Workshop internazionale sulla seconda proposta di direttiva sui servizi portuali

Il 20 novembre 2003 il Parlamento europeo ha rigettato la prima proposta di direttiva sull'accesso al mercato dei servizi portuali (inforMARE del 20 novembre 2003), ma lo scorso 13 ottobre la Commissione Europea - su iniziativa del commissario ai Trasporti uscente, Loyola de Palacio - ha ripresentato la proposta di legge (inforMARE del 13 ottobre 2004). Sarà la volta buona oppure sarà l'ultima volta? Se lo chiede l'European Sea Ports Organisation (ESPO), che - in collaborazione con l'European Institute of Maritime and Transport Law dell'Università di Anversa - ha organizzato su questo tema il workshop internazionale "The second EU ports package - The good or the last try ?" che si terrà il prossimo 20 maggio al City Campus dell'Università di Anversa. Nel corso dell'incontro la nuova proposta di direttiva sarà analizzata sia sotto il profilo legale che quello economico.

ESPO inviterà i partecipanti all'incontro a concludere il workshop sorseggiando birra belga. In questo frangente sarà ammesso eccezionalmente il "self-handling" e non sarà necessaria alcuna autorizzazione!

PROGRAMME

Morning session Chair: Prof. Dr. Eric Van Hooydonk

8h30	Registration and coffee
9h00	Welcome - Prof. Dr. Gust Blauwens, Chairman of the Department of Transport and Regional Economics, Faculty of Applied Economics, University of Antwerp - Prof. Dr. Eric Van Hooydonk, Chairman of the European Institute of Maritime and Transport Law - Avv. Giuliano Gallanti, Chairman of the European Sea Ports Organisation (ESPO)
9h10	Setting the scene: current organization of port services in the EU Elena Orrù, Research Assistant at the Law Faculty of the University of Bologna
9h20	The Commission's new Directive proposal on market access to port services Fotis Karamitsos, Director Maritime Transport DG TREN (invited)
9h45	Legal impact assessment (1)
	9h45	The impact on port authorities Prof. Dr. Eric Van Hooydonk, University of Antwerp
	10h10	The impact on technical-nautical services Prof. Avv. Francesco Munari, University of Genoa
	10h35	The impact on private port operators Dr. Vincent Power, Head of the Competition and Regulatory Law Unit, A & L Goodbody Solicitors, Dublin
11h00	Coffee break
11h20	Legal impact assessment (2)
	11h20	The impact on port investments and state aid Philip Wareham, Partner, Holman Fenwick & Willan, London
	11h45	The impact on services of general interest Robert Rézenthel, Professor of Law at the University of Lille (invited)
	12h10	The impact on labour relations Boris Jerman, Secretary General of the Slovenian Maritime Law Association
12h35	Lunch


Afternoon session Chair: Prof. Dr. Eddy Van de Voorde

14h00	Are there alternatives ?
	14h00	Alternatives from the ivory tower Prof. Dr. Eric Van Hooydonk, University of Antwerp
	14h15	Alternatives from the floor Patrick Verhoeven, European Sea Ports Organisation (ESPO)
14h30	Economic impact assessment
	14h30	Is more port competition needed ? Prof. Dr. Theo Notteboom, University of Antwerp
	14h50	The stakeholders' view - a battle of the secretaries-general Panel discussion with: Hugo Callens, European Tugowners Association (ETA) Edouardo Chagas, European Transport Workers' Federation (ETF) Albert Cools, European Maritime Pilots Association (EMPA) Ronny Detienne, European Boatmen Association (EBA) Alfons Guinier, European Community Shipowners' Associations (ECSA) Olivier Janin, European Association for Forwarding, Transport, Logistic and Customs Services (CLECAT) Diego Teurelincx, Federation of European Private Port Operators (FEPORT) Nicolette van der Jagt, European Shippers' Council (ESC) Patrick Verhoeven, European Sea Ports Organisation (ESPO)
15h40	The view of the legislator ' exchange of views with: - Saïd El Khadraoui, MEP (PSE), Member of the EP Committee on Transport and Tourism - Dirk Sterckx, MEP (ELDR), Member of the EP Committee on Transport and Tourism - Representative of the forthcoming UK Presidency of the Council (invited)
16h15	Legal conclusions ' Prof. Dr. Eric Van Hooydonk, University of Antwerp Policy conclusions ' Avv. Giuliano Gallanti, Chairman of the European Sea Ports Organisation
16h30	Belgian beer ! (self-handling allowed - no authorisation required at all ' thresholds and limitations not applicable)