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Information about this meeting:

• Press release
• Speech by the Robert Madelin, Director General for Health and Consumer Protection European Commission (pdf format)
• Speech by the Meglena Kuneva, Commissioner for Consumer Protection (pdf format) 
  

Know more:
http://www.min-economia.pt/
http://www.consumidor.pt

Programme:

DAY I - 9:15-18:00

• 09:15 - 9:40 - Welcome
• 09:40 - 10:10 - Opening Statements by Portuguese Secretary of State for Trade,    Services and Consumers Protection Mr. Fernando Serrasqueiro,    and Commissioner Ms Neelie Kroes.    Director General SANCO Mr. Robert Madelin
• I. THE ECONOMIC CHALLENGE
• Moderator: Mr. Robert Madelin Director General (European Comission) - Panellists: Mrs.Cornelia Kutterer (BEUC)  Mrs. Joëlle Simon (Bussineseurope)  Mr. Patrice Pellegrino (Eurocomerce)  Mr. Ben F. M. Knüppe (industry)  Prof. Schäfer (Economist University of Hamburg) Moderated panel discussion followed by contributions from the audience. 
• 10:10 - 11:10 - Module 1 - Possible distortions of competition or obstacles to the internal market. 
• 11:10 - 11:30 - Coffee break. 
• 11:30 - 13:00 - Module 2: The economics of collective redress: - Costs for companies; - Costs for consumers and consumer organisations and their means of financing; - Costs and benefits of collective judicial and non-judicial collective redress; - Comparisons with other means of redress. 
• 13:00 - 14:30 - Lunch.
• II. THE LEGAL CHALLENGE: judicial and non judicial collective redress mechanisms.
• Moderator: Prof. Mariana França Gouveia (Faculdade de Direito da Universidade Nova de Lisboa) - Six modules composed of presentations followed by questions and contributions from the audience, as well as a short presentation of the draft report prepared by  the European Economic and Social Committee. 
• 14:30 - 15:05 - Module 1 (10 + 10 + 15 min) - Group Actions: Experiences from Portugal and the Netherlands - Panellists: Mr. Luis Silveira Rodrigues (DECO) and Mr. Daan Lunsingh Scheurleer, attorney at law, NautaDutilh NV. 
• 15:05 - 15:40 - Module 2 (10+10+15 min) - Test cases: Experiences from Austria and Germany - Panellists: Mr. Ulrike Docekal (VKI) and Mrs.Helke Heideman-Peuser (VZBV)
• 15:40 - 16:25 - Module 3 (10+10+15 min) - Representative actions: Experiences from France and UK. - Panellists: Mr. Cristian Duve, (Partner, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer) and Ms. Gaëlle Patetta, France, (Legal Director of UFC/Que Choisir).
• 16:25 - 16:45 - Coffee break. 
• 16:45 - 16:55 - Module 4 (5+5 min) - Class actions : Experience from Canada - Presentation: Mr. John P. Brown, Chairman of the Task Force on International Procedures and  Protocols for Class Actions of the International Bar Association. 
• 16:55 - 17:25  - Module 5 (10+20 min) - ADR and mediation: Experience from Italy - Presentation: Mr. Guido Alpa, President of the Italian National Bar Council. 
• 17:25 - 17:50 - Module 6 (10+15 min) - Role of public authorities - Presentation: Mr. H. Saugmandsgaard Øe (Danish Ombudsman) 
• 17:50 - 18:00 - State of play of the Report "Defining the collective actions system and its role in the context of Community consumer law", presented by Mr. J. Pegado Liz, Rapporteur of the European Economic and Social Committee.

DAY II 9:30-13:00