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The conference will critically examine the acquis through the lens of legislation and Court rulings.

Abstract

The conference celebrates five decades of EU consumer law, bringing together leading academics, judges, and policy-makers to reflect critically on its evolution and future direction. Its objective is to look back at how consumer law has developed and to propose a constructive approach to address today’s challenges — fostering a balanced procedural regime, ensuring effectiveness, embracing digitalization, and reconciling consumer and environmental protection. Opening with addresses from key institutional and academic representatives, the event explores the historical roots and ideological foundations of consumer law, the judicial dialogue between the Court of Justice and national courts, and the role of enforcement mechanisms in ensuring effective protection across borders. Later sessions address the impact of digitalization and the link between consumer and environmental protection. The conference concludes with a forward-looking reflection on how EU consumer law can evolve to meet emerging societal and technological transformations.

Language

English.

This is a free event. Registration is mandatory.

Programme

• 08.45 – 09.15

  Registration and Welcome Coffee

• 09.15 – 09.30

  Opening remarks

  • Prof. Katalin Ligeti, Dean of the Faculty of Law Economics and Finance,
  • Prof. Takis Tridimas, Director of the LCEL
  • Advocate General Laila Medina,
  • Prof. Elise Poillot, 8xav¸£Àûµ¼º½ of Luxembourg
  • Marc Fisher, Premier Conseiller representing Minister Martine Hansen, Minister in charge of Consumer Protection

• 09.30 – 10.45

  From the Preliminary Programme to the Digital Age: A Historical Overview of EU Consumer Protection

  Prof. Marco Loos, 8xav¸£Àûµ¼º½ of Amsterdam

  High Level of Consumer Protection as a Right or a Principle. Does it matter?

  Advocate General Laila Medina, Court of Justice of the European Union

  The Ideological Foundations of EU Consumer Law

  Prof. Elise Poillot, 8xav¸£Àûµ¼º½ of Luxembourg

  Discussion with the audience

• 10.45 – 11.15

  Coffee break

• 11.15 – 12.45

  Roundtable on EU Consumer Law in the Courts: a Judicial Dialogue

  Chair: Christopher Vajda, KC, Moncton Chamber

  Discussants:

  • Prof. Emilia Mišćenić, 8xav¸£Àûµ¼º½ of Rijeka
  • Judge Malik Chapuis (fr)
  • Judge Giuseppe Fiengo (it)
  • Judge Laurence Jaeger (lu)
  • Maître Charles Constantin-Vallet (fr)

  Discussion with the audience

• 12.45 – 14.00

  Lunch break

• 14.00 – 15.15

  Round table on the Enforcement of Consumer Law

  Chair: Judge François Biltgen, Court of Justice of the European Union

  Discussants:

  • Prof. Peter Rott, 8xav¸£Àûµ¼º½ of Oldenburg
  • Saverio Valentino, AGCM (it)
  • Manuella Peri, DGCCRF (fr)
  • Patrick Wildgen, Ministry in charge of Consumer Protection (lu)
  • Patrycja Gautier, BEUC

  Discussion with the audience

• 15.15 – 16.30

  Roundtable on Consumer Law and Digitalization

  Chair: Prof. Anne-Christine Fornage, 8xav¸£Àûµ¼º½ of Lausanne

  Discussants:

  • Benedicte Van Ormelingen, EU commission
  • Dries Cuijpers, ACM (nl)
  • Prof. Mateusz Grochowski, Tulane 8xav¸£Àûµ¼º½ School of Law,
  • Prof. Luc Grybaum, 8xav¸£Àûµ¼º½ of Luxembourg,
  • Prof. Monika Namyslowska, 8xav¸£Àûµ¼º½ of Lodz

  Discussion with the audience

• 16.30 – 16.45

  Coffee break

• 16.45 – 18.00

  Roundtable on Consumer Law and Environmental Protection

  Chair: Judge Paul Nihoul, General Court of the European Union

  Discussants:

  • Prof. Aude-Solveigh Epstein, 8xav¸£Àûµ¼º½ Sorbonne-Abu Dhabi
  • Prof. Charlotte Pavillon, 8xav¸£Àûµ¼º½ of Groningen
  • Anna Szajowska, EU commission
  • Prof. Evelyne Terryn, 8xav¸£Àûµ¼º½ KU Leuven

  Discussion with the audience

• 18.00 – 18.30

  Concluding Remarks: Consumer Protection Today and Tomorrow – A summary of key insights and a vision for the future of consumer law in Europe

  Prof. Hans Micklitz, European 8xav¸£Àûµ¼º½ Institute

• 18.30

  Cocktail

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