| Friday, 13 April 2012 | Salzburg Congress (Europa-Saal) |
| 08:15 | Registration of participants and admission |
| 09:00 | Opening Michael Umfahrer President of the Austrian Notarial Academy Wilfried Haslauer Deputy Governor of the Province of Salzburg Tilman Götte President of the Council of Notariats of the European Union (CNUE) Evelyn Regner Member of the European Parliament, Vice-chair of the Committee on Legal Affairs, European Parliament Ludwig Bittner President of the Austrian Chamber of Civil-Law Notaries Viviane Reding (to be confirmed) Vice-President of the European Commission responsible for Justice, Fundamental Rights and Citizenship Beatrix Karl Federal Minister of Justice |
| 09:45 | Citizens and the Law - A European Challenge. Erhard Busek Former Vice-Chancellor and former minister for science and education, Head of the Institute for the Danube Region and Central Europe, Vienna (A) |
| 10:15-10:45 | Coffee Break |
| 10:45 | EU Citizenship, a new driver for juridical policy? Bénédicte Fauvarque-Cosson University Panthéon-Assas, Paris (F) Followed by a panel debate: Christian Baldus Institute of Legal Science History, Ruprecht-Karl-University Heidelberg (D) Christine Doerner Member of the Chamber of Deputies of the Luxemburg Parliament, civil-law notary (L) Bénédicte Fauvarque-Cosson University Panthéon-Assas, Paris (F) Eva Lichtenberger Member of the European Parliament, Strasbourg/Brussels (F/B) General debate & summary |
| 12:15-13:00 | Buffet lunch |
| 13:00 | European Union Charter of Fundamental Rights. Perspectives for the preventive administration of the law by notaries. Verica Trstenjak Advocate General at the Court of Justice of the European Union, Luxemburg (L) Followed by a panel debate : Michael Lunzer Vice-president of the Chamber of Civil-Law Notaries for Vienna, Lower Austria and Burgenland, civil-law notary, Vienna (A) Niraj Nathwani European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights, Vienna (A) Walter H. Rechberger Head of Department of Civil Procedure and head of Department of the Research Institute for Legal Policy/Development, Vienna University (A) Verica Trstenjak Advocate General at the Court of Justice of the European Union, Luxemburg (L) General debate & summary |
| 14:30-15:00 | Coffee break |
| 15:00 | European citizens and their rights: Legal certainty without borders ? Rembert Süss German Notary Institute, Würzburg (D) Followed by a panel debate : Christoph Beer Civil-law notary, Vienna (A) Erhard Busek Former Vice-Chancellor and former minister for science and education, Head of the Institute for the Danube Region and Central Europe, Vienna (A) Antonio López-Istúriz White Member of the European Parliament, Strasbourg/Brussels (F/B) (to be confirmed) Rembert Süss German Notary Institute, Würzburg (D) Alexandra Thein Member of the European Parliament, Strasbourg/Brussels (F/B) NN/Representative of the European Commission Directorate-General Justice (to be confirmed) General debate & summary |
| 16:30 | Final summary NN/Representative of the European Commission Directorate-General Justice (to be confirmed) Conclusion: Michael Umfahrer President of the Austrian Notarial Academy |
| approx. 17:00 | End of meeting |
Moderation
Benedikt Kommenda
Die Presse, Vienna (A)
Simultaneous translation: German, English, French