Conference on the potential forthcoming developments in European procedural law, setting the scene for a future mapping of the EU procedural system

During the last decades, the European procedural law(s) has developed into the adoption of a multitude of instruments, some of which are very successful, whilst others require considerable improvement. And while the increasing codification of the European procedural law deeply affects the adjudicative systems of EU-Member States, the expansion of (substantive) EU-law transforms not only the autonomous procedures, but also the adjudicative structures of the EU-Member States and affects their relationship with the European courts. Nonetheless, the coordination and the harmonization at the European level are still lacking in some areas of procedural law, such as the enforcement of judgments. Against this backdrop, the time seems ripe to initiate a broad and systematic academic discussion on the future avenues of the European law of civil procedure and the national procedural systems.

Accordingly, the Max Planck Institute for Procedural Law in Luxembourg is pleased to organize and host a preliminary conference in order to identify the most pertinent issues and explore the landscape for setting the scene for a future mapping of the European procedural system, discussing the different alternatives of possible future developments in this area of the law.

The outcome of this meeting shall be open – in fact, the aim of this conference is to set up a working party (or even a network) of interested scholars willing to explore the future directions of the legal and systematic developments of the European law of civil procedure.

The conference will be hosted on 29 August 2013, from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., at the Institute in 4, rue Alphonse Weicker, L-2721 Luxembourg.

Attendance is by invitation only.