METRO Activities Report 2013

METRO Activities Report 2013

Table of Contents!

METRO Activities Report 2013 Foreword

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METRO People

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Thomas Biermeyer

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Dimitri Droshout

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Michael Faure

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Yuan Gao

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Tobias Heldt

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Charles IbikounlĂŠ

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Wenqing Liao

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Ancui Liu

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Jing Liu

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Mengxing Lu

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Marjan Peeters

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Niels Philipsen

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Mehdi Piri Damagh

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Sarah Schoenmaekers

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Mengmeng Shi

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Guang Shen

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Jaap Spier

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Laura Tilindyte

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Xiaowei Yu

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Taotao Yue

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Yu Zhao

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Ius Commune Europaeum

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Metro Seminar Series

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Activities of METRO in developing Countries

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Dissertation Activities

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Ius Commune Casebooks

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Visiting Guest Researchers

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Ongoing Contract Research

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METRO Conferences

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Foreword!

Michael Faure!

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Metro is the Institute for Transnational Legal Research (Maastricht Europees Instituut voor Transnationaal Rechtswetenschappelijk Onderzoek), founded as the Faculty Research Institute in September 1991.

The goal of METRO was and is to bring together the international, European and comparative research within the law faculty of Maastricht University and to stimulate and facilitate this type of research. As a result, METRO on the one hand organizes many (usually international) conferences where the METRO secretariat provides facilitation and support; METRO also facilitates the faculty research by running the Maastricht Journal of European and Comparative Law (www.maastrichtjournal.eu). The Maastricht Journal already exists since 1993 as a result of which in 2013 the 20th issue could be published. In addition, METRO publishes the Ius Commune Europaeum book series (www.iuscommune.eu) in which meanwhile more than 120 books have been published.

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METRO undertakes high quality international academic research in the fields of law and economics, accident law, environmental law and especially climate change.

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In 2007, Metro initiated the METRO seminar series. These METRO seminars are scheduled on Wednesdays during lunchtime on a monthly basis. Seminars provide an academic forum in which Metro-related scholars present their current research and gain instant feedback from their colleagues. These seminars are open to all members of the faculty. More info, see: maastrichtuniversity.nl/metro/research.

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METRO is also the host for the Ius Commune Casebooks for the Common Law of Europe. Within that Casebook series many books were published under the inspiring leadership of Prof. Dr. Walter Van Gerven.

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This annual report highlights the main events that were undertaken in 2013 under the METRO umbrella. It therefore contains an overview of all meetings, publications and other noteworthy information. Publications of the METRO researchers are highlighted, but also the various activities mentioned above, more particularly publications within the Maastricht Journal of European and Comparative Law as well as within the Ius Commune Europaeum book series and the Ius Commune Casebooks for the Common Law of Europe. Also the ongoing and initiated research projects by METRO are mentioned in this annual report.

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METRO also attempts to be an international inspiring academic environment for many visiting researchers from abroad. Not only are the PhD researchers from METRO increasingly coming from a variety of continents (including Asia and Africa); METRO is also receiving many visitors. All of these widely varying activities are mentioned in this annual report.

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We very much hope that you find the information provided in this report of interest and inspiring.

Would it give inspiration to engage in collaboration with the METRO researchers then we would of course welcome cooperation with you.

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On behalf of the METRO team, !

Prof. Dr. Michael G. Faure LL.M. Director

Dr. Niels Philipsen Associate Director 

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Academic Director!

Prof. Dr. Michael G. Faure LL.M., Professor of Comparative and International Environmental Law

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Researchers • Thomas Biermeyer, Doctoral researcher and Executive Editor of the Maastricht Journal of European and Comparative Law Dimitri Droshout, Coordinator Ius Commune • Casebooks • Yuan Gao, PhD student, subject: “The Regulation of International Emission Activities in view of Climate Change: Future role of the EU ETS” • Guang Shen, CSC PhD student, subject: “The Freedom of Establishment and the Freedom to Provide Services in the EU and China” • Tobias Heldt, PhD student, subject: “A European Legal Framework for Nuclear Liability” • Charles Ibikounlé, PhD student, subject: “La garantie du droit à l’information et à la justice dans l’exercice du droit à un environment sain en Républic du Bénin” • Wenqing Liao, CSC PhD student, subject: “How far the Theory of efficient Breach could reach” • Ancui Liu, PhD student, subject “Legal aspects of regulating coexistence of GM crops and nonGM crops in Europe, the USA and China” • Jing Liu, CSC PhD student, subject: “The Establishment of Compensation Mechanisms for Ecological Damage in China”

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• Mengxing Lu, PhD student, subject “The Legal and Market Regulation of Green Economy: a multiple analysis on corporate environmental responsibility” • Prof. Marjan Peeters, Professor of Environmental Policy and Law • Dr. Niels Philipsen, Associate Professor in Law and Economics • Piri Damagh Mehdi, PhD student, subject: “State Responsibility in Pollution caused from Transboundary Gas” • Sarah Schoenmaekers, Assistant Professor • Mengmeng Shi, PhD student, subject “Study on Divestiture Remedy under Merger Control in the EU, U.S. and China: A Comparative Law and Economics Analysis” • Dr. Laura Tilindyte, junior researcher • Prof.dr. Jaap Spier, Professor of Comparative Aspects of Liability Insurance • Xiaowei Yu, CSC PhD student, subject: “Medical Liability Insurance in China: A Comparative and Theoretical Analysis” • Taotao Yue, CSC PhD student, subject: “Regulating biofuels as a global problem” • Yu Zhao, PhD student, subject: “Party Autonomy and State Control in Private Equity: A Comparative Study of China and the EU”

Research Secretariat • Elke Hundhausen • Marina Jodogne • Chantal Kuijpers • Marjo Mullers • Yleen Simonis

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METRO People 2013!

Thomas Biermeyer!

Publications • Biermeyer, T. (2013). Shaping the space of cross-border conversions in the EU. Between right and autonomy: VALE Építési kft, 50 Common Market Law Review 2.

Visiting researcher stays • Visiting Researcher at the Institut de Recherche Juridique de la Sorbonne.

Research activities • Biermeyer, T. (2013), Study on the Application of the Cross-Border Mergers Directive, Study conducted for the European Commission.

Presentations • Presentation of PhD research (stakeholder protection in cross-border company seat transfers in the EU) at the European University Institute, February 2013.

• Presentation with the title “The Freedom of Choice between Legal Systems in the EU and its Impact on National and Transnational Arrangements: Experiences from EU corporate law”, in the “Law in a Changing Transnational World” workshop, held at Tel-Aviv University, Faculty of Law, on October 30-31, 2013.

Master thesis supervision • Alberto Escubós Alegre - Vennootschapsrechtelijke aspecten van het aandeelhoudend bestuurderschap: problematiek van de niet-controllerend aandeelhoudende bestuurder in de nietbeursgenoteerde vennootschap.

Others • Management of the Maastricht Journal of European and Comparative Law as Executive Editor.

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COMING SOON

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Lectures

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• With T. Heldt, "Public Private Partnerships and the Insurability of Disasters", Antwerp, 24 January 2013, op congres "Legal Perspectives on Resilience in Disaster Regulation".

• Friday 1 March 2013, lezing in Saint Louis bij de Workshop on International and Comparative Law van de Washington University in Saint-Louis, Financial Compensation for Victims of Disasters - a Comparative and Economic Perspective.

• 28 maart 2013, lazing voor het Erasmus Law Network over “Claimcultuur en beloningssystemen”, Erasmus University Rotterdam.

• Tuesday 16 April 2013, Climate Adaptation and Insurance, Malta Legal Forum on Adaptation to Climate Change, Valetta, Malta • 22 april 2013, Financial Compensation for Victims of Disasters. A comparative and economic perspective, Seminar Law, Institutions and Economics in Nanterre (LIEN), ECONONIX, Paris, University X (Nanterre).

• 23 april 2013, voordracht “Recente ontwikkelingen in het maritieme milieurecht” op de navormingscursus voor advocaten, Balie te Brugge, gerechtsgebouw Brugge.

• 28 May, lecture, on Economic Analysis of Environmental Criminal Law at Beijing Foreign Studies University (BFSU), Beijing, China.

• 29 May 2013, lezing voor het Centre for Law and Economics, China University of Political Science and Law, Beijing, “Alternative Models for Compensating Victims of Climate Change”.

• 13 June 2103, lecture “Special Insurance Systems for Motor Vehicle Liability”, at the conference in Girona on 13-14 June 2013.

• 14 June 2013, lecture “liability and compensation for damage caused by offshore installations: a law and economics approach”, at the conference in Girona on 13-14 June 2013.

• 14 June 2103, lecture with Kristel de Smedt and Julia Pedraza “Compulsory financial guarantees for environmental damage”, at the conference in Girona on 13-14 June 2013.

• 16 June 2103, lecture “Compensation to victims of catastrophes: economic and comparative perspectives” at the conference “Regulating disasters through private and public law: compensation and policy” in Haifa, Israël.

