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METRO Activities Report 2014

Table of Contents METRO Activities Report 2014 Foreword

METRO People

Thomas Biermeyer

Michael Faure

Tobias Heldt

Wenqing Liao

Ancui Liu

Mengxing Lu

Marjan Peeters

Niels Philipsen

Mehdi Piri Damagh

Sarah Schoenmaekers

Mengmeng Shi

Guang Shen

Jaap Spier

Laura Tilindyte

Xiaowei Yu

Taotao Yue

Yan Yu

Maastricht Journal of European and Comparative Law

Ius Commune Europaeum Book Series

Metro Seminar Series

Activities of METRO in Developing Countries

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Contract Research

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Foreword Michael Faure Niels Philipsen 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 organises 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 130 books have been published. METRO undertakes high quality international academic research in the fields of law and economics, accident law, environmental law and especially climate change. 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. 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. This annual report highlights the main events that were undertaken in 2014 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 3

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Commune Casebooks for the Common Law of Europe. Furthermore, the ongoing and initiated research projects by METRO are mentioned in this annual report. METRO attempts to be an international and 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. 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. On behalf of the METRO team, Prof. Dr. Michael G. Faure LL.M. Academic Director

Dr. Niels Philipsen Associate Directorâ€Š

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METRO People 2014 Academic Director Prof. Dr. Michael G. Faure LL.M., Professor of Comparative and International Environmental Law Associate Director Dr. Niels J. Philipsen, Associate Professor in Law and Economics Researchers  • Thomas Biermeyer, Doctoral researcher and Executive Editor of the Maastricht Journal of European and Comparative Law • Dimitri Droshout, Coordinator Ius Commune Casebooks • 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” • Mengxing Lu, PhD student, subject “The Legal and Market Regulation of Green Economy: a

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multiple analysis on corporate environmental responsibility” Prof. Marjan Peeters, Professor of Environmental Policy and Law 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” Yan Yu, PhD student

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

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Thomas Biermeyer Publications • L'intérêt de la société européenne en matière de trésorerie (with C. Cathiard and D. Poracchia), La Lettre du Trésorier 315 (2014).

Presentations / Workshops • Workshops on Cross-Border Mergers, Ganado Advocates, Valletta, Malta, September 2014 • Presentation on the Application of the Cross-Border Mergers Directive, Voicu & Filipescu, Bucharest/ Romania, April 2014 • IEMFC Lecture on European Corporate Law and CrossBorder Transactions, Maastricht/ the Netherlands, March 2014

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

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Michael Faure Lectures • 11 January 2014, paper presentation at the international conference on environmental law in a global context, “Regulating environmental law in a multi-jurisdictional perspective: examples from the interdependencies between the EU and the Member States”, Taiwan, Environmental Law Association, National Taipei University, Taiwan. • 13 January 2014, paper presentation at the international conference on environmental law in a global context, “The effectiveness of environmental law: what does the evidence tell us?”, Kaoshiung, Taiwan. • 19 March 2014, presentation paper together with Jef De Mot (University of Ghent), “Public authority liability and the chilling effect” at the MEPLI seminar at Maastricht University, Maastricht. • 20 and 21 March 2014, participation in the first international meeting in Law and Economics organized by EconomiX , Paris, Nanterre. Presentation of a paper on “Civil liability and financial security for offshore oil and gas activities”. • 24 March 2014, teaching “Environmental liability” in the framework of the Master in Energy and Environmental Law at the University of Malta in Malta. • 25 April 2014, lecture “Liability and Compensation for Damage caused by Offshore Installations: a law and economics approach”, at the conference in a recognition of the fourth anniversary of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. Arctic Oil/Gas Drilling: lessons from the past and implications for the future, Duke University USA. • Friday 23 May 2014, lecture “Private Liability and Critical Infrastructure” at the International Symposium Risk, Responsibility and Liability in the Protection of Critical Infrastructures, Sankt Gallen, Switzerland. • Wednesday 28 May 2014, Ghent, lecture “Naar een vergoeding van slachtoffers van boorinstallaties op zee in Europa: enkele mogelijke pistes”, at the seminar Offshore energie: juridische analyse van contracten, risico’s en mogelijkheden. • Wednesday 4 June 2014, lecture at the Institute for Law & Economics, University of Hamburg, “Joint & Several Liability in International Law”. • Thursday 3 July 2014, chair at the session Right to Energy and Human Rights, at the 12th IUCN Academy of Environmental Law Colloquium 2014 in Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain from 2-4 July 2014. • Friday 4 July 2014, with Liu Jing, Erasmus University Rotterdam, presentation paper “Compensation for nuclear damage: a comparison among the international regime, China and Japan” at the 12th IUCN Academy of Environmental Law Colloquium 2014 in Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain from 2-4 July 2014. 7

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• Friday 4 July 2014 with Franziska Weber presentation paper “Mass damage cases in the energy industry” at the 12th IUCN Academy of Environmental Law Colloquium 2014 in Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain from 2-4 July 2014. • 18 August 2014, “Word by the editors”, lecture at the occasion of the book launching “Sustainable tourism and law, strategic discussion on developing an analysis concerning legal aspects of tourism”, Faculty of Law, Udayana University, Denpasar, Bali. • 18 August 2014, Faculty of Law of Udayana University, Denpasar, Bali, a lecture “Comparative law and legal research”. • Tuesday 26 August 2014, at the Conference Disaster Protection Policy under Impact of Climate Change at the National Cheng Kung University in Tainan, Taiwan, a lecture “Compensating victims for damage caused by climate change: a comparison of different models” • Wednesday 27 August 2014, at the Conference Disaster Protection Policy under Impact of Climate Change at the National Cheng Kung University in Tainan, Taiwan, a lecture “Liability and compensation for gas explosions, legal and economic analysis”. • Wednesday 3 September 2014, lecture “Nuclear energy and liability” at the conference Climate Change and Energy Law: Implementation and Progress in Asia?, Center for Environmental, Natural Resources and Energy Law, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China. • Saturday 13 September 2014, Lecture “Attribution of liability. An economic analysis of various cases. Causation, liability and apportionment: an interdisciplinary perspective”, at the Conference Causalité, responsabilité et contribution à la dette de réparation: une perspective interdisciplinaire, philosophie, droit, économie, Paris, Université PanthéonAssas, France. • 19 September 2014, Michael Faure & Wenqing Liao, presentation paper at the 31st annual conference of the European Association of Law & Economics in Aix-en-Provence, France, “The boundaries of punitive damages in contract law”. • 19 September 2014, Claire Leger & Michael Faure, presentation paper at the 31st annual conference of the European Association of Law & Economics in Aix-en-Provence, France, “Towards a harmonization of insider trading criminal laws at EU level?’’. • 19 September 2014, Franziska Weber & Michael Faure, presentation paper at the 31st annual conference of the European Association of Law & Economics in Aix-en-Provence, France, “Rapid claims settlement: learning from Deepwater Horizon”. • 19 September 2014, Michael Faure,!Jing Liu & Andri Wibisana, presentation paper at the 31st annual conference of the European Association of Law & Economics in Aix-enProvence, France, “Industrial accidents, natural disasters and ‘act of God’”. • Saturday 20 September 2014: discussant of a paper by Jerg Gutmann & Stefan Voigt, “The effects of natural disasters on human rights”, at the 31st annual conference of the European Association of Law & Economics in Aix-en-Provence, France. • Friday 26 September 2014, lecture at the University Antwerp at the opening of the Antwerp Liability Law & Insurance Chair (ALLIC), “De vergoeding van slachtoffers van rampen in België en Nederland”. 8

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• Monday 7 October 2014, participation in the doctoral dissertation defence of Marianne Hoppenbrouwers, Chemical Liability in Risk Society. A comparative quest for an optimal approach of complex causation in toxic tort, Universiteit Hasselt, Belgium. • Friday 17 October 2014, Presentation on “Product Liability – Economic Analysis” at a meeting of the European Group on Tort Law, at the University of Wroclaw, Poland. • Monday 20 October 2014, presentation together with Andri Wibisana “Pollution, takings and access to justice in East and West” at the conference Legal aspects of land rights and the use of land in Asia, Africa and Europe in Maastricht. • Monday 3 November 2014 at the EFFACE conference “Smart Enforcement: How to Target Environmental Law Enforcement Efforts in Times of Crisis”, moderator at the panel discussion on “How to make enforcement against environmental crime smarter – practical perspectives”, Brussels, Belgium. • Wednesday 10 December 2014 lecture: “Designing Effective Environmental Regulation in Developing Countries in the Lecture Series Law”, Wealth & Development at the University of Bayreuth. • Monday 22 December 2014 a lecture for the Center for Law and Economics of the China University of Political Science and Law in Beijing “Can economic growth and environmental protection go hand in hand?”

