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2. Fifth Session: Reform of the European Insolvency Regulation I
Chair: Dr Paul Omar, University of Sussex

3. Renewal of the EIR: Shaken or Stirred?
Professor Bob Wessels, University of Leiden

4. “Launch of a large study”
EU Commissioner mrs Vivian Reding (April 2010)
EU Commissioner mr Marcel Barnier (Jan. 2011)
Preliminary assessment:
1. Regulation as a measure
2. Matters of international jurisdiction
3. Conflict of law rules
4. Recognition of judgments
5. Communication and cooperation
6. What is not offered under the EIR
7. Future

5. 1. Regulation as EU measure
Unflexible tool
Infringement proceedings
Amendments
“collective insolvency proceeding”
Adaptation process

6. 1. Regulation as EU measure (cont’d)
Rescue culture
Procedural framework
Method of interpretation
Term and expressions

7. 2. Matters of international jurisdiction
COMI
Compressed decision
Information
Level of proof
COMI shopping/migration
Establishment

8. 3. Conflict of law rules
Vague terms
Policy choices
Forum shopping?

9. 4. Recognition of judgments
Domestic publications
Insolvency related judgments

10. 5. Communication and cooperation
Vague Art. 31
CoCo Guidelines (soft law)
Cross-border between courts
“European insolvency industry”

12. 6. What’s not in the EIR?
Group provisions
Relation with non-EU Member States
Harmonisation

13. Future
Amendment proposal
Publication of seminar outcomes
Approximation

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