The regulatory impact of community legislation on sport: INT MARKT 26366.

Venue:

TIRANA INTERNATIONAL HOTEL Scanderbeg Square Tirana, 28 April 2008 Chair : Mr. Trinker

08:45

Registration

09:00

Welcome and introduction Welcoming speech by: Mr. Ekrem Spahia, Deputy Minister of Tourism, Culture, Youth and Sports of Albania Country presentation by: Ms.Violeta Shqevi, Director of Sports, Ministry of Tourism, Culture, Youth and Sports.

Mr. Michael Trinker, EU-Office of Sports,

Brussels

09:30

The European Union and Sport: Is Sport "Special" in EU Law and Policy? Mr.Robert Siekmann, Director of the ASSER International Sports Law Centre, The Netherlands

10:15

White Paper on Sport and current developments Commission White Paper on Sport (2007); Current developments Mr.Michael Trinker, EU-Office of Sports,

Brussels

10:45

Coffee break

11.00

Mutual recognition of diplomas--Directive 2005/36/EC and its implication on sport as a profession Mr. Thierry Zintz , European Observatory of Sport and Employment, Belgium

11:45

Key principles of Community law and enforcement of the rights as regards sport--Impact of EU primary and secondary legislation as regards sport--United Kingdom experience--Selected cases Mr.Richard PARRISH, Director of the Centre for Sports Law Research, Edge Hill University, United Kingdom The Sporting Exception in European Union Law

Mr.Samuli MIETTINEN, Deputy Director of the Centre for Sports Law Research, Edge Hill University, United Kingdom

13:00

Lunch

14:30

Free movement of workers and regulation 1612/68--Austrian experience Mr. Oliver ROPKE, Austrian Trade Union

Federation

15:15

The social dialogue in the sport sector and the project "Row the Boat" Mrs. Emilie COCONNIER EASE...