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• 3 October 2013, Amsterdam Centre of International Law, Shares project, “Joint and Several Liability in Tort Law: Lessons for International Law”, Amsterdam.

• 9 October 2013, Metro Seminar Series, “Civil Liability and Financial Security for Offshore Oil and Gas Activities”, Maastricht.

• Friday 25 October 2013, meeting of the Comité Médicis on “Innovation financière et transition écologique”, lecture on “La responsabilité des financeurs et ses sanctions”, Brussels.

• 11 november 2013 with Véronique Bruggeman, presentation “Reaction of the Malta Forum on the Green Paper on the Insurance of matchable and man-made Disasters”, at a meeting from the Malta Legal Forum on Adaptation to Climate Change in Valetta, Malta.

• Wednesday 13 November 2013, paper with An Stas, “The Flemish High Council of Environmental Enforcement”, at the conference Environmental Enforcement Networks in Brussels.

• Thursday 14 November 2013, closing speech at the conference Environmental Enforcement Networks in Brussels.

• 15 November, presentation «La responsabilité pénale environnemental en Europe: quo vadis?» at the colloque “Fondements et objectives des incriminations et des peines entre Européen et internationale», Brussels.

• 28 November 2013, paper presented with Jef de Mot “Special insurance systems for motor verhicle liability”, at the 18th Annual Ius Commune Conference in Maastricht, in the workshop Liability & Insurance.

• 29 November 2013, paper presented “Liability and compensation for damage caused by CCS”, in the workshop environmental law at the 18th Annual Ius Commune Conference in Maastricht.

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Edited Books

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•Faure, M.G. & Zhang, X. (eds.), The Chinese AntiMonopoly Law. New Developments and Empirical Evidence, Cheltenham, Edward Elgar, 2013, xiv + 408 p.

•Faure, M.G. & Xu, G. (eds.), Economics and Regulation in China, Oxon, Routledge, 2013, xix + 343 p.

Articles or Chapters in books with an editorial board or referee system

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•Faure, M.G. & Weber, F., “Security mechanisms for insolvencies in the package travel sector: an economic analysis”, Journal of Consumer Policy, 2013, available online.

• Pedraza, J., De Smedt, K. & Faure, M.G., “Compulsory financial guarantees for environmental damage: what can we learn from Spain?”, Environmental Liability, 2013, Vol. 20(6), 227-237.

Articles in US Law Reviews

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• Faure, M.G. & Zhang, X., “Towards an Extraterritorial Application of the Chinese AntiMonopoly Law that avoids Trade Conflicts”, The George Washington International Law Review, 2013, Vol. 45(3), 501-538, available online.

Contributions in Liber Amicori

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• Faure, M.G. & Visser, M., “Handhaving van milieustrafrecht in Nederland: een rechtseconomische en empirische analyse”, in Groehuijsen, M., Kooijmans, T. & Ouwerkerk, J. (eds.), Roosachtig strafrecht. Liber Amicorum Theo de Roos, Deventer, Kluwer, 2013, 179-197.

Other academic publications (articles and contributions to books)

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• Faure, M.G. & Heine, K., “An insurance approach for preventing financial crises”, in LaBrosse, J.R., Olivares-Caminal, R. & Singh. D. (eds.), Financial Crisis Containment and Government Guarantees, Cheltenham, Edward Elgar, 2013, 174-188, available online.

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• Faure, M.G. & De Smedt, K., “The ELD’s effects in practice”, in Bergkamp, L. & Goldsmith, B.J. (eds.), The EU Environmental Liability Directive. A commentary, Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2013, 299-314, .

• Bergkamp, L., Herbatschek, N., Faure, M.G. & De Smedt, K., “Sanctions and enforcement”, in Bergkamp, L. & Goldsmith, B.J. (eds.), The EU Environmental Liability Directive. A commentary, Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2013, 315-332.

• Faure, M.G. & Hu, J., “Towards a deposit guarantee insurance in China? A law and economics perspective”, The Chinese Journal of Comparative Law, 2013, 1-33, available online.

• Faure, M.G. & Zhang, X., “Introduction/Editorial Foreword”, in Faure, M.G. & Zhang, X. (eds.), The Chinese Anti-Monopoly Law. New Developments and Empirical Evidence, Cheltenham, Edward Elgar, 2013, 1-11.

• Faure, M.G. & Zhang, X., “Conclusions: future look”, in Faure, M.G. & Zhang, X. (eds.), The Chinese Anti-Monopoly Law. New Developments and Empirical Evidence, Cheltenham, Edward Elgar, 2013, 377-390.

• Faure, M.G., “Climate change adaptation and compensation”, in Verschuuren J. (ed.), Research Handbook on Climate Change Adaptation Law, Cheltenham, Edward Elgar, 2013, 110-141, available online.

• Faure, M.G. & Wibisana, A., “Introduction”, in Faure, M. & Wibisana, A. (eds.), Regulating Disasters, Climate Change and Environmental Harm. Lessons from the Indonesian Experience, Cheltenham, Edward Elgar, 2013, 1-12, available online.

• Faure, M.G. & Wibisana, A., “Concluding remarks”, in Faure, M. & Wibisana, A. (eds.), Regulating Disasters, Climate Change and Environmental Harm. Lessons from the Indonesian Experience, Cheltenham, Edward Elgar, 2013, 463-478, available online.

• Faure, M.G., “Towards effective compensation for victims of natural catastrophes in developing countries”, in Faure, M. & Wibisana, A. (eds.), Regulating Disasters, Climate Change and Environmental Harm. Lessons from the Indonesian Experience, Cheltenham, Edward Elgar, 2013, 243-276, available online.

• Faure, M.G. & Van Boom, W.H., “Gedragsveronderstellingen en verzekeringen”, in Van Boom, W.H., Giesen, I. & Verheij, A.J. (eds.), Capita Civilologie. Handboek empirie en privaatrecht, Den Haag, Boom Juridische uitgevers, 2013, 693-732, available online.

• Faure, M.G. & Xu, G., “Introduction and editorial foreword”, in Faure, M.G. & Xu, G. (eds.), Economics and Regulation in China, Oxon, Routledge, 2013, 1-7.

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•Faure, M.G. & Hu, W., “Environmental Liability in China: Recent Developments and Case Studies in an ex post Analysis”, in Faure, M.G. & Xu, G. (eds.), Economics and Regulation in China, Oxon, Routledge, 2013, 269-293.

•Faure, M.G. & Xu, G., “Comparative and Concluding Remarks”, in Faure, M.G. & Xu, G. (eds.), Economics and Regulation in China, Oxon, Routledge, 2013, 325-336.

•Faure, M.G., “Responsabilité pénale environnementale en Europe: quo vadis?”, in Bernard, D., Cartuyvels, Y., Guillain, Chr., Scalia D. & Van de Kerchove, M. (eds.), Fondements et objectifs des incriminationas et des peines en droit européen et international, Limal, Anthemis, 2013, 331-347.

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Yuan Gao! Presentations • Foundations of Ius Commune, Maastricht, 28-30 January 2013.

• Ius Commune Amsterdam Masterclass, Amsterdam, 13-14 June 2013.

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Attended Conferences and Meetings • Roundtable meeting with visiting scholar Lan Hua, T.M.C. Asser Institute, Den Haag, 21 March 2013.

• CLEER workshop ‘EU environmental norms and third countries: the EU as a global role model’, T.M.C. Asser Institute, Den Haag, 19 April 2013.

• International workshop ‘Fragmentation in Global Environmental Law and Governance: Exploring the Causes, Consequences and Responses’, KNAWNIAS, Wassenaar, 17 May 2013.

• Green Week 2013, Brussels, 4-7 June 2013.

• Ius Commune PhD Environmental Law Workshop ‘Environmental concerns beyond the EU’, Maastricht, 11 June 2013.

• 18th Ius Commune Congress, Maastricht, 28-29 November, 2013.

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Attended Courses • International and European Law, Maastricht University, 8 April- 13 May 2013.

• Academic Writing in English, 18 April – 5 June 2013.

• European Environmental Law, Maastricht University, 3 September – 16 October 2013.

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Teaching Assistance • For the course ‘Sustainability, Law and Economic Regulations’ (ICIS), Maastricht University, 23 February 2013.

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Tobias Heldt!

Presentations • "Public Private Partnerships and the insurability of disasters", Legal Perspectives on Resilience in Disaster Regulation, Antwerp, 24 January 2013 • "Command and control regulation vs. Selfregulation in a globalised world", Legal Clinic ; Standardisation in the EU, Leuven, 15 February 2013 • "Regulatory effectiveness in the nuclear sector – lessons learned from an intersectoral comparison", Day of the PhDs, Mol, 25 April 2013 • "Insurability of big catastrophes", Japan Netherland Symposium, Leiden, 26-27 August • "Nuclear Energy Law and Environmental Law - Allies or enemies?", GCEL Conference, Groningen, 4-6 September 2013 • "CSR and Nuclear Safety", INLA Workshop, Paris, 18 October 2013

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Attended conferences and seminars • EUNACON Conference, Maastricht, 21-22 February 2013 • INLA Regional Conference, Leipzig, 5-7 June 2013 • Regulatory Approaches and the Characteristics of an Effective Regulator, Stockholm, 28-30 October 2013 • Panel on REACH, Brussels, 06 November 2013 • Annual Ius Cummune Congress, Maastricht, 28-29 November 2013

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Attended courses • Westlaw and HeinOnline Training, Maastricht, 6 February 2013 • Academic Writing, Maastricht, 18 February-15 April 2013 • Ius Commune Master Class, Leuven, 23-24 May 2013

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METRO People 2013!