Edited Books • Faure, M.G., Dharmawan, N.K.S. & Arsika, I.M.B., Sustainable Tourism and Law, The Hague, Eleven International Publishing, 2014, x + 330 p. • Faure, M.G. (ed.), De toekomst van de letselschadepraktijk, Den Haag, Sdu Uitgevers, 2014, xix +119. • Faure, M.G. and Philipsen, N. J. (eds.), Access to justice in environmental matters, The Hague, Eleven International Publishing, 2014, vii + 133p.

Articles or Chapters in books with an editorial board or referee system • Faure, M.G., “The Complementary Roles of Liability, Regulation and Insurance in Safety Management: Theory and Practice”, Journal of Risk Research, 2014, Vol. 17(6), 689-707. • Liu, J., Faure, M.G. & Wang, H., “Compensating for Natural Resource Damage Caused by Vessel-Induced Marine Oil Pollution: Comparing the International, U.S., and Chinese Regimes”, Journal of Environmental Law and Litigation, 2014, Vol. 29, 123-190. • Kindji, K. & Faure, M.G., “Shrimp Export from Benin vs Food Safety in Europe: Reconcilable Interests?”, European Journal of Risk Regulation, 2014, Vol. 5(2), 187-200. • Faure, M.G. & Heine, K., “Insurance as a Remedy against Financial Crisis”, The Dovenschmidt Quarterly, 2014, Vol. 1, 35-41. • Faure, M.G. & Gouritin, A., “Blurring Boundaries between Administrative and Criminal Enforcement of Environmental Law”, in Galli, F. & Weyembergh, A. (eds.), Do Labels Still Matter? Blurring Boundaries between Administrative and Criminal Law. The Influence of the EU, Brussels, Éditions de l’Université de Bruxelles, 2014, 109-135. • De Mot, J and Faure, M.G., “Special Insurance Systems for Motor Vehicle Liability”, The Geneva Papers on Risk and Insurance, 2014, Vol. 39, 569-584. 9

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• Liu, J. & Faure, M.G., “Compensation for Nuclear Damage: A Comparison among the International Regime, Japan and China”, International Environmental Agreements, 2014, online.

Articles in US Law Reviews • Faure, M.G., Goodwin, M. & Weber, F., “The Regulator’s Dilemma: Caught between the Need for Flexibility & the Demands of Foreseeability. Reassessing the Lex Certa Principle”, Albany Law Journal of Science & Technology, 2014, Vol. 24(2), 283-364. • Faure, M.G. & Liu, J., “Compensation for Environmental Damage in China: Theory and Practice”, Pace Environmental Law Review, 2014, Vol. 31(1), 226-309. • Piri, M.D. & Faure, M.G., “The Effectiveness of Cross-Border Pipeline Safety and Environmental Regulations (under International Law)”, North Carolina Journal of International Law and Commercial Regulation, 2014, Vol. 40(1), 55-134. • Bai, Y., Faure, M.G., and Liu, J., “The Role of China’s Banking Sector in Providing Green Finance”, Duke Environmental Law and Policy Forum, 2014, Vol. xxiv, 84-140.

Contributions in Liber Amicori • Faure, M.G. & Weber, F., “Towards a Rapid Claims Settlement Mechanism for Disasters?”, in Purnhagen, K. & Rott, P. (eds.), Varieties of European Economic Law and Regulation, Cham/Heidelberg/New York/Dordrecht/London, Springer, 2014, 735-755.

Other academic publications (articles and contributions to books) • Faure, M.G., Dharmawan, N.K.S. & Arsika, I.M.B., “Introduction”, in Faure, M.G., Dharmawan, N.K.S. & Arsika, I.M.B., Sustainable Tourism and Law, The Hague, Eleven International Publishing, 2014, 1-8. • Faure, M.G., Dharmawan, N.K.S. & Arsika, I.M.B., “Concluding Remarks”, in Faure, M.G., Dharmawan, N.K.S. & Arsika, I.M.B., Sustainable Tourism and Law, The Hague, Eleven International Publishing, 2014, 325-330. • Faure, M.G. & Weber, F., “Remedying Insolvency Situations – Analyzing Available Mechanisms in the Travel Sector”, in Faure, M.G., Dharmawan, N.K.S. & Arsika, I.M.B., Sustainable Tourism and Law, The Hague, Eleven International Publishing, 2014, 169-189. • Faure, M.G. & Lefevere, J., “Compliance with Global Environmental Policy: Climate Change and Ozone Layer Cases”, in Axelrod, R.S. & VanDeveer, S.D. (eds.), The Global Environment: Institutions, Law, and Policy, Thousand Oaks/London, CQ Press/Sage, 2014, 110-132. • Faure, M.G., “Woord vooraf”, in Faure, M.G. (ed.), De toekomst van de letselschadepraktijk, Den Haag, Sdu Uitgevers, 2014, xi-xix. • Faure, M.G., “Transboundary Pollution”, in Martella Jr., R.R. & Grosko, J.B. (eds.), International Environmental Law. The Practitioner’s Guide to the Laws of the Planet, USA, American Bar Association, 2014, 235-267. 10

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• Faure, M.G. and Ma, J., “Cartel enforcement in China: monetary or criminal sanctions?”, in Philipsen, N.J and Xu, G. (Eds.), The Role of Law and Regulations in Sustaining Financial Markets, Oxon-New York, Routledge, 2014, 195-221. • Faure, M.G., Philipsen, N.J. and Xu, G., “Comparative and Concluding Remarks”, in Philipsen, N.J. and Xu, G. (eds.), The Role of Law and Regulations in Sustaining Financial Markets, OxonNew York: Routledge, 2014, 357-368. • Faure, M.G. and Philipsen, N.J., “Introduction”, in Faure, M.G. and Philipsen, N.J. (eds.), Access to Justice in Environmental Matters: A Socio-Economic Analysis, Eleven International Publishing, 2014, 1-5. • Faure, M.G., Mühl, M. and Philipsen, N.J., “Incentives, Costs and Benefits: A Law and Economics Analysis”, in Faure, M.G. and Philipsen, N.J. (eds.), Access to Justice in Environmental Matters: A Socio-Economic Analysis, Eleven International Publishing, 2014, 23-74. • Faure, M.G. and Philipsen, N.J., “Summary and Policy Recommendations”, in Faure, M.G. and Philipsen, N.J. (eds.), Access to Justice in Environmental Matters: A Socio-Economic Analysis, Eleven International Publishing, 2014, 103-110.

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Tobias Heldt Articles • To b i a s H e l d t : ' C o r p o r a t e S o c i a l Responsibility (CSR) and its relevance for the nuclear sector', in: R. M. Manóvil (ed.), Nuclear Law in progress, Buenos Aires: Legis, 2014

Presentations • "Nuclear Liability in the European Union – status quo and challenges", METRO Seminar Series, Maastricht, 11 June 2014 • "Corporate Social Responsibility and Nuclear Safety", INLA Workshop, Amsterdam, 01 July 2014 • "Nuclear Energy in the European Union – the need for a level playing field", IUCNAEL Colloquium 2014, Tarragona, 02 July 2014 • "Transboundary Pollution and the Temelin case law – the status of Nuclear Safety and Licensing in the EU", European Environmental Law Forum, Brussels, 11 September 2014 • "Corporate Social Responsibility and its relevance for the Nuclear Sector", Nuclear Inter Jura 2014, Buenos Aires, 21 October 2014

Attended conferences and seminars • Breaking through the European Precautionary Impasse, Brussels, 15 May 2014 • RENFORCE Conference Legitimate Delegation of Regulatory and Enforcement Powers to EU Agencies, Utrecht, 16 May 2014 • IUCNAEL Colloquium 2014, Tarragona, 02-05 July 2014 • European Environmental Law Forum, Brussels, 10-12 September 2014 • Nuclear Inter Jura 2014, Buenos Aires, 20-24 October 2014 • Annual Ius Cummune Congress, Edinburgh, 26-28 November 2014

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Wenqing Liao Articles • Wenqing Liao, Efficient Breach in the Common European Sales Law, 41 Syracuse Journal of International Law & Commerce 335, 2014.

