Agenda of the workshop on European Nature Protection and Water Protection Law in cooperation with European Commission, Directorate General Environment (DGENV) and the European Institute of Public Administration (EIPA)

Venue: National Institute of Justice, 14, Ekzarh Yossif Str., BG 1301 Sofia

Date: 28 – 29 May 2009

Draft agenda

Thursday 28 May

1st part: General Issues

9:00 – 9:15 Welcome by the hosting Association of Bulgarian Administrative Judges

9.15 – 9:30 Introduction by Werner HEERMANN chair of the AEAJ working group Environmental Law

9:30 – 9:45 Presentation of the EIPA training programme by Ralf JÜLICH (Member of the EIPA Project Management Team, Leader of Nature Protection
Activities)

9:45 -10:30 Marc CLEMENT (DGENV)
Implementation of EC environmental law into national law, see COM(2008)773/4

Problems, shortcomings, ways of improvement
10:30 – 11:00 Coffee break

2nd part: Case Studies

The case studies run as follows: Presentation of the facts, legal framework and administrative procedure by the speaker, discussion of the legal topics and the solution by groups of about 8 persons, presentation of the solution by each group, discussion in plenary, explanation of the national court’s judgement by the speaker

11:00 – 12:30 Emil WARIS (Finland)

Application of the Wild Birds Directive (79/409/EEC) illustrated by two cases (see appendix 1)
Main topics: Legal standing, deviation from the protection

12:30 – 14:00 Lunch

14:00 – 15:30 Anna BERCZI (Hungary)

Natura 2000 (Directive 92/43/EEC), Environmental Impact Assessment Directive (85/337/EEC), Water Framework Directive (2000/60/EC), Groundwater Directive (2006/118/EC), illustrated by a case concerning conflict with national defence, location of a NATO radar (see appendix 2)

15:30 – 16:00 Coffee break

16:00 – 17:30 Dieter BECK (Austria)

Waste water management illustrated by a case (see appendix 3)

Friday 29 May

3rd part: Bulgarian Cases

9:00 – 9:30 Ralf JÜLICH (EIPA)

Introduction to Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA)

9: 30 - 12:00 Rumyana PAPAZOVA (Bulgaria)
EIA, constructions in the area of the Rila Monastery, appeal of a NGO, Balkani Wildlife Society (see appendix 4)
Discussion on other cases occurred in Bulgarian judicial practice (see appendix 5)