Charles Ibikounlé!

Research • The refusal right in the execution of the contract of employment”, supervised by Prof.

Dr. Michael FAURE. • Survey in Benin, gathering information relative to the appreciation of the level of knowledge of the labor law by the employers and employees, the effective enjoyment of their rights, and the various obstacles, from January to October 2013.

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Wenqing Liao!

Attended Workshops and Conferences • 2013 Conference Twenty Years Treaty on European Union: Reflections from Maastricht, Maastricht, 25th October, 2013; • 2013 15th Joint Seminar of the European Association of Law and Economics and the Geneva Association, Girona, 13th- 14th June, 2013; • 2013 European Master in Law and Economics Midterm Meeting, Workshop in Law and Economics, Hamburg, 15th February, 2013;

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Presentations in conferences and workshops • METRO Seminar, “an Economic Analysis of the Remedy rules in the Common European Sales Law”, Maastricht, Sep.11th 2013.

• 2013 Social and Legal Scholar Conference at the University of Edinburgh, “Efficient breach in the European Consumer Contract Law”, Sep. 2013, UK: Edinburgh.

• Ius Commune Congress, University of Leuven, 23rd-24th, May, 2013.

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Research Activities • ‘How far the Efficient Breach Doctrine can reach in Commercial Contracts?’, supervised by Dr. Michael G. Faure LL.M and by Dr. Niels J. Philipsen.

• Translation Program: Foreign Scholars on Chinese Law.

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Ancui Liu! Attended conferences • Research School Ius Commune Training Programme: Introduction, Maastricht, 30 September and 1 October, 2013 • 18TH Ius Commune Conference, Maastricht, 28-29 November, 2013

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Research topic and supervisor • Legal aspects of regulating coexistence of GM crops and non GM crops in Europe, the USA and China, supervised by Professor Marjan Peeters.

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Jing Liu! Conference and Workshop Presentation • Ius Commune Phd Workshop Environmental Law Beyond the EU, Examining Foreign Environmental Law: Methodological Issues, Maastricht, 11st June, 2013.

• Western Economic Association International, 10th Biennial Pacific Rim Conference, Compensation for Nuclear Damage: A Comparison between the International Regime, Japan and China, Tokyo, 14th -18th, March 2013.

• 2013 European Master in Law and Economics Midterm Meeting, Workshop in Law and Economics, Compensation for Natural Resources Damage Caused by Marine Oil Pollution in China, Hamburg, 15th February, 2013.

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Project Participated • Study Evaluating the Status Quo and the Legal Implications of Third Party Liability for the European Security Industry (Commissioned by European Commission, Enterprise and Industry Directorate-General).

• Study on civil liability and financial security for offshore oil and gas activities. (European Commission / DG Energy).

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Publication • “Compensating Ecological Damage: Comparative and Economic Observations”, published by Intersentia, 2013.

• “The Role of China’s Banking Sector in Providing Green Finance”, Yunwen Bai, Michael Faure, Liu Jing, accepted by Duke Environmental Law & Policy Forum, 2013 Volume.

• "Compensation for Environmental Damage in China: Theory and Practice", Michael Faure, Liu Jing, accepted by Pace Environmental Law Review, 2013 Volume.

• “Compensating for Natural Resources Damage Caused by Vessel-Induced Marine Oil Pollution: Comparing the International Regime, the US and China”, Liu Jing, Michael Faure, Wang Hui, accepted by Journal of Environmental Law and Litigation, 2013 Volume.

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Mengxing Lu! Research • The Regulation of the Green Economy in China: An Analysis on the Corporate Environmental Responsibility of the Multinational Enterprises, supervised by Prof. Dr. Michael G. Faure LL.M.

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Activities • Introduction Meeting Ius Commune Ph.D. Training Programme 2013-2014, Maastricht.

• 18th Ius Commune Conference, 28-29 November 2013, Maastricht.

• Presentation for the Ph.D. Training Programme: The Regulation of the Green Economy in China: An Analysis on the Corporate Environmental Responsibility of the Multinational Enterprises, 16 December 2013, Maastricht.

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Marjan Peeters!

Publications • Twenty years of EU Environmental Legislation after Maastricht: The increasing Role of the EU as a Global Green StandardSetter, in: Maartje de Visser, Anne Pieter van der Mei (eds), The Treaty on European Union 1993-2013: Reflections from Maastricht, Intersentia 2013, p 535-556.

• Local Climate Action in the European Union (2012) in Benjamin J. Richardson (ed.), Local Climate Change Law: Environmental Regulation in Cities and Other Localities, Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd, p. 273-99 (republished with permission from editor in Nicoletta Rangone, Jacques Ziller, Politiche e regolazioni per lo sviluppo locale sostenibile, Editoriale Scientifica (2013).

• Limits to integration in pollution prevention and control, Frans Oosterhuis & Marjan Peeters, Maastricht working paper 2013-1, available online.

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Academic Management • European Environmental Law Forum (http://www.eelf.info/relaunch/home-7.html), Member to the advisory board (2013-).

• IUCN Academy of environmental law, Member to the governing board from 2008-2013 (two terms, elected, representing West- Europe)

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Conference Organisation • Towards a low-carbon energy society, Ius Commune research group Transboundary Environmental law Friday 29 November 2013 Ius Commune Conference 28 – 29 November 2013, Maastricht • Environmental Concerns beyond the EU, Ius Commune PhD workshop, 11 June 2013, Maastricht University.

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Presentations • Less is more? The simplification of EU climate and energy law in view of equal treatment, Conference of the European Environmental Law Forum, Sustainable Energy, Groningen University, 4-5 September 2013.

• The legal challenge of biomass and local action, Conference of the Committee of the Regions, Łódź, Poland, 6 June 2013.

• Legal Challenges for Sustainable Energy in Europe, Lunch lecture, conference Laying the Foundation for a Sustainable Energy Future: Legal and Policy Challenges, Georgetown University Law School, April 10(-11), 2013.

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Case Law Notes • Zaak T-111/11, Gerecht van de Europese Unie, 13 september 2013, client Earth v European Commission, M en R 2013 jur nr p. Verordening (EG) nr. 1049/2001; Toetsing aan Aarhus Verdrag; Weigeringsgrond voor verschaffen milieu-informatie; Termijnoverschrijding.

• Zaak C515/11, Hof van Justitie EU, 18 juli 2013, Deutsche Umwelthilfe eV tegen Bundesrepublik Deutschland, M en R 2013 jur nr p. Richtlijn 2003/4/EG van het Europees Parlement en de Raad van 28 januari 2003 inzake de toegang van het publiek tot milieu-informatie, art. 2 punt 2 tweede alinea; Verdrag van Aarhus art. 2(2).

• Zaak T 370/11, Gerecht van de Europese Unie, 7 maart 2013, M en R 2013 jur. Nr. 90 pp.

428-429. Afwijzing beroep Polen tegen de door de Europese Commissie vastgestelde gratis toewijzingscriteria voor broeikasgasemissierechten; VWEU art. 192(2) en art. 194; Richtlijn 2003/87/EG, artikel 10bis; Juiste evoegdheidsgrondslag; Gelijke behandeling; Evenredigheid.

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Teaching Projects • International Environmental Law, intensive course (7,5 ECTS) for Australian students: January 2012; January 2013.

• Law, Sustainability and The Environment (5 ECTS) master course for the master Sustainability Science and Policy, ICIS institute Maastricht University, 2012; 2013.

• European Environmental Law (6 ECTS) elective master course for the master European Law School, Law Faculty, Maastricht University, since 2010.

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Miscellaneous • Pionieren naar hernieuwbare energie, Tijdschrift voor Milieu en Recht, 2013, jg 40, nr. 3, p. 157.

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Niels Philipsen!

Books and contributions to books • Philipsen, N.J. and Xu, G. (eds.), The Role of Law and Regulations in Sustaining Financial Markets, Routledge, accepted (2013).

• Faure, M.G. and Philipsen, N.J. (eds.), Access to Justice in Environmental Matters: A Socio-Economic Analysis, Eleven International Publishing, (2014), vii + 133 p.

• Philipsen, N.J., “Using Economics to Improve Professional Regulation”, in Faure, M. and Xu, G., Economics and Regulation in China, Routledge, 2013, 162-177.

• Philipsen, N.J., “Competition Advocacy and Case Law in Europe: The Case of the Liberal Professions”, in Faure, M. and Zhang, X., The Chinese Anti-Monopoly Law: New Developments and Empirical Evidence, Edward Elgar, 2013, 351-373.

Published articles • Philipsen, N.J., “Limiting Auditors’ Liability: The Case For (and Against) EU Intervention”, Geneva Papers on Risk and Insurance, accepted (2013).

