Consumer Protection and Cross-border Economic Crimes

Venue:
Date:
REGIONAL EXCHANGE PROJECT
3rd seminar in Germany
LAND BRANDENBURG
Ministerium der Justiz
Senatsverwaltung für Justiz und Verbraucherschutz
Consumer Protection and Cross-border Economic Crimes
Judicial Academy of Brandenburg
in Königs Wusterhausen (nearby Berlin)
European Judicial Training Network (EJTN)
Joint Legal Examining Board Berlin/Brandenburg
Judicial Academy of Brandenburg in Königs Wusterhausen
Schillerstraße 6
15711 Königs Wusterhausen
24 – 28 June 2013
Coordinators: Dr. Birgit Posselt
Tel.: +4930 – 9013 3324; Email: birgit.posselt@senjust.berlin.de
9.00 - 9.45
9.45 – 10.15
10.15 – 11.00
11.00 – 11.30 Coffee break
Elke Hersztowski
Tel.: +4930 – 9013 3426; Email: elke.hersztowski@senjust.berlin.de
Monday, 24 June 2013
Welcome and Introduction
Judicial Education in Germany
Moritz Baron
Judge, Local Court (Amtsgericht Tiergarten), Berlin
Selected principles of German Constitutional Law and the relation
between the German Constitutional Court and the European Court
of Justice
Dr. Robert Ullerich
Personal Assistant to State Secretary
Senate Justice and Consumer Protection Department, Berlin
11.30 – 12.30 Introduction to the German Civil Law System
Dr. Patrick Bömeke
Judge, Regional Court, Berlin
Case Study: “She wants her money back”
Dr. Gerold Gramse
Judge, Regional Court, Berlin

12.30 – 13.30 Lunch at the Academy
13.30 – 14.30
14.30 – 15.00
15.00 – 16.30
16.45
Introduction to the German Criminal Law System
Peter Faust
Judge, Regional Court, Berlin
Coffee break
Case Studies on Criminal Law and Criminal Proceeding Law
Dr. Juliane Baer-Henney
Judge, Local Court (Amtsgericht Tiergarten), Berlin
Dinner at the Academy
17.30 Departure by bus to Berlin
approx.
21.30
7.30
9.00 – 11.30
11.30
12.30
- Guided sightseeing tour -
Return to the Academy
Tuesday, 25 June 2013
Departure by bus to Berlin
Local Court (Amtsgericht Tiergarten)
Turmstr. 91, 10559 Berlin
Hearing at the Penal Court
Contact:
Moritz Baron
Judge, Local Court (Amtsgericht Tiergarten), Berlin
Departure by bus to Berlin-Alexanderplatz
Lunch possibilities near Berlin-Alexanderplatz
14.00 Welcome at Regional Court (Landgericht), Berlin (near Alexanderplatz)
President Dr. Bernd Pickel, Regional Court, Berlin
Regional Court (Landgericht Berlin)
Littenstraße 12 - 14
10179 Berlin-Mitte
14.15 – 16.00 Moot Court
(on the Case Study presented on Monday: “She wants her money back”)
Daniel Holznagel
Judge, Local Court (Amtsgericht Tempelhof-Kreuzberg), Berlin
Dr. Patrick Bömeke
Judge, Regional Court, Berlin
Dr. Jette Kurney
Judge, Regional Court , Berlin
Moritz Baron
Judge, Local Court (Amtsgericht Tiergarten), Berlin

16.00 Afternoon/ Evening at free disposal (Berlin-Alexanderplatz)
9.30 – 12.30
(with coffee break)
12.30 – 13.30
Wednesday, 26 June 2013
Common European Sales Law, Directive on Consumer Rights, Alternative
Dispute Resolution in cross-border cases
Gabriele Theising-Michel
Judge, Senate Justice and Consumer Protection Department, Berlin
Heike Ansorena
Judge, Senate Justice and Consumer Protection Department, Berlin
Felix Braun
Lawyer and Project Manager
Center for European Consumer Protection (Zentrum für Europäischen Verbraucherschutz e.V.)
Kiel
Lunch at the Academy
13.30 – 14.30 European Consumer Law and Civil Procedure – The Practice of
Applying Consumer Law ex officio – Benefits and Caveats
14.30 – 15.00
Dr. Richard Himmer
Judge, Regional Court, Berlin
Coffee break
15.00 – 16.30 Workshop: Case studies on Consumer Protection
17.00 – 18.00
1) Compensation to passengers in the event of flight cancellations and
long delays of flights (as set out in EC Regulation 261/2004)"
Facilitation:
Daniel Holznagel
Judge, Local Court (Amtsgericht Tempelhof-Kreuzberg), Berlin
2) Protection of the consumer by the purchase: The waterbed
Facilitation:
Gerold Gramse
Judge Regional Court, Berlin
3) "The lucky winner" - Case study on § 661a BGB (promise of a price),
et al. in consideration of the judgement of the European Court of
Justice of 14 May 2009 - C-180/06.
Facilitation:
Dr. Jette Kurney
Judge, Regional Court, Berlin
Dinner at the Academy

9.30 – 16.30
(with coffee breaks,
Lunch: 12.30 –
13.30)
9.00 – 11.30
(with coffee break)
Thursday, 27 June 2013
Fighting Against White Collar Criminality
- Nature of White Collar Criminality
- Methods and ways to fight
• General Part
• Case Studies
• International Organizations (Eurojust, Europol, Interpol)
- International Legal Cooperation
- Confiscation
Johannes Pickert
Prosecutor/ EULEX Kosovo
European Union Rule of Law Mission
Special Prosecution Office of the Republic of Kosovo
Friday, 28 June 2013
Workshop on White Collar Criminality
Facilitation:
Johannes Pickert
Prosecutor/ EULEX Kosovo
European Union Rule of Law Mission
Special Prosecution Office of the Republic of Kosovo
11.30 – 12.00 Evaluation of the workshop:
Review and feedback of participants on workshop
12.00 - Closing session -
12.30 Lunch at the Academy
13.30 - Departure -