Event

The EU’s Green and Digital Transition, Multi-level Enforcement and the Interaction of Legal Orders

  • Location

    Weicker Building

    4 rue Alphonse Weicker

    2721, Luxembourg, Luxembourg

  • Topic(s)
    Law
  • Type(s)
    Conferences, Free of charge, In-person event

The Doctoral School of Law of the Faculty of Law, Economics and Finance is pleased to invite you to this conference.

Abstract

The Doctoral School of Law of the University of Luxembourg has so far been awarded four Doctoral Training Units (DTUs) funded by the FNR – Luxembourg National Research Fund’s PRIDE Programme. This conference brings together two of them. The DTU-REMS II hosted 16 doctoral projects addressing the challenges of enforcement in the interactions between international, European, and domestic levels within multi-level regulatory systems, which included several projects on digital systems. The DTU-GREITMA is currently hosting 13 doctoral projects that examine various aspects of the twin green and digital transitions, their impact on the Single Market – including its external dimension – and the enforcement of EU rules at national level. By bringing together the graduates of DTU-REMS II and the PhD candidates of DTU-GREITMA, this conference offers an opportunity to address topical and cross-cutting questions of EU law in an evolving and challenging regulatory environment.

The conference will open with contributions from Anne Calteux, Representative of the European Commission in Luxembourg; Peteris Zilgalvis, Judge at the General Court of the EU; and Elaine Fahey, Professor at City St George’s, University of London, followed by the keynote speech of Professor Inge Govaere (Ghent University and College of Europe).The second day will focus on presentations by young researchers, discussed by scholars and PhD candidates, and will feature a speech by Judge Condinanzi (CJEU).

Language

English.

This is a free event. Registration is mandatory.

Programme
Thursday, 13 November 2025

  • 12.30 – 13.30

    Buffet Lunch

  • 13.30 – 15.00

    Opening

    • Katalin Ligeti, Dean of the Faculty of Law, Economics and Finance, University of Luxembourg
    • Joana Mendes, Professor, University of Luxembourg
    • Eleftheria Neframi, Professor, University of Luxembourg
    • Asaël Rouby, Programme Manager, Luxembourg National Research Fund (FNR)
    • Luca Visaggio, Director, Legal Service of the European Parliament
    • Nicolas Voulgaris, Professor, European Public Law Organisation (EPLO)

    Introductory remarks
    Chair: Mark Cole, Professor, University of Luxembourg

    Green and Digital Transitions from the European Commission’s Perspective: Quo Vadis?

    Anne Calteux, Head of the European Commission Representation in Luxembourg

    Green and Digital Transitions from the CJEU’s perspective

    Peteris Zilgalvis, Judge, General Court of the European Union

    The External Dimension of the EU’s Digital Transformation: on Harms, Vulnerabilities and Externalities

    Elaine Fahey, Professor, City St George’s, University of London

  • 15.00 – 15.30

    Coffee break

  • 15.30 – 16.30

    Presentation of the PRIDE project “Green and Digital Transition in the Single Market” (DTU-GREITMA)

    Chair : Eleftheria Neframi, Professor, University of Luxembourg

    Presentations by the Doctoral candidates

  • 16.30 – 17.45

    Presentation of the PRIDE project “Enforcement in Multi-level Regulatory Systems II” (DTU-REMS II)

    Chair: Joana Mendes, Professor, University of Luxembourg

    Presentations by the Doctoral graduates

  • 17.45 – 18.00

    Break

  • 18.00 – 19.00

    Keynote speech

    Prof. Inge Govaere, Ghent University and Director of the European Legal Studies Department, College of Europe, Bruges

  • 19.00

    Cocktail

Friday, 14 November 2025

  • Opening: Stanislaw Tosza, Professor, University of Luxembourg

  • 8.45 – 10.45

    Panel discussion I: Multi-level Enforcement in the Digital Era

    Chair: Martin Stierle, Professor, University of Luxembourg

    Multi-Level Enforcement under the AI Act

    Angelica Fernandez, Legal Advisor, Commission nationale pour la protection des données (CNPD)

    Codes of Conduct within the Multi-Level Regulatory Framework of the Digital Sphere

    Pavlína Hubková, Research Fellow, University of Exeter

    Empowering Individuals in the Digital Age: The Promise of the Right to Complain to Supervisory Authorities

    Lisette Mustert, Professor, Utrecht University

    Discussants:

    • Orla Lynskey, Professor, University College London
    • Giovanni de Gregorio, Professor, Católica Lisbon School of Law
    • Aleksandra Kuczerawy, Professor, KU Leuven

    GREITMA Doctoral candidates:

  • 10.45 – 11.15

    Break

  • 11.15 – 12.30

    Panel discussion II: Sustainability as a Value and an Objective of the EU

    Chair: Luca Ratti, Professor, University of Luxembourg

    Circular Rhetoric, Linear Governance: Sustainability and the Limits of Transformation in EU Circular
    Economy Law

    Leonie Reins, Professor, Erasmus University Rotterdam

    Sustainability as an Integral Part of the EU’s International Trade and Investment Policy: Opportunities
    and Challenges

    Léo Gargne, Postdoctoral researcher, University of Luxembourg

    Unravelling the Nature of ‘Do No Significant Harm’: an Emerging Principle of EU Environmental Law or a Transformative Tool for the Green Economy?

    Erriketi Tra Da Silva, Research and Development Specialist, University of Luxembourg

    Discussants:

    • Nikolas Voulgaris, Professor, EPLO

    GREITMA Doctoral candidates:

  • 12.30 – 14.30

    Lunchtime conference: Infringement Actions in the Environmental Field

    Judge Massimo Condinanzi, Court of Justice of the European Union

    Chair: Jörg Gerkrath, Professor, University of Luxembourg

  • 14.30 – 17.00

    Panel discussion III: Rights, Values and Remedies in Multi-Level Enforcement

    Chair : Silvia Allegrezza, Professor, University of Luxembourg

    The Review of the Acts of AFSJ Agencies before the Court

    Silvia Rizzuto Ferruzza, Postdoctoral researcher, University of Bologna

    The Court’s Consistency Review in Fundamental Rights Protection

    Alexandros Politis, Postdoctoral researcher, University of Luxembourg

    Participatory Enforcement in Combating Sanctions Evasion

    Francesca Finelli, University of Luxembourg & University of Pisa

    Multi-Level Enforcement of Tax Crimes

    Marcin Biskupski, Doctoral researcher, University of Luxembourg

    Discussants:

    • Panayotis Voyatzis, Legal secretary, CJEU
    • Panagiotis Zinonos, Référendaire de justice, Cour supérieure de justice, Luxembourg

    GREITMA Doctoral candidates:

  • 17.00

    Closing

    Aikaterini Pantazatou, Professor, University of Luxembourg

In partnership with

Supported by the Luxembourg National Research Fund (FNR) PRIDE23/18689571/GREITMA

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