• Philipsen, N.J., “Regulation of Pharmacists: A Comparative Law and Economics Analysis”, European Journal of Comparative Economics, Vol. 10, No. 2, 2013, 225-241.

Research reports • De Smedt, K., Faure, M.G., Liu, J., Philipsen, N.J. and Wang, H. (2013), Civil Liability and Financial Security for Offshore Oil and Gas Activities, Final Report, study for European Commission – DG ENER, Maastricht: Maastricht University, 24 October 2013 (http:// ec.europa.eu/dgs/energy/tenders/doc/2013/20131028_b3-978-1_final_report.pdf).

• Bergkamp, L., Faure, M.G., Hinteregger, M. and Philipsen, N.J. (2013), Study Evaluating the Status Quo and the Legal Implications of Third Party Liability for the European Security Industry, Maastricht: Maastricht University, Hunton & Williams and ECTIL, 11 October 2013 (http:// ec.europa.eu/enterprise/policies/security/files/final-report-tpl-11-10-2013_en.pdf).

• Faure, M.G., Philipsen, N.J., Backes, C.W., Choukroune, L., Fernhout, F. and M. Mühl (2013), Possible Initiatives on Access to Justice in Environmental Matters and their Socio-Economic Implications, Final Report, study for European Commission – DG ENV, Maastricht: Maastricht 22

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University, 9 January 2013 (http://ec.europa.eu/environment/aarhus/pdf/access%20to%20justice %20-%20economic%20implications%20-%20study%202013.pdf).

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Contract research • “Concurrentie in de Juridische en Rechtskundige Dienstverlening” (Competition in the Legal Professions), project carried out by Ecorys for the Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs, December 2013 – May 2014 (contract dates). External member and advisor of the research team.

• “Schadecompensatie bij beroepsrisico’s: “ILO-proof”? Speurtocht naar de hiaten en mogelijke remedies” (Compensation for Work-Related Damage: ILO proof?), project carried out by Maastricht University for Stichting Instituut GAK, November 2013 – May 2015 (contract dates).

Member of the core research team.

• “EFFACE: European Union Action to Fight Environmental Crime’, FP7 Collaborative Project (EU) coordinated by Ecologic, December 2012 – November 2016. Member of the core research team (Metro leads one work package and participates in various others). Http://www.efface.eu.

• “Inventory of Legal Form and Shareholding Requirements in the EU Services Sector and their Economic Assessment”, project carried out by Maastricht University and Panteia for European Commission – DG MARKT, November 2012 – February 2014 (contract dates). Project coordinator and member of the core research team.

• “Study evaluating the Status Quo and the Legal Implications of Third Party Liability for the European Security Industry”, project carried out by consortium METRO / Hunton & Williams / ECTIL for European Commission – DG Enterprise, October 2012 - September 2013 (contract dates). Member of the core research team and project manager.

• “Study on Civil Liability and Financial Security for Offshore Oil and Gas Activities”, project carried out by Metro for European Commission – DG Energy, October 2012 – June 2013 (contract dates). Member of the core research team.

• “Possible Initiatives on Access to Justice in Environmental Matters and their Socio-Economic Implications”, project carried out by Metro for the European Commission – DG Environment, April 2012 – November 2012 (contract dates). Member of the core research team and project manager.

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Research Proposals • “Concurrentie in de Juridische en Rechtskundige Dienstverlening” (Competition in the Legal Professions), proposal submitted by Ecorys to the Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs on 18 November 2013. Awarded on 28 November 2013.

• ‘“Schadecompensatie bij beroepsrisico’s: “ILO-proof”? Speurtocht naar de hiaten en mogelijke remedies” (Compensation for Work-Related Damage: ILO proof?), submitted by Saskia Klosse 23

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on behalf of Maastricht University to Stichting Instituut GAK in June 2013. Awarded in September 2013.

• “Market Integration: The EU Experience and Implications for Regulatory Reform”, research proposal submitted to CESL in June 2011 (project coordinator; collaboration between Metro and the China University of Political Science and Law, The Chinese Academy of Social Sciences and the University of Groningen). Awarded on 28 May 2013.

Advised on • “Smart mixes voor grensoverschrijdende juridische milieubescherming” (Smart Mixes for Transboundary Legal Environmental Protection”, KNAW ‘Over Grenzen’ proposal submitted by Michael Faure and André Nollkaemper, Erasmus University Rotterdam. Potential role as member of the research team. Awarded in January 2014.

Presentations and Guest Lectures • Lecturer (joint coordination course ‘Competition Law’) at the China-EU School of Law, Changping / Beijing (China), 11-15 November 2013 • Speaker (Business Restrictions in the Legal Profession: Do We Really Need EU Intervention?) at conference “The Professions between Competition and Regulation: Interdisciplinary Perspectives”, Université Paris Ouest Nanterre La Défense, Paris, September 27-28, 2013.

• Co-organizer and participant at stakeholders meeting on “Third Party Liability for the Security Industry”, METRO/Hunton & Williams/ECTIL, Brussels, 12 September 2013.

• Speaker (Limiting Auditors’ Liability: The Case for (and against) EU Intervention) at conference “Liability and Insurance in Times of Crisis”, 15th joint seminar of the European Association of Law and Economics and the Geneva Association, University of Girona, Girona (Spain), 13-14 June 2013.

• Participant and speaker at FP7 meeting, EFFACE: European Union Action to Fight Environmental Crime, Rome (Italy), 29-31 May 2013.

• Co-organizer of and speaker at conference “Law and Finance: The Role of Law and Regulations in Sustaining Financial Markets”, China University of Political Science and Law (CUPL), Beiing (China), 13 May 2013.

• Guest lecturer (Auditors’ Liability) at the Central University of Finance and Economics, School of Law, Beijing (China), 14 May 2013.

• Lecturer (joint coordination course ‘An Overview of International Commercial Contracts and An Introduction to Competition Law) at the China-EU School of Law, Changping / Beijing (China), 13-17 May 2013.

• Discussant at seminar EDLE (European Doctorate in Law and Economics): “The Future of Law and Economics”, Erasmus School of Law (RILE), Rotterdam, 21-22 March 2013.

• Participant at FP7 kick-off meeting, EFFACE: European Union Action to Fight Environmental Crime, Brussels (Belgium), 23-25 January 2013.

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PhD Supervision • • • • • • •

Ms. Wenqing Liao Mr. Mario Cisneros Mr. Xiaowei Yu Mr. Guang Shen Mr. Max Gaber Ms. Mengmeng Shi Mr. Yu Zhao

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Teaching Law and Economics (course coordinator and member of the planning committee).

Competition Law (CESL, Beijing) (course coordinator) Business Economics for Lawyers (member of the planning committee).

State Aid and Public Procurement in the EU (member of the planning committee).

Guest lecture “European Company Law”.

Supervision master thesis (14): Kayleigh Brown, Kevin Palmen, Jonathan Himpe, James Mason, Remi van de Calseijde, Tobias Tiemann, Carla Calvo Mañosa, Céline Vermeulen, Robbert Jaspers, Orrapin Ampornpattana, Stefanie Siegfried, Anjena Narang, Liu Qing (CESL), Ju Ren (CESL).

• Second reader master thesis (8): Ioannis Platis, Peter Brandstrup, Lyuben Tyuelekov, Tosca van Halsema, Fenna Bekkers, Wang Yuzhe (CESL), Wang Chen (CESL), Fang Chen (CESL).

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Chairman ‘Metro Seminar Series’, Maastricht University.

Research fellow at M-EPLI. Faculty contact person China Scholarship Council (CSC) on behalf of scientific personnel, Faculty of Law, Maastricht University.

• Attendance of various workshops and seminars.

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METRO People 2013!

Mehdi Piri Damagh!

Presentations • Metro Seminar Series on 30th January 2013 ”Public versus private regulations: what would be the appropriate regulatory governance for oil and gas pipelines?”

• Ius commune Leuven Master class on May 23&24 2013 ” Liability for Transboundary Pipeline Accidents” • 15th Joint Seminar Of The European Association Of Law And Economics And The Geneva Association Liability And Insurance In Times Of Crisis 13-14 June, 2013 “Responsibility for Response to Oil Pipeline Accidents and its Co-relation to the Liability; what would be an Effective Regime?”

• The Ius Commune Environmental Workshop 11 June 2013” Environmental Impact Assessment Regulations in Iran and the EU: a Comparative Study”

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Research • Contribution to study evaluating the status quo and the legal implications of third party liability for the European security industry

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Attended Conferences • MEPLI Roundtable ‘SMART’ REGULATION OF EUROPEAN PRIVATE LAW 18 January 2013, Maastricht.

• Bridging the gap between international investment law and the environment on 4 and 5 November 2013 ,The Hague.

• 18th Ius Commune Conference 28 & 29 November 2013, Maastricht.

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Sarah Schoenmaekers!

Conferences • Conference paper for the International Conference on India - EU mobility, The mobility of engineers holding Indian qualifications, New Delhi, 17-18 October 2013.