Presentations in conferences and workshops • 2014 31st European Association of Law and Economics Conference, “The boundary of Punitive Damages in Contract Law”, Sep.18th -20th 2014, France: Aix-en-Provence; • Joint Seminar “The Future of Law and Economics”, “Efficient Breach, Renegotiation and English Sales Law”, March 2014, The Netherlands: Maastricht, 27th-28th; • 2014 European Master in Law and Economics Midterm Meeting, Workshop in Law and Economics, “Efficient Breach and the Common European Sales Law”, Italy: Bologna, Feb. 14th 2014.

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Ancui Liu Attended conferences • Fifth session of the Meeting of the Parties to the Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision-Making and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters, on 29 June 2014 to 2 July 2014 • EU-China Conference on Environmental Law on June 27 - 28, 2014 Ghent University, Belgium, Organized by the he Centre of Environmental Law and Energy Law, Faculty of Law, Ghent University, Belgium & the Research Institute of Environmental Law, Law School, Wuhan University, China • Foundations of Ius Commune on 27-29 January 2014, Maastricht • Ius Commune postgraduate training course “Comparative Law Research in Theory and Methodology” on 3 and 4 April 2014, Utrecht • Ius Commune Masterclass on 3-4 July, 2014, Amsterdam • Ius Commune PhD council meeting, 27-28 November 2014, Edinburgh

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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 and Prof. Drs. Ing. Sybren C. De Hoo.

Presentations in workshops and seminars • Market Integration: The EU Experience and implications for regulatory reform in China, Beijing, Monday 12 May 2014. “The Regulation of Corporate Environmental Responsibility”. • Ius Commune Master Class Amsterdam, Friday 4 July 2014. • Metro Seminar, Maastricht, Wednesday 15 October 2014. “The Regulation of Corporate Environmental Responsibility”.

Attended conferences • The Future of Law and Economics, Maastricht, Thursday 27-Friday 28 March 2014. • Market Integration: The EU Experience and implications for regulatory reform in China, Beijing, Monday 12 May 2014. • “Enforcing Corporate Social Responsibility: Transforming voluntary corporate codes into private law obligations?”, Maastricht, Friday 17 October 2014. • 19th Ius Commune Conference, Edinburgh, Thursday 27 - Friday 28 November 2014.

Attended courses • Ius Commune Postgraduate training course 2013 - 2014. Foundations of Ius Commune, Maastricht, Monday 27 - Wednesday 29 January 2014. • Academic English Writing Course, Maastricht, 5 February-2 April 2014. • Ius Commune Postgraduate Training course 2013-2014. Comparative Law Research and Methodology, Utrecht, Thursday 3 - Friday 4 April 2014. • Ius Commune postgraduate training course 2013 - 2014. Master class Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Thursday 3 - Friday 4 July 2014.  15

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Marjan Peeters Publications BOOK CONTRIBUTIONS, JOURNAL ARTICLES

• Modifying our Society with Law: The Case of EU Renewable Energy Law, in: Climate Law 4(2014) 131-139 (co-author: Thomas Schomerus; written in Leuphana University time). • Governing towards renewable energy in the EU: competences, instruments and procedures, Maastricht Journal of European and Comparative Law, 21 MJ 1 (2014) pp 39-63. • Limits to integration in pollution prevention and control, with Frans Oosterhuis, in: Marjan Peeters, Rosa Uylenburg, EU Environmental Legislation, legal perspectives on regulatory strategies, Edward Elgar, Cheltenham UK, p. 91-115. • Instrument mix or instrument mess? The administrative complexity of the EU legislative package for climate change, in: Marjan Peeters, Rosa Uylenburg, EU Environmental Legislation, legal perspectives on regulatory strategies, Edward Elgar, Cheltenham UK, p. 173-192. • Climate change, targets and trade: An EU law perspective on the preferential treatment of international competing industries, in: Marjolein B.A. van Asselt, Michelle Everson and Ellen Vos, Trade Health and the Environment. The European Union put to the test, Earthscan 2014 (the book was published in 2013) p 133-157. DUTCH PUBLICATIONS

• Inspraak bij planvorming inzake hernieuwbare energie, Tijdschrift voor Milieu en Recht 2014 nr 7, p. 78-87. EDITED BOOKS

• EU Environmental Legislation. Legal Perspectives on Regulatory Strategies (edited with Rosa Uylenburg), Edward Elgar, Cheltenham. UK 2014.   http://www.e-elgar.co.uk/bookentry_main.lasso?currency=US&id=15180

Ph.D Supervision (ongoing) • Sustainable biofuel regulation in the EU and China: Yue Taotao (started in 2011), joint supervision with Ellen Vos. • Emissions trading in EU and China: a legal perspective, Chen Huizhen (started in 2011), extra muros, joint supervision with Li Ziphing of Sun Yat Sen University, Guangzhou, China

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• Regulation of greenhouse gas emissions from international competing industries, Gao Yuan started in 2012, joint supervision with Michael Faure.

Conference Organisation • Benefit sharing in Environmental Law: International and European Perspectives, co-organised with Dr Elisa Morgera, Ius Commune Conference (27 November 2014, Edinburgh) • Regulation and Technological Innovation from an Environmental Law and Energy Perspective Ius Commune Conference (28 November 2014, Edinburgh) • Academic workshop: Access to information, side event during the Meeting of the Parties to the Aarhus convention, Maastricht, Monday 30 June 2014. • Academic workshop, Access to Justice, side event during the Meeting of the Parties to the Aarhus convention, Maastricht, Tuesday 1 July 2014

Presentations • Renewable Energy Planning and Public Participation, presentation at the European Environmental Law Forum Conference, 11-12 September 2014, Brussels. • Transforming Renewable Energy Law: the case of the EU, presentation at the plenary session of the IUCN Academy of environmental law conference in Tarragona, 3 July 2014 • Renewable Energy Law in the EU: a stormy forecast up to 2020, Conference Internacional sobre los alcances de la reforma energética, 5-6 June 2014 Universidad Autonóma Metropolitana, Mexico City, posted (with Spanish translation) at http://cyad.tv/contenido_vod_14_reforma.html. • Legal obligations of Member States in view of the Renewable Energy Directive, conference Climate liability and responsibility, what next? University of Insubria, Como, Italy, 11-12 April 2014 (on behalf of Leuphana University).

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Niels Philipsen Books and contributions to books EDITED BOOKS

• Philipsen, N.J., Weishaar, S.E. and Xu, G. (eds.), Market Integration: The EU Experience and Implications for Regulatory Reform in China, Heidelberg, Germany: Springer, 2015, accepted. • Philipsen, N.J. and Xu, G. (eds.), The Role of Law and Regulations in Sustaining Financial Markets, Oxon-New York: Routledge, 2014, 389p. • Schoenmaekers, S., Devroe, W. and Philipsen, N.J. (eds.), State Aid and Public Procurement in the European Union, Cambridge-Antwerp-Portland: Intersentia, 2014, xi + 153p. • Faure, M.G. and Philipsen, N.J. (eds.), Access to Justice in Environmental Matters: A SocioEconomic Analysis, Eleven International Publishing, 2014, vii + 133 p. BOOK CHAPTERS

• Philipsen, N.J., “Recent Developments in the Regulation of Auditors: An Economic Perspective”, in Philipsen, N.J. and Xu, G. (eds.), The Role of Law and Regulations in Sustaining Financial Markets, Oxon-New York: Routledge, (2014), 127-149. • Philipsen, N.J. and Xu, G., “Introduction”, in Philipsen, N.J. and Xu, G. (eds.), The Role of Law and Regulations in Sustaining Financial Markets, Oxon-New York: Routledge, 2014, 1-6. • Faure, M.G., Philipsen, N.J. and Xu, G., “Comparative and Concluding Remarks”, in Philipsen, N.J. and Xu, G. (eds.), The Role of Law and Regulations in Sustaining Financial Markets, OxonNew York: Routledge, 2014, 357-368. • Faure, M.G. and Philipsen, N.J., “Introduction”, in Faure, M.G. and Philipsen, N.J. (eds.), Access to Justice in Environmental Matters: A Socio-Economic Analysis, Eleven International Publishing, 2014, 1-5. • Faure, M.G., Mühl, M. and Philipsen, N.J., “Incentives, Costs and Benefits: A Law and Economics Analysis”, in Faure, M.G. and Philipsen, N.J. (eds.), Access to Justice in Environmental Matters: A Socio-Economic Analysis, Eleven International Publishing, 2014, 23-74. • Fernhout, F., Philipsen, N.J. and Choukroune, L., “Empirical Survey: Country Studies”, in Faure, M.G. and Philipsen, N.J. (eds.), Access to Justice in Environmental Matters: A Socio-Economic Analysis, Eleven International Publishing, 2014, 87-101.

