Trainers : Edith Zeller, member of the independent administrative tribunal of Vienna
Heinrich Zens, member of the Austrian Administrative Court
24th of May 2012
EDITH
HEINRICH
PRESENTATION OF CASE 1
Working on the case, discussing solutions
a./ national constitution (Discussion, complaints against such decisions before the Constitutional court, reopening of cases if the constitution is violated)
b./ EU-law (legal validity)
Ciola, Kühne, i-21, Kapferer
c./ ECHR (legal validity, reopening, execution….)
Discussion
1./ how to challenge decisions if they are incompatible with the Convention
2./ concerning possibilities for reopening of procedure ;, story of Art. 46 ECHR ; case Schelling)
d./ international law
a./ national constitution, laws (discussion competence of administrative courts ? Annulment or leaving the act of general nature unapplied)
b./ EU-law (precedence of application)
c./ ECHR (precedence of application ?)
d./ international law
EDITH Case 2
3./ National laws violate fundamental rights deriving from
a./ national constitution (Discussion, France, Sweden, Finland, Greece, UK)
HEINRICH
b./ EU-law
Austrian Constitutional court, Melki, advantages and disadvantages of centralized or decentralized control
AFTERNOON SESSION (continuing topic III./3.) 14:00 – 16:30
Two more case studies :
Case 3
Speech Adria Wien case….
EDITH
c./ ECHR (Discussion, Human Rights’ act)
- Case 4
d./ international law (Discussion)
25th of May 2012
MORNING SESSION (9:00 – 12:00)
HEINRICH
7./ Conflicts between primary and secondary EU-law
ECJ-cases Jego-Queré and Union de Pequenos Agricultores
German case
EDITH
8./ Conflicts between EU-law and ECHR
The Bosphorus Case of ECHR
End of the Workshop
The cases from Slovenia, Lithuania, Latvia and Romania will be discussed within this
agenda depending on the respective topic raised.