• ‘De grensoverschrijdende gunning van overheidsopdrachten’, Over de Grens, Fiscaal up to Date B.V., Den Haag, 2013.

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Publications • ‘Het wettelijk kader van de beroepsuitoefening van de architect en de deontologie’ in K. Deketelaere et al., Handboek Bouwrecht, Intersentia, Antwerp, 2013.

• K. Uytterhoeven & S. Schoenmaekers, De architect - beroepsuitoefening en deontologie, Intersentia, Antwerp, 2013.

• ‘The Increasing Influence of the Ombudsman in the Institutional System of the European Union’ in A.P. Van der Mei & M. De Visser, The Treaty on European Union 1993-2013: Reflections from Maastricht, Intersentia, Antwerp, 2013.

• ‘De recente ontwikkelingen in het Europese aanbestedingsrecht: de Europese Commissie laat het gaspedaal niet meer los’, Tijdschrift voor Bouwrecht 11(2), Intersentia, Antwerp, 2013, pp.54-73.

• ‘Het Vlaamse “wonen in eigen streek criterium” bij de aanschaf van een woning druist in tegen de Europese fundamentele vrijheden’, Nederbelgisch magazine, 16(10), NBU N.V, Antwerp 2013, pp. 81-82.

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Mengmeng Shi! Research • Divestiture under merger control in the US, EU and China: a comparative Law and Economic perspective, supervised by Prof.

Michael Faure, Dr. Niels Philipsen.

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Activities • Ius Commune Conference, September 30th - October 1st 2013.

• Ius Commune Conference, December 28th - 29th 2013.

• Presentation on New Ph.D. Students Meeting, December 16th.

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Guang Shen!

Research • The Freedom of Establishment and the Freedom to Provide Services in the EU and China (Maastricht, the Netherlands), supervised by Prof. Dr. Michael G. Faure LL.M. and Dr. Niels Philipsen

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Attended conferences and seminars • Law and Economics Courses for Doctoral Students and Faculty Members 2013-Introduction to Law, Economics and Business by Prof. Robert D. Cooter, May 27 – 31, 2013, Study Center Gerzensee, Switzerland

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Jaap Spier!

Research • Spier, J. (2013). Balancing Acts: How to cope with major catastrophes, particularly in the financial crisis. Journal of European Tort Law, 4(2), 223-239.

• Spier, J. & Jong, E.R. de (2013). Climate change. A major challenge and a serious threat to enterprises. The Dovenschmidt Quarterly, 1, 36-43.

• Spier, J. (2013). Legal strategies to come to grips with climate change. In O.C. Ruppel, Chr. Roschmann & K. Ruppel-Schlitling (Eds.), Climate change: international law and global governance (Vol. I) (pp. 121-152). Baden-Baden: Nomos (ISBN 978 38329 7797 9).

• Spier, J. (2013). Rechtsontwikkeling met beleid en kennis van zaken. In G. van Dijk & et al.

(Eds.), Cirkels, Een terugblik op een vooruitziende blik (pp. 41-48). Deventer: Kluwer.

• Spier, J. (2013). The need for breaking new ground in the realm of climate change. In M.G. Faure & A. Wibisana (Eds.), Regulating disasters, climate change and environmental harm (pp.

227-239). Cheltenham: Edward Elgar.

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Laura Tilindyte!

Teaching • Legal English (University of Hasselt) • European Union Law: Substantive (Maastricht University, University of Hasselt) • International and European Law (Maastricht University, University of Hasselt)

Lectures • 27 March 2013: Enforcing Health and Safety: ‘Punish or Persuade’ Revisited? Faculty of Law, Department of Criminal Law and Criminology Course Organisational Crime.

Reports • An Inventory of Legal Form and Shareholding Requirements in the EU Services Sector and their Economic Assessment. Country Report Lithuania (European Commission project Study MARKT/ 2012/052/E)

Maastricht Journal • Associate editor (till 15 July 2013)

Supervision Bachelor Essays • Philipp Roth, Kim Deckers

Supervision Internship • Giedre Zukauskaite, Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Lithuania, July-August 2013

Miscellaneous/other • Involvement Open days/Experience days • Mentor of the Students’ Mentorship Programme

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Xiaowei Yu! !

Conferences Attended • Ius Commune Postgraduate training course 2012 – 2013: Foundations of Ius Commune , Maastricht, 28-30 January 2013.

• 5th Joint Seminar ‘The Future of Law and Economics’, Rotterdam, 21-22 March 2013.

• Ius Commune Postgraduate Training course 2012 – 2013: Comparative Law Research and Methodology, Utrecht, 16-17 April 2013.

• Ius Commune postgraduate training course 2012 – 2013: Masterclass Amsterdam, Amsterdam, 13-14 June 2013.

Courses Taken • Comparative Tort Law (2013-200-PRI3015), Maastricht, Period 2.

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Taotao Yue! Presentations • 29 November 2013, ‘The EU sustainability criteria for biofuels: sustainable biofuels ensured?’, 18th Ius Commune Conference 2013, Maastricht.

• 10 October 2013, ‘Regulatory Landscape and Sustainability Concerns for Biofuels in China’, Conference“Energy Systems in Transition: Inter- and Transdisciplinary Contributions” 9th of October to 11th of October 2013 at Karlsruhe, Germany.

• 5 September 2013, ‘Regulating Sustainability of Biofuels - coordinated and integrated international approach is called for?’, the First European Environmental Law Forum Conference – ‘Environmental Law and Energy and Climate Law as instruments to achieve Sustainable Energy’, Groningen.

• 11 June 2013, ‘Regulation of biofuels in China: between uniformity and flexibility’, Ius Commune Environmental Law Workshop ‘Environmental concerns beyond the EU’, Maastricht.

• 24 May 2013, ‘Regulating biofuels from the perspectives of sustainability and harmonization’, Ius Commune Master Class 23-24th May, Leuven.

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Participation • 19 April 2013, CLEER workshop ‘EU environmental norms and third countries: the EU as a global role model’, T.M.C. Asser Institute, Den Haag • 17 May 2013, International workshop ‘Fragmentation in Global Environmental Law and Governance: Exploring the Causes, Consequences and Responses, KNAW-NIAS, Wassenaar • 29-31 May 2013, Workshop and Conference ‘Between flexibility and disintegration’, Maastricht • 22 May 2013, Meeting with Prof. J. Scott, University College London, Maastricht • 25-27 June 2013, EUSEW 2013 High-level Policy Conference on Sustainable Energy, Brussels • 20 September 2013, Guest Lecture ‘Climate Change Science’of Prof. dr. Bram Bregman (KNMI/ Radboud University Nijmegen), Maastricht • 4th October 2013, First IGIR/IPKM Expert Lecture of the year, Maria Julia Oliva on Biotrade, Maastricht • 24 October 2013, Seminar ‘Publishing successfully: Writing and Publishing Ethics’, Maastricht 33

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• 25 October 2013, Conference ‘Twenty Years Treaty on European Union: Reflections from Maastricht’, Maastricht • 4-5 November 2013, Conference ‘Bridging the Gap between • International Investment Law and the Environment’, Den Haag

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Attended Courses • 2013 UM Course ‘International and European Law’ • 2013 UM Course ‘EU substantive law’ • 5 June2013, Presentation Skills workshop on Wednesday

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Interviews • 17 December 2013, meeting with Ignacio Vazquez Larruscain, Policy Officer of European Commission, Brussels • 21 March 2013, roundtable meeting with visiting scholar Lan Hua, T.M.C. Asser Institute, Den Haag

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Teaching Assistance • 23 February 2013, Lecture on ‘EU’s Biofuels Regulation and its Compatibility with WTO Rules’, for the course ‘Sustainability, Law and Economic Regulations’ (ICIS), Maastricht • 11 January 2013, Lecture on ‘Introduction to Sustainable Development’, for the course ‘International Environmental Law’ (the Centre for European Study), Maastricht

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METRO People 2013!

Yu Zhao!

Research • Party Autonomy and State Control in Private Equity: A Comparative Study of China and the EU (Maastricht, the Netherlands).

Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Michael G. Faure LL.M. and Dr. Niels Philipsen.

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Maastricht Journal on European and Comparative Law! Maastricht Journal 19, 2013: 1!

Articles • Pringle: Legal Reasoning, Text, Purpose and Teleology, P. Craig; • Private Enforcement of European Competition Law and the Persisting Collective Action Problem, R. Van Den Bergh; • The European Commission’s Programme for State Aid Modernization, C. Q. C. Quigley; • The Loss of Chance in Civil Law Countries: A Comparative and Critical Analysis, R. C. Ferreira; • Establishing the Content of Foreign Law: A Comparative Study, S. Lalani; • Right of the European Union to claim compensation before a national court against

the member of a cartel: Case C-199/11 Europese Gemeenschap v. OTIS NV and Others, Judgment of 6 November 2012, not yet reported, D. Canapa & P. Hager; • A change for future intra-European diplomatic relations? Case C-364/10 Hungary v. Slovakia, Judgment of 16 October 2012, not yet reported, M. Filippin; • Amending the Statute of the EU Courts, A. Meij; • New Framework for Business Restructuring in Europe: The EU Commission’s Proposals for a Reform of the European Insolvency Regulation and Beyond, H. Eidenmüller.

