter Gárdos
, Adviser of
the Commissioner to the
Minister of Justice on the
Codification of the new Civil
Code, Ministry of Justice of
Hungary
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Jim
Murray
, Director of
the European Consumer
Organisation
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Manuel
Cavaleiro Brandão
, First Vice
President of the Council of
Bars and Law Societies of
Europe (CCBE)
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Gérard
de la Martinière
, President of
the European Federation of
National Insurance
Associations (CEA), Chairman
of the French Insurance
Association (FFSA)
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Jean-François Pons
, Director for
European and International
Affairs, French Banking
Federation
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Professor Hugh Beale
(1)
(2)
, member of the
Study Group in the CFR
research network and former
member of the "Lando"
Commission on the Principles
of European Contract Law
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Paul
Keane
, Law Society
of Ireland
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Michael
Patchett-Joyce
, General
Council of the Bar of England
and Wales
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Sarah
de Greef
, UNICE
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Juan
Turró
, Federation of
European Direct Selling
Associations
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