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• Faure, M.G. and Philipsen, N.J., “Summary and Policy Recommendations”, in Faure, M.G. and Philipsen, N.J. (eds.), Access to Justice in Environmental Matters: A Socio-Economic Analysis, Eleven International Publishing, 2014, 103-110.

Published articles • Philipsen, N.J., “Limiting Auditors’ Liability: The Case For (and Against) EU Intervention”, Geneva Papers on Risk and Insurance, Vol. 39, 2014, 585-597.

Other Publications • Shen, G. and Philipsen, N.J., “Regulation of the Inter-Provincial Establishment of Companies: Applying the Private Interest Approach to China”, Maastricht Faculty of Law Working Paper 2014/8, Maastricht: Maastricht University, December 2014.   Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2535219 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2535219 • Cauffman, C. and Philipsen, N.J., “Who Does What in Competition Law: Harmonizing the Rules on Damages for Infringements of the EU Competition Rules?”, Maastricht European Private Law Institute Working Paper No. 2014/19, Maastricht: Maastricht University, 20 October 2014.   Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2520381 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2520381. • IEEP / Ecologic / University of Rome / University of Catania / METRO, Understanding the Damages of Environmental Crime: Review of the Availability of Data, EFFACE Deliverable No 3.1, June 2014.   Available at: http://efface.eu/sites/default/files/internal_file/EFFACE_3.1%20Final %20Report_0.pdf . • Philipsen, N.J., Olaerts, M., Cauffman, C., Schaper, M., Van der Zeijden, P., De Kok, J. and Kwaak, T., Inventory of Legal Form and Shareholding Requirements in the EU Services Sector and their Economic Assessment”, Final Report, study for European Commission – DG MARKT, Maastricht/Zoetermeer, 29 January 2014. • Schoenmaekers, S., Devroe, W. and Philipsen, N.J., “Preface”, in Schoenmaekers, S., Devroe, W. and Philipsen, N.J., State Aid and Public Procurement in the European Union, Cambridge-Antwerp-Portland: Intersentia, 2014, v-vi. 19

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Research Projects • Project member in FP7 collaborative research project EFFACE (European Union Action to Fight Environmental Crime), 2013-2016. Http: www.efface.eu. • Project manager of ITN Project ‘Transnational Migration, Citizenship and the Circulation of Rights and Responsibilities (TRANSMIC)’, September 2014 – August 2018. Http:// law.maastrichtuniversity.nl/transmic. • Participant (advisory board) in research project “Smart Mixes for Transboundary Environmental Harm”, KNAW-funded project carried out by Erasmus University Rotterdam and University of Amsterdam, 2014-2015. • Project advisor in research project “Concurrentie in de Juridische en Rechtskundige Dienstverlening” (Competition in the Legal Professions), project carried out by Ecorys for the Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs, January – June 2014 (contract dates). • Project member in research project “Schadecompensatie bij Beroepsrisico’s” (Compensation of Damage Caused by Occupational Risks), project carried out by Maastricht University for Stichting Instituut GAK fonds, October 2013 – March 2015 (contract dates). • Project member and coordinator in research project “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, December 2012 – January 2014.

Presentations and guest lectures • Lecturer (joint coordination course ‘Competition Law’) at the China-EU School of Law, Changping / Beijing • • • •

(China), 17-21 November 2014. Participant at FP7 meeting, EFFACE: European Union Action to Fight Environmental Crime, IEEP, Brussels (Belgium), 3-5 November 2014. Participant at FP7 meeting, EFFACE: European Union Action to Fight Environmental Crime, University of Catania, Catania (Italy), 23-25 June 2014. Chair /co-organizer conference “State Aid and Public Procurement in the European Union”, Maastricht (hotel Van der Valk), 27 May 2014. Co-organizer of / speaker at conference “Market Integration: The EU Experience and Implications for Regulatory Reform in China”, China University of Political Science and Law (CUPL), Haidian Garden Hotel, Beijing (China), 12 May 2014.

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• Invited discussant at seminar EDLE (European Doctorate in Law and Economics): “The Future of Law and Economics”, Maastricht (Stayokay), 27-28 March 2014. • Participant and speaker at FP7 meeting, EFFACE: European Union Action to Fight Environmental Crime, Ecologic, Berlin, 22-24 January 2014.

Ph.D Co-Supervision FINISHED

• Dr. Mario Cisneros (UM, 2 April 2014): The Role of EU State Aid Law in Promoting a ProInnovation Policy ONGOING

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

PHD COMMITTEES

• Katherine Hunt, “Determining the Effect of Regulation on MFI Financial Self-Sustainability: A Cross Country Comparison”, 16 December 2014, Erasmus University Rotterdam (also reading committee). • Guangdong Xu, “Does Law Matter for Economic Growth”, 30 June 2014, Erasmus University Rotterdam (also reading committee).

Teaching • • • • •

Law and Economics (course coordinator and member of the planning committee). Competition Law (CESL, Beijing) (joint 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”.

Master Thesis Supervision • Phanvadee Sittiyakorn, “The Potential Reflections of ‘Services Liberalization’ in Pushing Middle Income Countries Out of the Trap” • Sabrina Radzki, “Vertical restraints: Exclusive dealing in the beer industry from a competition law and economics perspective” • Sylwia Kaminska, “EU Merger Control under the Simplified Procedure. To What Extent the Commission Implements the More Economic Approach by Virtue of the HHI – Based Provisions in the Notice?” • Paulina Zagórska, “State Aid in Agriculture. Should the Support Given to Farmers in Poland Be Treated as State Aid?” 21

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• Gabriela Troncoso Alarcon, “Offshore Oil Spills: Is Criminalization the Key to Deterrence?” • David Rüetschi, “Does Competition Law Need Individual Sanctions?” • Tao Liya (CESL), “A Comparative Analysis of Behavioral Merger Remedies – Towards a Better application of Behavioral Remedies in China” • Dai Yue (CESL), “Harmonization or Not? Solving Deficits of Multiple Jurisdiction Antitrust Enforcement. A View from the Proliferation of the Leniency Program” • He Yuting (CESL), “Parallel Import and Vertical Restraints – A Study within the Lens of EU Competition Law” SECOND READER

• Anne Lejeune, Andres Alvarez Fernandez, Max Scherer, Storno Stoinov, Valentina Lavrenko, Radosveta Toneva, Sun Lele (CESL), Lin Ning (CESL), Han Jingyu (CESL).

Other • • • •

Vice-Director of Metro. Chairman ‘Metro Seminar Series’, Maastricht University. Research fellow at M-EPLI. Attendance of various workshops and seminars.

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Mehdi Piri Damagh Presentations • Mehdi Piri Damagh (2014) Transboundary Environmental Impact Assessment in Crossborder Oil and Gas Pipelines: what Lessons can be Learned from the Espoo Convention and EU EIA Directive 2011. The SECOND European Environmental Law Forum Conference: ENVIRONMENTAL AND PLANNING LAW ASPECTS SEMINAR, Brussels • Mehdi Piri Damagh (2014) Transnational compensation for the interruption of gas supply in cross-border pipelines; a comment, Joint Seminar "The Future of Law and Economics" Maastricht university.

