BDK Advokati/Attorneys at Law and the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Serbia, with the support of Regional Legal Network and in cooperation with White & Case LLP, have the pleasure of inviting you to a one-day conference on
State Aid and the EU Accession Process – How to Comply with the New Rules?
The conference will take place at the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Serbia, Resavska 13-15, on 18 February 2016.
This full-day conference is designed as a set of lectures on the most important substantive and procedural issues in the area of state aid control under the EU law, but of relevance for Serbia and other countries in the region. The lecturers are prominent experts in the field:
Professor Piet Jan Slot from the University of Leiden (bio: http://law.leiden.edu/organisation/publiclaw/europainstitute/staff/slot.html)
Kai Struckmann, partner in White&Case LLC, Brussels (bio: http://www.whitecase.com/people/kai-struckmann)
Marijana Liszt, partner in Posavec, Rašica & Liszt, Zagreb, Former Head of the Working Group on Chapter 8 (competition law) in Croatia’s accession negotiations (bio: http://www.prl.hr/en/tim/liszt.html)
Simultaneous translation from English to Serbian and from Serbian to English will be available.
Conference programme:
08.30 – 09.00 Registration
09.00 – 09.15 Words of welcome (CCIS + RLN + BDK)
09.15 – 10.45 Prof. Piet Jan Slot – Substantive EU State Aid Rules
10.45 – 11.00 Coffee break
11.00 – 12.30 Prof. Piet Jan Slot – EU State Aid Procedural Rules
12.30 – 13.30 Lunch
13.30 – 15.00 Kai Struckmann – State aid in privatization and restructuring
15.00 – 15.15 Coffee break
15.15 – 16.45 Q&A session with Marijana Liszt – State Aid Before and After the
EU Accession – How to ensure compliance?
Moderator: Tijana Kojovic, partner in BDK Advokati / Attorneys at Law
16.45 – 17.15 Cocktail