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Maastricht Journal 19, 2013: 2!

Articles • Towards a Ius Commune 3.0?, I. Giesen; • After the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights: The Court of Justice as a Human Rights Adjudicator?, G. De Búrca; • The EU Constitution of Social Governance in an Economic Crisis: in Defence of a Transnational Dimension to Social Europe, D. Schiek; • Withdrawal from the European Union: A Typology of Effects, P. Nicolaides; • Reconciling Different Legal Spheres in Theory and Practice: Pluralism and Constitutionalism in the Cases of Al-Jedda, Ahmed and Nada, C. Eckes & S. Hollenberg; • Translation in the EU: Language and Law in the EU’s Judicial Labyrinth, M. Künnecke;

• The Contribution of the European Courts to the Common European Asylum System and Its Ongoing Recast Process, F. Ippolito; • European Union Fundamental Rights and Member States Action in EU Criminal Law, T. Marguery; • (Further) Signs of a Turn of the Tide in the CJEU’s Citizenship Jurisprudence, Case C-40/11 Iida, Judgment of 8 November 2012, not yet reported, A. Tryfonidou; • The New EU Directive on Energy Efficiency: A Critical View, G. Lo Schiavo; • J.M. Smits, The Mind and Method of the Legal Academic, T. Tuominen.

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• The Maastricht Journal at Twenty, E. & Muir, J. Smits; • The Evolution of the EU Economic Governance since the Treaty of Maastricht: An Unfinished Task, A. De Streel; • Three Shifts in EU Competition Policy: Towards Standards, Decentralization, Settlements, P. Ibáñez Colomo; • The Transformation of Consumer Law in the EU in the Last 20 Years, J. Stuyck; • EU Environmental Law: Sources, Instruments and Enforcement – Reflections

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on Major Developments over the Last 20 Years, A. Epiney; • Sources of Law, Regulatory Processes and Enforcement Mechanisms in EU Migration Policy: The Slow Decline of National Sovereignty, A. Wiesbrock; • European Criminal Law as an Exercise in EU ‘Experimental’ Constitutional Law, E. Herlin-karnell; • Institutional Variation across Policy Fields in the Evolution of European Union Law, B. De Witte.

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Articles!

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• EDITORIAL, In the Classroom and the Courtroom, S. Rodin; • Informal Authorities in European Private Law, N. Jansen; • Is Europe Skipping a Step? Exploring the Harmonization of ADR Agreements, M. Piers; • The New Approach to the New Approach: The Juridification of Harmonized Standards in EU Law, H. Schepel; • The Existence of Transaction Costs as the Rationale for Maximum Harmonization of the European Common Sales Law, M. Kovač; • Delegated Acts, Implementing Acts, and Institutional Balance Implications PostLisbon, Z. Xhaferri; • Dealing with Divergences in Fundamental Rights Standards Case C-399/11 Stefano Melloni v. Ministerio Fiscal, Judgment (Grand Chamber) of 26 February 2013, not yet reported, M. De Visser;

• Enhanced Cooperation in the Area of Unitary Patent Protection: Testing the Boundaries of the Rule of Law Cases C-274/11 and 295/11 Kingdom of Spain and Italian Republic v.

Council of the European Union, Judgment of 16 April 2013, not yet reported, M. Lamping; •Economic Activities and Compensation for Public Service Obligations Case T- 3 4 7 / 0 9 G e r m a n y v.

Commission, Judgment of 12 September 2013, not yet reported, P. Nicolaides; •E u r o p e a n C h e m i c a l Agency Board of Appeal decisions in Honeywell and Dow Chemicals, D. Thomas; •The European Commission Proposal for a Directive on Antitrust Damages: A First Assessment, C. Cauffman; • The Legal Reasoning of the Court of Justice and the Euro Crisis – The Flexibility of the Court’s Cumulative Approach and the Pringle Case, G. Beck.

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Ius Commune Europaeum! !

Book Series!

• J. Liu, Compensating Ecological Damage. Share on printShare on facebookShare on twitterShare on hyvesMore Sharing Services1 Compensating Ecological Damage. Comparative and Economic Observations (2013, Intersentia, Antwerpen, ISBN 978-1-78068-174-0, xxii + 452 p.) vol. 118

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• E. Ramaekers, European Union Property Law. From Fragments to a System (2013, Intersentia, Antwerpen, ISBN 978-1-78068-171-9, xiii + 338 p.) vol. 117

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• M. Eliantonio, Ch.W. Backes, C.H. van Rhee, T. Spronken, Standing up for Your Right(s) in Europe.

A Comparative Study on Legal Standing (Locus Standi) before the EU and Member States' Courts (2013, Intersentia, Antwerpen, ISBN 978-1-78068-156-6, xiv + 594 p.) vol. 116

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• A.W. Heringa, Legal Education. Reflections and Recommendations (2013, Intersentia, Antwerpen, ISBN 978-1-78068-166-5 , viii + 228 p.) vol. 115

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• M. van Kogelenberg, Motive Matters! An exploration of the notion 'deliberate breach of contract' and its consequences for the application of remedies (2013, Intersentia, Antwerpen, ISBN 978-1-78068-163-4, 275 p.) vol. 114

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• M. Fichera, J. Kremer (eds.), Law and Security in Europe: Reconsidering the Security Constitution (2013, Intersentia, Antwerpen, ISBN 978-1-78068-147-4, xviii + 253 p.) vol. 112

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Metro Seminar Series!

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• Mehdi Piri Damagh, 30 January 2013, Public versus private regulation: what would be the appropriate regulatory governance for oil and gas pipelines?

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• Mario Cisneros, 13 March 2013, Is EU state Aid Law Pro-Innovation – a review from the perspective of public/private R&D cooperation.

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• Xuesong Li, 17 April 2013, Financing water resources management in EU and China: a comparative analysis.

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• Alessio Pacces (Erasmus University Rotterdam), 26 June 2013, The case for an unbiased takeover law (with an application to the European Union).

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• Wenqing Liao (Wuhan University), 11 September 2013, Efficient breach in European Consumer contract law: an economic analysis of the remedy system in CESL.

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• Michael Faure, 9 October 2013, Civil liability and financial security for offshore oil and gas activities.

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• Sarah Schoenmaekers, 11 December 2013, The densification of education and labour market requirements picture.

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Activities of METRO in developing Countries! !

Africa • Colloque International sur les Mouvements Transfrontières de Déchets Dangereux, Faculté de Droit, Université Abomey-Calavi and Maastricht University, 5-7 September 2013.

Asia • Indonesia • Publication: M. Faure & A. Wibisana (eds), Regulating Disasters, Climate Change and Environmental Harm. Lessons from the Indonesian Experience, Cheltenham, Edward Elgar, 2013.

• China • Publication: M. Faure & X. Zhang (eds), The Chinese Anti-Monopoly Law: New Developments and Empirical Evidence, Cheltenham, Edward Elgar, 2013.

• Publication: M. Faure & G. Xu, “Economics and Regulation in China, Routledge, 2013.

• Conference organization: N. Philipsen & G. Xu, “Law and Finance: The Role of Law and Regulations in Sustaining Financial Markets”, China University of Political Science and Law (CUPL), Beiing (China), 13 May 2013.

• Teaching at various universities by M. Faure and N. Philipsen (including China-EU School of Law).

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Dissertation Activities!

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• Ozigré Privat, Koffi M., Les organes restreints des organisations internationales (Université de Cocody, Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire). Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Michael G. Faure LL.M., defended at Maastricht University on Thursday 27 June 2013.

• Liu, Jing, The Establishment of Compensation Mechanisms for Ecological Damage in China (Maastricht, the Netherlands). Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Michael G. Faure LL.M., defended at Maastricht University on 27 June 2013.

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• Badkas, Sachin, Informing Metachoice Selective Adaptation of Analytical Methods for the Choice of Environmental Policy Instruments (Maastricht, the Netherlands). Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Michael G. Faure LL.M. • Chen, Huizhen, Towards a market-based climate policy in China? A legal perspective on the design and application of greenhouse gas emissions trading (PhD candidate extra muros).

Supervisor: Prof. Marjan Peeters • Cisneros, Mario, The Role of EU State Aid Law in Promoting a Pro-Innovation Policy — an Approach from the Perspective of Public-Private Partnerships for Research and Development (Maastricht, the Netherlands). Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Michael G. Faure LL.M. and Dr. Niels Philipsen 42

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• Gao, Yuan, The Regulation of International Emission Activities in view of Climate Change: Future role of the EU ETS (Maastricht, the Netherlands). Supervisor: Prof. Marjan Peeters and Prof. Dr. Michael G. Faure LL.M. • Shen, Guang, The Freedom of Establishment and the Freedom to Provide Services in the EU and China (Maastricht, the Netherlands). Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Michael G. Faure LL.M. and Dr. Niels Philipsen • Heldt, Tobias, A European Legal Framework for Nuclear Liability (Maastricht, the Netherlands and Mol, Belgium). Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Michael G. Faure LL.M. • Ibikounlé, Charles, La garantie du droit à l'information et à la justice dans l'exercice du droit à un environnement sain en Républic du Bénin. Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Michael G. Faure LL.M. • Kindji, Kevine, Role of WTO in access protection of small African food producers to international market. Case study: shrimp export in Bénin (Maastricht/Bénin). Supervisor: Prof.

