CETA is back
After the European Court’s opinion on arbitration, a new political saga?
Conference with Professor Gus Van Harten and debate between elected officials, with the participation of Paul Magnette, this 26/10 at ULB
When? This Friday, October 26th from 12:30pm to 1:45pm
Where? At the ULB, Avenue Franklin Roosevelt 50, 1050 Brussels, Auditorium H.1309
“You will still regulate, but sometimes you’ll have to pay”. Just two years ago, this sentence pronounced by a Canadian official concerning the CETA (EU-Canada) deal had shaken the Walloon MPs, who had asked if CETA would indeed make Wallonia pay when it legislates to protect health or the environment. CETA could return to the Belgian decision-making table before the 2019 elections for approval, following the EU Court’s opinion on the investor-to-State arbitration clause (expected in December).
The Advocate General presents his conclusions on 23 October. Two years after the first season of the “CETA saga”, the time has come to reopen this debate.
This is why the ULB Institute of European Studies, the ULB Cercle du Libre Examen and CNCD-11.11.11.11 take the opportunity of the exceptional presence in Brussels of Professeur Gus Van Harten of the Osgoode Hall Law School of Toronto and invite you to this conference-debate. This event is organized in the context of the ULB’s academic year dedicated to “Europe of Knowledge” ( “L’Europe de la connaissance”).
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Program:
Introductory presentation
The particularities of arbitration tribunals in CETA and comparable treaties.
Gus Van Harten, Professor at Osgoode Hall Law School in Toronto
Panel discussion among elected officials: what future for arbitration tribunals?
Introduced by Jean Hermesse, Chair of the National Intermutualist College.
Spaekers : Paul Magnette (Parti Socialiste), and representatives from Centre démocrate humaniste (cdH), Démocrate fédéraliste indépendant (DéFI) and Benoit Hellings (Ecolo).
