The Judicial Academy, in cooperation with the Academy for European Law (ERA) and the Bar Association of Serbia, organized a one-day seminar on "European Consumer Protection Law" on September 24 in Belgrade. The seminar brought together 27 participants: judges, lawyers and students of the Judicial Academy.

The seminar was opened by the Head of the Training Department for Special Types of Law at the Judicial Academy Marija Milaković and senior lawyer at the Academy for European Law Anastasija Pata. They stated that the aim of the seminar is to provide an introduction to the legal acquis of the EU in the field of consumer protection and that a special focus will be devoted to consumer contracts through the analysis of relevant EU legislation and CJEU jurisprudence.

The key topics covered at the seminar were:

• EU legal framework on consumer protection
• Directive on consumer rights
• Unfair terms in consumer contracts
• Overview of the role and practice of domestic courts in the field of consumer protection
• Workshop: Practical cases in consumer contracts

The presenters at the seminar were:

• Nebojša Đuričić, judge of the High Court in Belgrade
• Špelca Mežnar, judge of the Constitutional Court of Slovenia
• Candida Leone, Associate Professor, University of Amsterdam
• Kristin Nemeth, Assistant Professor, University of Innsbruck