Dr. Michael G. Faure LL.M., Prof. Peter van den Bossche • Liao, Wenqing, How far the Theory of efficient Breach could reach (Maastricht, the Netherlands).

Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Michael G. Faure LL.M. and Dr. Niels Philipsen • Liu, Ancui, Legal aspects of regulating coexistence of GM crops and non-GM crops in Europe, the USA and China. Supervisor: Prof. Marjan Peeters.

• Lu, Mengxing, The Regulation of the Green Economy in China: An Analysis on the Corporate Environmental Responsibility of the Multinational Enterprises. Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Michael G. Faure LL.M. • Mahounon, Maurice, Le Rôle de la CEDEAO dans la crise ivoirienne. Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Michael Faure LL.M. • Ozigré Privat, Koffi M., Les organes restreints des organisations internationales (Université de Cocody, Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire). Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Michael G. Faure LL.M. • Piri Damagh, Mehdi, State Responsibility in Pollution caused from Transboundary Gas (Maastricht, the Netherlands). Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Michael G. Faure LL.M. • Shi, Mengmeng, Divestiture under merger control in the US, EU and China: a comparative Law and Economic perspective, supervised by Prof. Dr. Michael G. Faure LL.M, Dr. Niels Philipsen.

• Sihite, Emma, Strategic Environmental Assessment for Meratus Mountain Protected Area (Maastricht, the Netherlands). Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Michael G. Faure LL.M. • Yu, Xiaowei, Medical Liability Insurance in China: A Comparative and Theoretical Analysis (Maastricht, the Netherlands). Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Michael G. Faure LL.M. and Dr. Niels Philipsen • Yue, Taotao, Regulating biofuels as a global problem (Maastricht, the Netherlands). Supervisor: Prof. Marjan Peeters • Zhao, Yu, Party Autonomy and State Control in Private Equity: A Comparative Study of China and the EU. Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Michael G. Faure LL.M. and Dr. Niels Philipsen.

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Ius Commune Casebooks!

For the Common Law of Europe!

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I. General info!

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General Editor: Prof. Dr. Walter VAN GERVEN Series Managing Editor: Dimitri DROSHOUT Steering Committee: Walter VAN GERVEN, Chairman/General Editor (Universities of Leuven and Maastricht, former Advocate General ECJ), Lord BINGHAM OF CORNHILL+ (Senior Law Lord), Xavier BLANC-JOUVAN (University of Paris I), Hans DANELIUS (Swedish Supreme Court), Roger ERRERA (Conseil d'État, Paris), Francis JACOBS (King's College, London), Thijmen KOOPMANS (former Judge ECJ), Hein KÖTZ, (Max Planck Institute Hamburg, Bucerius Law School), Jürgen SCHWARZE (University of Freiburg), Bruno DE WITTE (Maastricht University and European University Institute, Florence), Michael FAURE (Professor at Maastricht University) and Dimitri DROSHOUT, Research Coordinator (Universities of Leuven and Maastricht) Management Committee: Wouter DEVROE (Universities of Leuven and Maastricht), Sjef (JHM) VAN ERP (Maastricht University), Pierre LAROUCHE, Chairman (Tilburg University), Jan SMITS (Maastricht University), Sophie STIJNS (University of Leuven) and Jan WOUTERS (University of Leuven) Casebook network: full overview at http://www.casebooks.eu/project/people Host faculties: Faculties of law of Maastricht University (METRO) and of University of Leuven Further information: http://www.casebooks.eu

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Currently available in the Casebook series!

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The following casebooks are currently available: Walter VAN GERVEN, Pierre LAROUCHE and Jeremy LEVER, Cases, Materials and Text on National, Supranational and International Tort Law (Oxford, Hart Publishing, 2000).

This book is the successor of the first preliminary volume of the Casebook series which dealt with the scope of protection offered by tort law. A second, fully revised edition is currently in preparation.

Jack BEATSON and Eltjo (EJH) SCHRAGE (eds.), Cases, Materials and Text on Unjustified Enrichment (Oxford, Hart Publishing, 2003).

Dagmar SCHIEK, Lisa WADDINGTON and Mark BELL (eds.), Cases, Materials and Text on National, Supranational and International Non-Discrimination Law (Oxford, Hart Publishing, 2007).

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Hans-W MICKLITZ, Jules STUYCK, Evelyne TERRYN and Dimitri DROSHOUT (eds.), Cases, Materials and Text on Consumer Law (Oxford, Hart Publishing, 2010). A second edition is currently in preparation.

Hugh BEALE, Hein Kﾃ傍Z, Arthur HARTKAMP and Denis TALLON (eds.), Cases, Materials and Text on Contract Law (Oxford, Hart Publishing, 2010). The book is the successor of the first edition which dates back to 2002.

Bram AKKERMANS and Sjef VAN ERP (eds.), Cases Materials and Text on Property Law (Oxford, Hart Publishing, 2012)

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Next volume to appear!

Cases, Materials and Text on Civil Procedure, editor: Remco (CH) Van Rhee (scheduled for publication in 2014).

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Active Task Forces/Volumes in preparation (in alphabetical order)!

Civil Procedure / Conflict of Laws / Constitutional Law / Horizontal Effects / Judicial Review / Labour Law / Law and Art / Legal History / Tort Law (2nd edition)

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Visiting Guest Researchers!

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Li Xuesong, Water Research institute of Wuhan University Economics and Management, School of Wuhan University, September 2012 - August 2013
 Vice-director of the Water Research Institute of Wuhan University, researcher at the Regional Economy Research Center of Wuhan University as well as Associate Professor at the Economics and Management School of Wuhan University. I am currently working on the research project "A Comparative Study of Water Resources Management Systems between China and the EU" as well as the project "the research of economic policy and management system about water environmental approval in rural regions of the EU". 


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Ongoing Contract Research!

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EFFACE - a research project on environmental crime!

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Type of project: FP7 Collabarative project Title: EFFACE – European Union Action to Fight Environmental Crime Coordinator: Ecologic Institute.

The website of EFFACE, the FP7 project on Environmental Crime in which Metro participates, is now online! Please visit: www.efface.eu (also for information on its Twitter account).

Number of participants: 11 (including UM/Metro).

Researchers on behalf of UM/Metro: Michael Faure and Niels Philipsen. Probably others. Metro will lead one of the work packages and participate in several others.

Abstract: Environmental crime is a threat to environmental, social and economic sustainability and is in conflict with key commitments and strategies of the European Union, including the Europe 2020 Strategy. EFFACE will propose effective and feasible policy options for the EU to combat environmental crime. The recently adopted Environmental Crime Directive, the Ship-Source Pollution Directive, and the new provisions of the Lisbon Treaty have created new instruments and opportunities for increasing the effectiveness of EU measures against environmental crime through harmonisation and co-ordination. However, utilisation of these opportunities suffers from a serious lack of information on environmental crime: e.g. harmonisation measures based on the new Article 83(2) TFEU depend on the availability of reliable information on the impacts of environmental crime. EFFACE will help to address this gap by generating relevant information. Drawing on a combination of quantitative and qualitative approaches and data and an in-depth investigation of different types of environmental crime, EFFACE will provide an assessment of the main costs, impacts and causes of environmental crime in the EU, including those linked to the EU, but occurring outside its territory, complemented by a comprehensive analysis of the status quo in terms of existing instruments, actors and institutions. A SWOT analysis will identify strengths, weaknesses, threats and opportunities associated with the EU’s current efforts to combat environmental crime. Feasible policy options for harmonisation and better co-ordination of actors will then be developed with the help of, i.a., typologies of different approaches to harmonisation, sanctioning and strategic enforcement. These policy options will consider the use of policy mixes and innovative approaches to govern such mixes. Stakeholder involvement in EFFACE through interactive policy analysis will promote mutual learning with and among a broad range of stakeholders.

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pollution, illegal wildlife trade, illegal waste exports, industrial spill accidents, fisheries.

Research period: 40 months, starting 1 January 2013.

Funding: € 234,238.00

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“Concurrentie in de Juridische en Rechtskundige Dienstverlening” (Competition in the Legal Professions)!

Project carried out by Ecorys for the Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs, December 2013 – May 2014 (contract dates). External member and advisor of the research team.

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Schadecompensatie bij beroepsrisico’s: “ILO-proof”? Speurtocht naar de hiaten en mogelijke remedies daarvoor (Compensation for Work-Related Damage: ILO proof?)!

Project carried out by Maastricht University for Stichting Instituut GAK Researchers involved: Prof. S. Klosse, Prof M. Faure, Prof. W. Rauws, Dr. N. Gundt, Dr. N. Philipsen Duration: October 2013 – April 2015.