Publications • Mehdi Piri Damagh & Michael Faure (2014) The Effectiveness of Cross-Border Pipeline Safety and Environmental Regulations (under International Law). North Carolina Journal of International Law and Commercial Regulation, volume 40 (1) 56-134 • Mehdi Piri Damagh & Michael Faure (2015) Self-Regulation versus Public Regulation: An Analysis of Environmental and Safety Standard Setting in the Oil and Gas Pipeline Sector. In Niels Philipsen and Stefan Weishaar (eds.) Market Integration: The EU Experience and Implications for Regulatory Reform in China’, Springer (to be published)

Attended Conferences • The 19th Ius Commune congress Edinburgh (November 27 and 28, 2014). • Workshop “Enforcing Corporate Social Responsibility: Transforming voluntary corporate codes into private law obligations?” Maastricht (17 October, 2014)

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Sarah Schoenmaekers Book Editing • S. Schoenmaekers, W. Devroe & N. Philipsen (eds.), State Aid and Public Procurement in the European Union, Intersentia, October, 2014 • T. Lamers & S. Schoenmaekers (eds.), Recht in een geïndividualiseerde netwerksamenleving - Bundel ter lancering van het onderzoeksprogramma 2013-2017 Faculteit Cultuur- en Rechtswetenschappen, Afdeling Rechtswetenschappen Open Universiteit Nederland, Uitgeverij Paris, Zutphen, August 2014.

Publications • S. Schoenmaekers, ‘To procure or not to procure – That’s the question’, in: S. Schoenmaekers, W. Devroe & N. Philipsen (eds.), State Aid and Public Procurement in the European Union, Intersentia, Antwerp, 2014. • S. Schoenmaekers, T. Lamers & K. Ammerlaan, ‘Onderzoeksprogramma Open Universiteit – Recht in een geïndividualiseerde netwerksamenleving’ in: T. Lamers & S. Schoenmaekers (eds.), Recht in een geïndividualiseerde netwerksamenleving, Paris, Zutphen, 2014, pp. 183-202. • S. Schoenmaekers, ‘The densification of educational and labour market requirements’, in: T. Lamers & S. Schoenmaekers (eds.), Recht in een geïndividualiseerde netwerksamenleving, Paris, Zutphen, 2014, pp. 31-41. • G.W. Van de Meent, E. Manunza, R. Damsma, A. Fischer-Braams, W.A. Janssen, M. Küthe, M. Louisse, N. Saanen, S.L.T. Schoenmaekers & M. Vidal, ‘The Netherlands (National report M public procurement law)’, in: U. Neergaard, C. Jacqueson & S. Skovgaard Olykke, Public Procurement Law: Limitations, Opportunities and Paradoxes (The XXVI FIDE Congress in Copenhagen, 2014), Congress Publication Vol. 3, DJOF Publishing, Copenhagen, pp.609-648 • P. Nicolaides & S. Schoenmaekers, ‘Public Procurement, Public Private Partnerships and State Aid Rules: A Symbiotic Relationship’, European Procurement and Public Private Partnership Law Review 1/2014, Lexxion, Berlin, pp. 50-69.

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Editorial Board Journals • Member of the editorial board of ‘Tijdschrift voor Bouwrecht en Onroerend Goed’, Intersentia, Antwerp since January 2014

Conferences ORGANISER

• Onderhandelen en Bemiddelen, 11 June 2014, Maastricht University, Maastricht (NL) • State Aid and Public Procurement in the European Union, 27 May 2014, Hotel Van der Valk, Maastricht (NL) CHAIR

• Equal Rights and Accessible Environments: The UN CRPD and EU Disability Law and Policy, 4 April 2014, Maastricht University, Maastricht (NL); Chair of the session 2 with the following speakers/topics: Camilla Parker, Mental Health and Human Rights Consultant, Partner (Just Equality) and PhD Student, Cardiff Law School, ‘European Structural Funds and People with Disabilities: Achieving the Transition from Institutional Care to Community Living’; Prof. Roberto Caranta, Professor of Administrative Law, University of Torino, ‘EU Public Procurement and Disability’ SPEAKER

• De architect: vrij beroep of beschermde titel?, 18 December 2014, organised by NAV (de   Vlaamse Architectenorganisatie), KU Leuven - Faculteit Architectuur, Intersentia, Brussels (BE) • Sustainable Public Procurement: New Perspectives on the State as a Stakeholder, 1 December 2014, organised by The European Law Network and the Research Group Companies, Markets, Society and the Environment, Oslo (NO) • Overlading, 9 October 2014, organised by Limburgse Verzekeringskring, Genk (BE) CONTRIBUTIONS TO INTERNATIONAL CONGRESSES

• Written contribution to the national report on the Dutch public procurement regulation in the framework of the XXVI FIDE Congress, 28-31 May 2014, organised by the Danish association for European law, General Topic 3: Public Procurement Law: Limitations, Opportunities and Paradoxes, Denmark (DK). PARTICIPANTS

• De fiscale procedure, stilaan de fiscale farwest? Over onrechtmatig verkregen bewijs en fiscale huiszoekingen, 7 November 2014, organised by Young Bar Tongeren, Tongeren (BE)

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• Fraud & Corruption in Public Procurement, 20-21 October 2014, organised by Lexxion, Berlin (DE) • Annual Conference on Public Procurement Law, 16-17 October 2014, organised by ERA   (Academy of European Law), Trier (DE) • The Aarhus Convention, Side Event on Access to Information, 30 June 2014, Maastricht (NL) • The XXVI Fide Congress in Copenhagen, 29-31 May 2014, organised by FIDE, Copenhagen, Denmark (DK) • The new EU Concessions Directive, 25 March 2014, organised by Lexxion, Brussels (BE) • Modernisation of the Professional Qualifications Directive: safe mobility, 12 February 2014, organised by European Commission, DG Internal Market and Services, Brussels (BE)

Membership of commissions / councils / research schools / organisations • Member of the Inter-faculty cooperation commission (Maastricht, Hasselt, Leuven), representing Maastricht University • Member of the examination committee faculty of law, bachelor, Hasselt University • Member of the ‘sollicitatiecommissie’ for a PhD position on corporate governance, Open University Heerlen, 14 January 2014 • Member of the Ius Commune Research School • Member of Metro (Institute for Transnational Legal Research - Maastrichts Europees instituut voor Transnationaal Rechtswetenschappelijk Onderzoek) • Member of MCEL (Maastricht Centre for European Law) • Member of MACIMIDE (Maastricht Centre for Citizenship, Migration and Development) • Member of the NVER (Nederlandse Vereniging voor Europees Recht)

Case before the CJEU • Representative of the Belgian state in Case C-365/13 Ordre des Architectes c. Etat Belge, before the Court of Justice of the European Union in Luxemburg together with avocat J.F. De Bock

Moot Courts • Coach of the WINNING team of the All European Final of the European Law Moot Court Competition (Luxemburg 28 March 2014 (LU)) (together with Maja Brkan and Alexander Hoogenboom) • Coach of the WINNING team of the regional final of the European Law Moot Court Competition (Braga 7-8 February 2014 (PT)) (together with Maja Brkan and Alexander Hoogenboom)

Tenders • Province of Limburg, Institute for Transnational and Euregional Cross Border Cooperation and Mobility (ITEM), 6,889,000 Euros, member of team that made the successful joint application  26

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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.

Activities • March 27, 28: Maastricht, 6th Joint Seminar of “the Future of Law and Economics” • April 3, 4: Utrecht, Ius Commune doctoral training from 2013 to 2014. Comparative Law Research and Methodology • July 3, 4: Amsterdam, Ius Commune doctoral training from 2013 to 2014. Masterclass Amsterdam • November 27, 28: Edinburgh (UK), 19th Ius Commune conference.

