Il 27 maggio 2016, l’Università di Milano ospita un seminario dal titolo Cross-border litigation in Europe: Private International Law legislative framework, national courts and the Court of Justice of the European Union, nell’ambito del quale saranno presentati i risultati di una ricerca sull’applicazione in Italia dei regolamenti dell’Unione europea in materia di diritto internazionale privato e processuale realizzata nel quadro del progetto EUPILLAR.
Nel corso dei lavori, coordinati da Stefania Bariatti (Univ. Milano), interverranno, tra gli altri, Francesca Villata, Ilaria Viarengo, Jacopo Re, Filippo Marchetti e Sara Bernasconi (tutti Univ. Milano), Francesco Salerno (Univ. Ferrara), Peter Kindler (Univ. Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München), Cristina Campiglio (Univ. Pavia), Maria Caterina Baruffi (Univ. Verona) e Rosario Espinosa Calabuig (Univ. Valencia).
Il programma completo ed ulteriori informazioni sono disponibili qui.
L’Associazione Internazionale di Diritto delle Assicurazioni – Sezione Lombarda organizza per il 6 maggio 2016 a Milano un convegno dal titolo Assicurazioni e risarcimento dei danni da illecito transfrontaliero.
Intervengono, fra gli altri, Marco Frigessi di Rattalma (Univ. Brescia), con una relazione su Legge applicabile e giurisdizione in materia di assicurazione e risarcimento dei danni da illeciti transfrontalieri: problemi e prospettive, e Michele Comenale Pinto (Univ. Sassari), su Il sistema di risarcimento dei danni nel trasporto aereo di persone.
La partecipazione al convegno è gratuita, previa registrazione all’indirizzo email aida.meeting@libero.it.
Per maggiori informazioni, compreso il programma completo, si veda qui.
Perhaps because it so reflected our children’s character [all ‘Duracell‘ kids] there is one part of Dr Seuss’ Cat in the Hat which has always stuck with me:
so all we could do was to
sit!
sit!
sit!
sit!
and we did not like it.
not one little bit.
I was reminded of the line, reading Bot AG’s Opinion in Case C-492/14, ‘Essent 2.0’ (not yet available in English at the time of writing). In order to promote the generation of renewable energy, Flanders law makes transmission of electricity generated from renewable sources, free of charge. However this courtesy is limited to electricity generated in installations directly connected to the grid. Essent imports (a considerable part of) its green electricity from The Netherlands. It does not therefore enjoy free transmission.
Bot’s disapproval of trade restrictions like these is well established and has often been reported on this blog. The CJEU disagrees with its AG on many of the issues. I am in general of the same view as the AG. Mr Bot continues to find the Court’s case-law unconvincing and makes no attempt to hide it. He repeatedly mentions that he is duty-bound to apply Essent /Vindkraft without believing they are good law. It is with obvious regret that he Opines that given the Court’s stand in Essent /Vindkraft, he has no option but to propose that the Court find the Flemish regime acceptable.
The AG does however leave open a future window for change: in particular, if and when the secondary law regime on renewable energy specifically, and energy as a whole, is amended, one may be able to distinguish Essent /Vindkraft.
Bot also reminds us of the unclear position of environmental exceptions under Article 36 TFEU and the Rule of Reason. He calls upon the Court formally to acknowledge that the Cassis de Dijon distinction between the Rule of Reason and Article 36 (the former does not allow ‘distinctly applicable’ national measures (read’ discrimination) while the latter does) no longer exists.
I do not like judgment in Preussen Elektra. Or in Essent. Not one little bit. It discourages the creation of a true European energy market. Perhaps the Court will surprise us all in Essent 2.0 and will correct some of the damage it has done with its standing case-law on the matter.
Geert.
Clayton P. Gillette, Steven D. Walt, The UN Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods: Theory and Practice, Cambridge University Press, 2016, ISBN 9781316604168, pp. 451, GBP 37,99.
[Dal sito dell’editore] – Updated and expanded for the second edition, this volume provides attorneys, academics and students with a detailed yet accessible overview of the United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods (CISG). Adopted by more than eighty nations and governing a significant portion of international sales, the CISG regulates contract formation, performance, risk of loss, conformity to contractual requirements and remedies for breach. This volume explains the CISG doctrines and their ambiguities, and appraises the extent to which the doctrines reduce transaction costs for commercial actors. Its topic-based approach will be ideal for those pursuing academic analysis or subject-specific research.
Il sommario dell’opera è consultabile qui. Maggiori informazioni sono disponibili a questo indirizzo.
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