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Legal Form and Shareholding Requirements in the EU Services Sector!

Funded by: European Commission / DG Market Coordinators: Niels Philipsen and Mieke Olaerts Researchers involved: Niels Philipsen, Mieke Olaerts, Caroline Cauffman, Marcel Schaper, Cees Mulder and Sarah Schoenmaekers. Additional faculty staff members will be involved in the project, more specifically in relation to the country studies.

Abstract: The research involves an inventory of existing legal form and shareholding requirements in all of the EEA countries and potential justifications for those restrictions, as well as an economic assessment of the impact of those restrictions. The latter part of the research will be carried out by consortium partner Panteia, an economic consultant.

Research period: December 2012 - 2013

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Study evaluating the Status Quo and the Legal Implications of Third Party Liability for the European Security Industry.!

Funded by: European Commission / DG Enterprise and Industry Coordinator: Metro (Michael Faure).

Researchers involved: Michael Faure, Niels Philipsen, Kristel de Smedt, and others. Subcontractors: ECTIL (Vienna) and Hunton & Williams (Brussels).

Abstract: The goals of this study are the following: - To collect, analyse and assess data from various legal sources and actual best practices related to the field of third party liability. Case studies include (inter alia) environmental liability, product liability, and auditor liability.

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- To present the potential basis for wide-reaching policy decisions by the European Commission, understandable by both laymen and legal experts.

Research period: twelve months, starting in October or November 2012.

Funding: € 492,410.93 (including subcontractors)

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Study on civil liability and financial security for offshore oil and gas activities.!

Funded by: European Commission / DG Energy Coordinator: Metro (Michael Faure).

Researchers involved: Michael Faure, Niels Philipsen, Kristel de Smedt, Hui Wang (external consultant).

Abstract: At the policy level, the desire was formulated to develop a regime which would guarantee compensation to victims in case of an incident with an offshore facility. In addition to the goal of victim compensation, the need to provide financial security (both to operators as well as to victims) was stressed. Hence, the questions central to this project can be formulated as follows: - To what extent can liability play a role in both aiming at prevention of accidents and at compensating victims of offshore oil and gas activities,focusing both on environmental damage as well as on traditional damage?

- How should such a civil liability regime be shaped to make civil liability efficient, effective and insurable?

- What options do currently exist for liable operators to cover the costs resulting from such liabilities and which mechanisms (such as compensation funds, solvency guarantees, insurance or risk sharing agreements) either exist or can be developed to reach that goal?

- How can mechanisms be developed to make an early compensation of victims after the accident possible?

The research methods that will be applied in this research include legal analysis, law and economics, and empirics Research period: seven months, starting in September or October 2012.

Funding: € 87,758.04 Possible initiatives on access to justice in environmental matters and their socioeconomic implications.!

Funded by: European Commission / DG Environment Coordinator: Metro (Michael Faure / Niels Philipsen).

Researchers involved: Michael Faure, Niels Philipsen, Chris Backes, Fokke Fernhout, Manuela Mühl, Leïla Choukroune.

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present, at EU level, the (socio-) economic effects of changes in the regulation of public access to justice in environmental matters. More specifically, the focus will be on the effects of an increased access to justice when compared to the costs of non-action. Background is Article 9 of the Aarhus Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision-making and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters, which under the “third pillar” calls for a reasonable entitlement to access (locus standi) and reasonable conditions of access (i.e. fair and effective procedures in terms of time and costs). The approach taken in our research consists of a theoretical (mainly law and economics, but also legal analysis of case law and law and society) and an emprical component (country studies and interviews).

Keywords: environmental law, access to justice, Aarhus Convention, EU. Research period: April – November 2012 Funding: € 38,504.11

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Ecole National d’Economie Appliquee et de Management, Benin!

Abstract: Reinforcement de l’enseignement sur la gestion (controle) de la qualite (juridicocommerciale) pour la production et l’exportation des produits agricoles prioritaires et de peche.

In cooperation with Wageningen International/Wageningen University (main contractor); UM partner: MUNDO. Subsidizer: Dutch NPT programme Subsidy: approx. € 950,000 Project manager: Prof. M. Faure Duration: 2008 - 2012

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Strengthening Faculty of Law through Curriculum and Human Resources Development!

Abstract: Onze faculteit zal in samenwerking met Mundo de juridische faculteit van de Udayana Universiteit in Denpasar, Bali ondersteunen. Er moet binnen deze faculteit een nieuw basiscurriculum in rechten worden ontwikkeld dat beter afgestemd moet worden op de vraag naar juridisch geschoolde vakmensen op Bali zowel in overheidsfuncties als particulier. Het voorstel moest het in de procedure opnemen tegen een concurrerend voorstel van meerdere andere Nederlandse juridische faculteiten. Maastricht won op het innovatieve karakter van de voorgestelde onderwijsvernieuwing.

Subsidizer: NPT = the Netherlands Programme for the Institutional Strengthening of PostSecundary Education and Training Capactiy Subsidy: € 1,500,000 Project manager/scientists: Prof. dr. G. van den Heuvel i.s.m. AW Heringa, M. Faure, M. Kamminga, P. van den Bossche, G. van Maanen, F. Stroink, R. de Groot, A. Klip, S. van Erp, H. Nelen, C. Backes, R. van Rhee, R. Luja, M. Peeters, I. Alexovicova, M. Olaerts, M. Goodwin en W. Rayar Duration: 4 years 50

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Ontwikkeling onderwijsProgramme Afrikaans Milieurecht Togo-Benin !

Abstract: In juni 1997 werd een samenwerkingsovereenkomst gesloten tussen de universiteiten van Maastricht, Luik, Cotonou (Bénin) en Lomé (Togo) tot het ontwikkelen van een postdoctorale opleiding in het milieurecht en het milieubeleid. Primaire doelstelling van het project is het ontwikkelen van kennis van het milieurecht en het milieubeleid en de toepassing daarvan in de context van de milieuproblematiek in Franstalig Afrika. Teneinde deze doelstelling te verwezenlijken dient enerzijds jaarlijks een éénjarige Master Course te worden georganiseerd op het terrein van het milieubeleid en milieurecht in Franstalig Afrika. Anderzijds dient een (regionaal) kenniscentrum voor milieurecht te worden opgezet, teneinde studenten en wetenschappers de mogelijkheid te geven hun kennis op het gebied van het milieurecht verder te ontwikkelen.

Subsidizer: MUNDO/Icco/Diversen Subsidy: fl 97,433 /fl. 291,225 + € 23,000/Diversen Project manager: Prof. Dr. M. Faure LL.M. Researchers: Prof. Dr. M. Faure LL.M., Mr. D. Grimeaud, Prof. A. Ogus, Prof. Dr. G. Mols, Prof.

Dr. K. Schwarz and Prof. Dr. F. Stroink Programme: Grensoverschrijdend milieurecht Duration: 1 December 1997 - ongoing Cooperation: Université Nationale de Lomé (Togo), Université Nationale du Bénin, Université de Liège (België) and Universiteit Gent (Belgium)

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METRO Conferences !

Faculty of Law conferences organised by the METRO research secretariat in Maastricht:!

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Foundations of Ius • 28-30 January 2013: Commune, Maastricht • 20-22 February 2013: EuNaCon Closing Conference, academic responsible: Prof. dr. M. Claes • 28 January-1 February 2013: DREAM Training Event, academic responsible: Prof. dr. Lisa Waddington • 7 March 2013: European Year of the Citizens - The Right to Citizenship: Towards Fuller Implementation of Art.15 UDHR, academic responsible: Prof. dr. Hildegard Schneider • 8 March 2013: European Year of the Citizens - 20 Years of European Citizenship: changes and challenges , academic responsible: Prof. dr. Menno Kamminga • 24 & 25 March 2013: Art and Heritage Disputes, academic responsible: Prof. dr. Hildegard Schneider • 30 & 31 May 2013: Year of the Citizens – Procedural Rights of Suspects and Accused in the European Union, academic responsible: Prof. dr.Taru Spronken • 29-31 May 2013: Between Flexibility and Disintegration – The State of EU Law today, academic responsible: Prof. dr Ellen Vos and Prof. dr. Bruno de Witte • 20 & 21 June 2013: Cultural and International Economic Law conference, academic responsible: dr. Valentina Vadi and Prof. dr. Bruno de Witte • 1-5 July 2013: IIIRG conference, academic responsible: Prof. dr Peter van Koppen • 20 September 2013: European Year of the Citizens – Citizens’ Rights and Economic Crisis, academic responsible: Prof. dr. A.W. Heringa • 18 October 2013: European Year of the Citizens – The Citizen in European Private Law: Regulation, Enforcement and Choice, academic responsible: Prof. dr Jan Smits • 25 October 2013: Annual Conference Montesquieu Institute, academic responsible: Prof. dr. A.W. Heringa • 1 November 2013: Fiscaal Symposium, academic responsible: Prof. dr. Rainer Prokisch • 28 & 29 November 2013: Ius Commune Conference, Maastricht • 10 December 2013: Theo van Boven lecture, academic responsible: Prof. dr. Menno Kamminga

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