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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

Publication • Shen, G. and Philipsen, N.J., “Regulation of the Inter-Provincial Establishment of Companies: Applying the Private Interest Approach to China”, Maastricht Faculty of Law Working Paper 2014/8, Maastricht: Maastricht University, December 2014.   Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2535219 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2535219

Attended conferences and seminars • Workshop ‘Market Integration: The EU Experience and Implications for Regulatory Reform in China’ (Beijing, 12 May 2014), co-funded by the China-EU School of Law, paper presenting: Regulation of the Inter-Provincial Establishment of Companies: Applying the Private Interest Approach to China • 6th Joint Seminar The Future of Law and Economics, Maastricht, 27 and 28 March 2014, paper presenting: Regulation of the Inter-Provincial Establishment of Companies: Applying the Private Interest Approach to China • 19th Ius Commune Conference Edinburgh, Thursday 27 - Friday 28 November 2014

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Jaap Spier Articles (Scientific Publications) • Spier, J. (2014). Gedachten over een vastgelopen stelsel. Aansprakelijkheid verzekering en schade, 6, 33-38.

Book chapters (Scientific Publications) • Spier, J. (2014). Het einde van een tijdperk. Gedachten over oplossingen van globale crises. In G.R. de Groot, T. Hartlief, J. Smits & L. van Vliet (Eds.), Kritiek op recht. Liber amicorum Gerrit van Maanen (pp. 413-430). Deventer: Kluwer. • Spier, J. (2014). Injunctive Relief: opportunities and challenges: thoughts about a potentially promising vehicle to stem the tide. In J. Spier & U. Magnus (Eds.), Climate change remedies (pp. 1-120). The Hague: Eleven International Publishing. • Spier, J. (2014). The urgent need of judicial cooperation to map solutions to come to grips with the major global challenges. In P. Mankowski & W. Wurmnest (Eds.), Festschrift für Ulrich Magnus. zum 70. Geburtstag (pp. 105-114). Munich: Sellier. European Law Publishers.

Book chapters (Professional Publications) • Spier, J. & Magnus, U. (2014). Preface. In J. Spier & U. Magnus (Eds.), Climate change remedies (pp. ix-x). The Hague: Eleven International Publishing.

Book Editorship • Spier, J. & Magnus, U. (Eds.). (2014). Climate change remedies. The Hague: Eleven International Publishing. (228 p.)

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Laura Tilindyte Teaching & Planning • Introduction to Legal English (Hasselt), January 2014 • European Union Law: Substantive (FASoS), February-March 2014 • International and European Law (FdR), April-May 2014 • Skills: Research and Reasoning (FdR), September – December 2014 • EU Law I: Institutional Law of the EU (FASoS), September-October 2014 • EU Competition Law, November-December 2014 • Planning groups: Skills and EU Law I

Lectures • 26 March 2014: 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).

(Co) Supervision Bachelor Essays • Lars Falkenberg, Kathrin Haselbach, Alex Haselwander, Irene Iedema

Supervision Internship • Nicholas Mouttotos, Ivana Daskalova, Kerry Prior and Florence Humblet,

Miscellaneous/other • Mentor (mentorship programme Faculty of Law), BKO certificate.

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Xiaowei Yu Seminars, Conference Presentations • Ius Commune postgraduate training course 2013-2014. Master Class Leuven (Leuven, Thursday 6 - Friday 6 June 2014); presentation title “Medical Liability in China: A Comparative Economic Analysis” • 19th Ius Commune Conference (Edinburgh, Thursday 27 - Friday 28 November 2014) • Second annual PhD roundtable forum on law and governance: Dispute Resolution: A public or private affair? (Groningen, Friday 4 April 2014)

Courses Taken • Introduction to Empirical Legal Studies (Study Center Gerzensee, Swiss, 7 - 11 April, 2014)

Articles Published • Jiangqiu Ge & Xiaowei Yu, On Several Issues concerning Tort Liability of Minors Who Caused Damage by Imitating Violent Scenes in Animations ( ), 2014(4) SJTU Law Review (

) (2014) (in Chinese).

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Taotao Yue Presentations • 28 January 2014, ‘Regulating Sustainability of Biofuels as a Global Issue’, Workshop ‘Law for Sustainable Biofuels’, Maastricht. • 2 July 2014, ‘Regulating Sustainable Biofuels at the International Level’, the 12th IUCNAEL Colloquium 2014 ‘Energy for a Fair Society in a Safe Planet’, Tarragona.

Participation • 27-28 November 2014, 19th Ius Commune Conference 2014, Edinburgh. • 29 June – 1 July 2014, the Fifth session of the Meeting of the Parties to the Aarhus Convention, second session of the Meeting of the Parties to the Protocol on PRTRs and their associated preparatory meetings Aarhus Convention meeting at Maastricht

Teaching • 7 January 2014, ‘Introduction to Sustainable Development’, for Australian students exchange program.

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Yan Yu Articles • Chengduo Lin & Yu Yan, “The Practical Review of Causation Theory of Joint Infringement System”, Journal of Dalian University of Technology (Social Sciences), Volume 3 (2014). • Chengduo Lin & Yu Yan, “Reorientation of Causative Potency under Multiple Tort System”, Journal of Inner Mongolia University (Social Sciences & Philosophy), 2014 (accepted). • DYu Yan, “The Fairness of Joint and Several Liability under Joint Tort”, Discussions on Civil and Commercial Law (The 8th Series) Eds., Law Press, China, 2014.

Conferences • Introduction Meeting Ius Commune, Maastricht, 27-28 September 2014

Presentations • “Road Traffic Liability and Road Traffic Liability Insurance in China”, Ius Commune, Maastricht, 28 September 2014

Attended Courses • Law and Economics, from 28 October to 12 December. • Comparative European Tort Law, from 27 October to 10 December.

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Maastricht Journal of European and Comparative Law Maastricht Journal 20, 2014: 1 Articles  • A Difficult Partnership between Courts: The First Preliminary Reference by the German Federal Constitutional Court to the CJEU, I. Pernice; • Consumer Dispute Resolution Goes Online: Reflections on the Evolution of European Law for Out-of-Court Redress, P. Cortés, A. R. Lodder; • Governing Towards Renewable Energy in the EU: Competences, Instruments, and Procedures, M. Peeters; • Meroni Circumvented? Article 114 TFEU and EU Regulatory Agencies, P. Van Cleynenbreugel; • The Application of National Banking Supervision Law by the ECB: Three Parallel Modes of Executing EU Law?, A. Witte; • From National Banking Supervision to a Centralised Model of Prudential Supervision

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in Europe? The Stability Function of the Single Supervisory Mechanism, G. Lo Schiavo; Deliberate Breach of Contract and Consequences for Remedies: Exploration of a Neglected Area in the Law of Contract, M. Van Kogelenberg; The Penalty Clause Bias, E. Nordin; European Regulatory Agencies Adrift? Case C-270/12 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland v. European Parliament and Council of the European Union, Judgment of 22 January 2014, not yet reported, R. Van Gestel; Independence vs. Accountability: Proving the Negative Correlation, M. Scholten; Pringle and the Nature of Legal Reasoning, P. Craig.

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Maastricht Journal 20, 2014: 2 Articles  • Multi-Level Governance through a Constitutional Prism, W. Vandenbruwaene; • The European Union as a ‘3-D’ Constitutional Space, A. Simoncini; • The Regions within Multi-Level Governance: Enhanced Opportunities for Improved Accountability?, A. Cygan; • Asymmetry and Complex Adaptive (Legal) Systems: the Case of the European Union, G. Martinico;

• ‘Europe Clauses’ and Constitutional Strategies in the Face of Multi-Level Governance, P. Popeller; • Coupling National Identity with Subsidiarity Concerns in National Parliaments’ Reasoned Opinions, B. Guastaferro; • EU Directives and Multi-Level Governance Can Lessons Be Drawn from Cooperative Federalism?, T. Vandamme; • Helping Loose Ends Meet? The Judicial Acknowledgement of Soft Law as a Tool of Multi-Level Governance, O. Ştefan.

Maastricht Journal 20, 2014: 3 Articles • An Assessment of the Effectiveness of International Private Regulation in the Corporate Social Responsibility Arena: A Legal Perspective, M. Scheltema; • The Price of EU Citizenship: The Maltese Citizenship-for-Sale Affair and the Principle of Sincere Cooperation in Nationality Matters, S. Carrera; • English Pragmatism and Italian Virtue: an Comparative Analysis of the Regime of Illegally Obtained Evidence in Civil Law Proceedings between Italy and England, V. Breda, M. Vricella; • On Banks, Courts and International Law: the Intergovernmental Agreement on the Single Resolution Fund in Context, F. Fabbrini; • Umbrella Pricing as a Sword Case C-557/12 Kone AG and Others v. ÖBB Infrastruktur AG, Judgment of 5 June 2014, G. Monti; • Surrogacy Leave and EU Case Law C-167/12 C.D. v S.T. and Case C-363/12 Z. .

