University of Vienna Renews Cooperation with ELI

In 2011, the University of Vienna won in its bid to host the ELI Secretariat; among the other Europe-wide competitors were the European University Institute in Florence and the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg. In the same year, the ELI Secretariat was opened by Viviane Reding, Vice-President of the European Commission at that time. Since then, the ELI, which is partly modelled on the American Law Institute (ALI), has developed into an internationally renowned institution that collaborates closely with other international organisations and EU institutions.

Academics of the University of Vienna routinely participate in many different ELI projects. A prime example is the project on the Common European Sales Law (CESL), in which Prof. Christiane Wendehorst from the Department of Civil Law of the Faculty of Law of the University of Vienna was involved in a leading position. This project, which was chaired by Lord Thomas, Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales, produced a much noticed statement that was received very positively by the EU institutions and decisively shaped the European Parliament Resolution of February 2014.

ELI’s Annual Conference will again take place in Vienna from 2-4 September 2015. As usual, the event will gather experts from all over Europe and beyond. Věra Jourová, the new EU Commissioner for Justice, Consumers and Gender Equality, and Harriet Lansing, the President of the American Uniform Law Commission, will each deliver a keynote speech.

More information regarding ELI can be found at: http://www.europeanlawinstitute.eu/

Contact:
Mag. Cornelia Blum
University of Vienna
1010 Wien, Universitätsring 1
T: +43 4277 100 12
cornelia.blum(at)univie.ac.at

Mag. Selma Tiric

European Law Institute
1010 Wien, Schottenring 14
T: +43 4277 22101
selma.tiric(at)europeanlawinstitute.eu