German Presidency of ACA-Europe 2018-2021

The German Presidency of the Association of the Councils of State and Supreme Administrative Jurisdictions in Europe (ACA-Europe) started in May 2018. It will last for two years. During the German Presidency, the President of the Federal Administrative Court, Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Klaus Rennert, also holds the position of President of ACA-Europe. He was elected by the General Assembly on 15 May 2018 in The Hague.

Speech by the President of the Federal Administrative Court

The seminar provides the opportunity to put national administrative procedural law in relation to the so-called ReNEUAL draft for a European Administrative Procedural Law. The comparison should help to identify the best solutions for each jurisdiction. The seminar will particularly address the question of who is involved in the administrative procedure and how the authority investigates the facts.

Speech by the President of the Federal Administrative Court
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General Report

The seminar examines how courts reach their decisions. The culture of decision-making, but also objective circumstances, sometimes vary considerably in the national courts. In order to facilitate a better understanding of the decisions of other courts in the European legal community, the seminar provides a comparative look into the “machine room” of the decision-making process.
General Report

The seminar will deal with questions of access to the supreme court and its functions. Which “filters”, for example, does administrative procedural law incorporate into the procedure? Does the procedure require a special admission? Are only legal questions or also facts to be discussed? The seminar is closely linked to the seminar in Dublin. The different forms of access to justice can have a strong influence on the supreme court’s working method.
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General Report
Opening address by the President of the Federal Administrative Court
Summary by the President of the Federal Administrative Court

The seminar explores the conflict between access to justice protected by fundamental rights and the requirements of an efficient judiciary. In particular, the focus is on the protection of the scope of the legal protection guarantees of Article 6 of the European Convention on Human Rights and Article 47 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union.
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General Report

The German Presidency of the Association of the Councils of State and Supreme Administrative Jurisdictions in Europe (ACA-Europe) is to be extended by one year. Due to the contact and travel restrictions relating to the COVID-19 pandemic, the General Assembly of ACA-Europe, among other events, could not take place in Leipzig in May 2020. The election of the next presidency had to be cancelled and will be rescheduled for at a later date. The German Presidency will continue until then.

Digitalisation changes the way the judiciary works as well as its tools, i.e. the handling of legal information. In addition to an exchange on the practice of legal documentation, the seminar will focus on the requirements of legal tech, the omnipresence of algorithms and artificial intelligence for the preparation of legal information by the documentation units in the European context.
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General Report

The two events on European administrative procedural law mark the beginning and the end of the German Presidency. The colloquium will focus on further aspects of comparative administrative procedural law.
General Report

The election of the President of the Italian Council of State, Filippo Patroni Griffi, as President of ACA-Europe marked the end of the German Presidency on 31 May 2021. The General Assembly designated him as the successor to Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Klaus Rennert who took over the presidency in May 2018. Due to the measures taken to contain the COVID-19 pandemic, the election could not take place in 2020 according to the original schedule. That is why the German Presidency of ACA-Europe was extended by one year.