Government Development, Judgments (Grand Chamber) of 18 March 2014, M. Cousins; • A ‘Complete System of Remedies’? Annulment Actions after the Lisbon Treaty Case C-274/12 P Telefónica v. Commission, Judgment of 21 March 2012, M. Eliantonio; • Singh and Carpenter Revisited: Some Progress but no Final Clarity Case C-456/12 O. v. Minister voor Immigratie, Integratie en Asiel, and Minister voor Immigratie, Integratie en Asiel v. B., Judgment of 12 March 2014, and Case C-457/12 S. v. Minister voor Immigratie, Integratie en Asiel, and Minister voor Immigratie, Integratie en Asiel v. G., Judgment of 12 March 2014, S. Schoenmaekers, A. Hoogenboom. • Limiting Shareholders’ Limited Liability in the EU? Case C-81/09 Idrima Tipou AE v. Ipourgos Tipou kai Meson Mazikis Enimerosis, Judgment of the Court (Second 35

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Chamber) of 21 October 2010, M. Ntokmetzioglou; • Societas Unius Personae (SUP): Facilitating Cross-Border Establishment, C. Teichmann, A. Fröhlich; • Impact of the CJEU’s Right to be Forgotten: Decision on Search Engines and Other Service Providers in Europe, C. Wolf;

• Right to Have Links Removed: Evidence of Effective Data Protection, H. Hijmans; • Search Engines as Controllers: Inconvenient Implications of a Questionable Classification, S. Sartor.

Maastricht Journal 20, 2014: 4 Articles • Oral Hearings Before the European Court of Justice, A. Rosas; • Law as a Complex Adaptive System: The Importance of Convergence in a MultiLayered Legal Order, S. Lierman; • Advisory Opinions, Preliminary Rulings and the New Protocol No. 16 to the European Convention of Human Rights: A Comparative and Critical Appraisal, J. Gerards; • Raising Points of Law on the Courts’ Own Motion? Two Models of European Legal Thinking, B. Fekete; • Inward- and Outward-Looking Rationales Behind Kadi II, M. Vimmer; • The Right to Information and Consultation in Article 27 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union: Less than a Right and Less than a Principle, just an Ordinary Provision Lacking Direct Effect? Case C-176/12 Association de médiation sociale v. Union locale des syndicats CGT and others, Judgment of 15 January 2014, F. Dorssemon;

• Driving Down Disability Equality? Case C-356/12 Wolfgang Glatzel v. Freistaat Bayern, Judgment of 2 May 2014, C. O’Brien; • The Legal Bases for International Agreements Post-Lisbon: Of Pirates and The Philippines Case C-377/12 European Commission v. Council (PCA with the Philippines), Judgment of 11 June 2014 and Case C-658/11 European Parliament v. Council (Pirate Transfer Agreement with Mauritius), Judgment of 24 June 2014, A. Ott; • Communication within the Preliminary Rulings Procedure: Responsibilities of the National Courts, S. Prechal; • Making the Court of Justice of the European Union More Productive, E. Sharpston; • Preliminary References and the Workload of the Court of Justice: ‘Eh Bien, Dansez Maintenant!’, E. Gippini-Fournier; • Talking Now? Preliminary Rulings in and from the New Member States, M. Bobek.

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Ius Commune Europaeum Book Series • V. Harsági, C.H. van Rhee (eds.), Multi-Party Redress Mechanisms in Europe: Squeaking Mice? (2014, Intersentia, Cambridge - Antwerp - Portland, ISBN 978-1-78068-277-8, xxxvi + 298 p.) Vol. 133 • S.L.T. Schoenmaekers, W. Devroe, N.J. Philipsen (eds.), State Aid and Public Procurement in the European Union (2014, Intersentia, Cambridge Antwerp - Portland, ISBN 978-1-78068-274-7, xi + 153 p.) Vol. 131 • A. Terlouw, B. Hubeau (eds.), Legal Aid in the Low Countries (2014, Intersentia, Cambridge - Antwerp Portland, ISBN 978-1-78068-256-3, xviii + 375 p.) Vol. 130 • A. Uzelac, C.H. van Rhee (eds.), Nobody's Perfect. Comparative Essays on Appeals and other Means of Recourse against Judicial Decisions in Civil Matters (2014, Intersentia, Antwerp - Oxford - Portland, ISBN 978-1-78068-236-5, xx + 376 p.) Vol. 129 • J.M. Milo, J. Lokin, J.M. Smits (eds.), Tradition, Codification and Unification. (2014, Intersentia, Antwerp - Oxford - Portland, ISBN 978-1-78068-223-5, 266 p.) Vol. 128 • M. Cisneros, The Role of EU State Aid Law in Promoting a Pro-innovation Policy. A Review from the Perspective of University-Industry R&D Cooperation (2014, Intersentia, Antwerp Oxford - Portland, ISBN 978-1-78068-234-1, xiii + 167 p.) Vol. 127 • M. Solinas, Legal Evolution and Hybridisation. The Law of Shares Transfer in England (2014, Intersentia, Antwerp - Oxford - Portland, ISBN 978-1-78068-207-5, xxii + 247 p.) Vol. 126 • M. Remac, Coordinating Ombudsmen and the Judiciary. A comparative view on the relations between ombudsmen and the judiciary in the Netherlands, England and the European Union (2014, Intersentia, Antwerp - Oxford - Portland, ISBN 978-1-78068-218-1, xiv + 410 p.) Vol. 125

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Metro Seminar Series

• Kristel De Smedt, 8 January 2014, Towards a common framework for shale gas extraction in the EU • Ann-Sophie Vandenberghe, 12 February 2014, Easier to fire: better and more employment relationships? And Paper Easier to fire: better and more employment relationships? • Xiaowei Yu, 12 March 2014, Medical Liability in China: History, Current Rules and Problems • Guang Shen, 16 April 2014, Regulation of the inter-provincial establishment of companies: how the private interest approach fits into China • Tobias Heldt, 11 June 2014, Nuclear Liability in the EU - Status Quo and Challenges • Negin Shafiei Bafti, 17 September 2014, In Defense of Corporate Criminal Liability: A Concept and a Dilemma • Mengxing Lü, 15 October 2014, The Regulation of Corporate Environmental Responsibility (jointly written with Michael Faure).

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Activities of METRO in Developing Countries Indonesia 18 August 2014, “Word by the editors”, lecture at the occasion of the book launching “Sustainable tourism and law, strategic discussion on developing analysis concerning legal aspects of tourism”, faculty of law, Udayana University, Denpasar, Bali. Publication: Michael Faure, Imade Budi Arsika and Ni Ketut Supasti Dharmawan (eds), Sustainable Tourism and Law, The Hague, Eleven, 2014 18 August 2014, faculty of law of Udayana University, Denpasar, Bali, a lecture “Comparative law and legal research”.

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Wednesday 3 September 2014, lecture “Nuclear energy and liability” at the conference Climate Change and Energy Law: Implementation and Progress in Asia?, Center for Environmental, Natural Ressources and Energy Law, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China. • Monday 12 May 2014, conference “Market Integration: The EU Experience and Implications for Regulatory Reform in China”, China University of Political Science and Law (CUPL), Haidian Garden Hotel, Beijing (China). Organised by Philipsen N.J. with Xu (CUPL) and Weishaar (Groningen). • Various teaching activities by Faure M.G., and Philipsen N.J.

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11 January 2014, paper presentation at the international conference on Environmental Law in a Global Context, “Regulating environmental law in a multi-jurisdictional perspective: examples from the interdependencies between the EU and the Member States”, Taiwan, Environmental Law 39

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Association, National Taipei University, Taiwan. 13 January 2014, paper presentation at the international conference on Environmental Law in a Global Context, “The effectiveness of environmental law: what does the evidence tell us?”, Kaoshiung, Taiwan. Tuesday 26 August 2014, at the Conference Disaster Protection Policy under Impact of Climate Change at the National Cheng Kung University in Tainan, Taiwan, a lecture “Compensating victims for damage caused by climate change: a comparison of different models” Wednesday 27 August 2014, at the Conference Disaster Protection Policy under Impact of Climate Change at the National Cheng Kung University in Tainan, Taiwan, a lecture “Liability and compensation for gas explosions, legal and economic analysis”.

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Dissertation Activities

• Badkas, Sachin, Metachoice and Metadata. Innovating with Environmental Policy Analysis in Europe (Maastricht, the Netherlands). Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Michael G. Faure LL.M., Public defence on 20 November 2014 • Ibikounlé, Charles, Le droit de refus dans l’execution du contrat de travail (Maastricht/Bénin). Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Michael G. Faure LL.M., public defence on 15 October 2014 • Mahounon, Maurice, Le Rôle de la CEDEAO dans la crise ivoirienne (Bénin). Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Michael G. Faure LL.M. and Prof. Victor Topanou, public defence on 2 April 2014 • 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, public defence on 2 April 2014

Dissertations in preparation • 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 • Fu, Jing Jing, Managing the Environmental Aspects of Petroleum Industry: the Legislative Way Forward for China (Maastricht, the Netherlands). Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Michael G. Faure LL.M.

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• Gaber, Max, A Law and Economics Approach to D&O Liability Insurance (Maastricht, the Netherlands). Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Michael G. Faure LL.M. and Dr. Niels Philipsen • 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 . Faure LL.M. • Heldt, Tobias, A European Legal Framework for Nuclear Liability (Maastricht, the Netherlands and Mol, Belgium). 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. and 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 (Maastricht, the Netherlands). Supervisor: Prof. M. Peeters • Lu, Mengxing, The Legal and Market Regulation of Green Economy: a multiple analysis on corporate environmental responsibility (Maastricht, the Netherlands). Prof. Dr. Michael G. Faure LL.M. • Mesa Kodjo, Nayo, La réparation des dommages environnementaux dans le contexte africain (Lomé, Togo). Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Michael G. Faure LL.M. • Nobrega, Sandra (Maastricht, the Netherlands). Supervisor: Prof. M. Peeters • Piri Damagh, Mehdi, State Responsibility in Pollution caused from Transboundary Gas (Maastricht, the Netherlands). Supervisor: 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 • Shi, Mengmeng, Study on Divestiture Remedy under Merger Control in the EU, U.S and China: A Comparative Law and Economics Analysis (Maastricht, the Netherlands). Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Michael G. Faure LL.M. and Dr. Niels Philipsen • Sihite, Emma, Strategic Environmental Assessment for Meratus Mountain Protected Area (Maastricht, the Netherlands). Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Michael G. Faure LL.M. • Suleiman, Muhammad Ajisatria, Global Private Regulations For Sustainable Palm Oil In Indonesia (PhD candidate extra muros). 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 (Maastricht, the Netherlands). Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Michael G. Faure LL.M. and Dr. Niels Philipsen  42

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Ius Commune Casebooks For the Common Law of Europe General info 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 Currently available in the Casebook series 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). 43

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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 KÖTZ, 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) Next volume to appear Cases, Materials and Text on Civil Procedure, editor: Remco (CH) Van Rhee (scheduled for publication in 2014). Active Task Forces/Volumes in preparation (in alphabetical order) Horizontal Effects of European Union Law (Hartkamp, Sieburgh, Devroe) Consumer Law (2) (eds. Micklitz, Stuyck, terryn) Civil Procedure (eds. Van Rhee en Oberhammer) Legal History – Western Legal Traditions (eds. Donlan en Van Rhee) Judicial Review of Administrative Action (eds. Backes, Eliantonio en Seerden) Property Law (2) (eds. Van Erp, Akkermans) Contract Law (3) (eds. Beale, Vogenauer et al.)

Recent Meetings Horizontal Effects of EU Law, 6th plenary meeting (Lyon, 3-4 October 2014) Editorial meeting Casebook Consumer Law (to be scheduled) Judicial Review of Administrative Action (Brussels, 4-5 December 2014) Horizontal Effects of EU Law, editorial meeting (… March 2015) Horizontal Effects of EU Law, 7th Plenary meeting (Leuven, 27-28 March 2015) Property Law (2), 1st Plenary meeting (Berlin, … April/March 2015) Horizontal Effects of EU Law, 8th Plenary meeting (Cagliari, 25-26 September 2015) Property Law (2), 2nd Plenary meeting (Leuven, Ius Commune Congres)

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Visiting Guest Researchers

• Seita Romppanen, University of Eastern Finland, 20 January - 29 January 2014  M.Sc (environmental law), LL.M (international environmental law) Seita Romppanen is a PhD Candidate and a lecturer of international environmental law at the University of Eastern Finland Law School. Her PhD work focuses on the EU’s regulatory framework for renewable energy, especially for sustainable biofuels, in the context of EU’s climate change policy. • Negin Shafiei Bafti, Shahid Beheshti University Iran, May-September 2014  Mrs Negin Shafiei Bafti is a PhD student of International Law and is working on her thesis with research subject: "Critical Analyses of International Legal System for Liability in the area of Marine Oil Pollutions Damages". She will be hosted by Prof. Michael Faure when she is visiting Metro as a PhD guest researcher. • Ahmad Sofian, University of Indonesia, 8 September - 2 December 2014  M.Sc (Criminal Law), MA (Criminology) Ahmad Sofian is a PhD Candidate and a lecturer of Department of Law, University Bina Nusantara (BINUS University), Jakarta – Indonesia. His PhD work focuses on the Causation in the Context of the Indonsian Criminal Law (A Case Study of Felony Murder). • Chen Bo, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics, 15th Sep 2014-15th Sep 2015  Mr Chen Bo is a PhD candidate in Shanghai University of Finance and Economics in China, he will study in the capacity of visiting researcher for a period of 1 year. Prof. Dr. Michael G. Faure LL.M will act as his foreign advisor. The research Mr Chen Bo undertaking focuses on the legitimacy of the Green Climate Fund.   45

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Contract Research

EFFACE - a research project on environmental crime 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.  Keywords: environmental crime, green criminology, organised crime, Lisbon Treaty, criminal law, 46

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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 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. 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 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

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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: • Nederlandse Vereniging van Strafrechtadvocaten Congres Rechterlijke Ongehoorzaamheid, Maastricht [12-13 December 2014] • Een-tweetjes in de strafrechtspleging, Maastricht University [11 December 2014] • 19th Annual Ius Commune Conference, Edinburgh [27-28 November 2014] • 5th Annual Theo van Boven Lecture by Mrs. Hina Jilani, Maastricht University [12 November 2014] • 24th Fiscaal Symposium: De invoeringsproblematiek en de achtergronden bij het wetsvoorstel Modernisering vennootschapsbelastingplicht (Vpb-plicht) voor overheidsondernemingen, Maastricht [07 November 2014] • Proceduralisation of EU law through the backdoor [20-21 October 2014] • Legal Aspects of Land Rights and the Use of Land in Asia, Africa, and Europe, Maastricht [19-21 October 2014] • Conference on Self-Determination, Public International Law, Faculty of Law, Maatricht [16 October 2014] • Duits-Nederlandse Juristenconferentie (German-Dutch Lawyers Conference), Alkmaar [3-5 October 2014] • Studiedag S. Schoenmaekers [11 June 2014] • Expert Meeting [5-6 June 2014] • State Aid and Public Procurement in the European Union Jean Monnet Module [27 May 2014] • Afscheidssymposium F. Grünfeld, Maastricht [23 May 2014] • Afscheidssymposium M. Kamminga, Maastricht [11 April 2014] • Kick-off Meeting MACIMIDE, Maastricht [4-5 April 2014] • Final DREAM Conference, Maastricht [3-4 April 2014] • Equal Rights and Accessible Environments: The UN CRPD and EU Disability Law and Policy [3 April 2014] • EDLE Seminar on Law and Economics, Maastricht [27-28 March 2014] • TEFAF Conference, Maastricht [23-24 March 2014]