7^th Edition – 14 & 15 March 2022

Organized by the Wine & Law Program with the assistance of the Georges Chappaz Institute of Vine and Wine in Champagne and the support of the AIDV, the simulation of trials in vitivinicultural law welcomes each year students of specialized training in France and in Europe.

Objective: Familiarize students with the practical questions of European and international law of the vine, wine and spirits, in particular by a mock trial.

Organization: The action consists in setting up an educational process which resembles a contest of contentious procedure before the Court of Justice of the EU on a case related to the law of the vine and the wine. Note that there is also keen interest for students from universities outside Europe, as the practical case will concern questions of international wine trade.

A fictitious practical case will be distributed to the participating teams. The competition is not only open to students enrolled in Master 2 at the University of Reims but it is open to students enrolled in other training at Masters level (in France or elsewhere). The idea would be to form teams that will oppose by presenting their legal arguments. The procedure will be written in a first phase and the different teams will present their defense brief. Then the two best teams will compete for the oral phase (final), according to the rules of procedure of the EU Court of Justice.

The procedural languages will be English and French. Exam rules are established each year by the jury.

The jury will be composed of the President or a Vice-President of the AIDV, a representative of the OIV, a judge (or referendum) at the Court of Justice of the European Union, an academic (outside the Universities who participate in the competition) and a personality from the professional world of wines and spirits. The jury will be responsible for writing the practical case and evaluating the teams.

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Le jury est chargé de la rédaction du cas pratique et de l’évaluation des équipes. Il est composé de six représentants de grandes instances juridiques :

— M. Silvère LEFEVRE, Président de jury et Référendaire au Tribunal de l’UE, Docteur en Droit
— Mme Caroline LE GOFFIC, Professeur de Droit Privé à l’Université de Lille, Co-directrice du Master 2 “Droit général des activités numériques”
— Mme Marie-Anne HUMBERT-GENAND, Responsable du service juridique, Comité Champagne
— M. Yann JUBAN, Directeur général adjoint de l’OIV et Secrétaire général de l’AIDV
— M. Stéfan MARTIN Membre des Chambres de recours, EUIPO
— M. Rein-Jan PRINS, Vice-Président de l’AIDV et Avocat

Places limitées, inscription obligatoire auprès de caroline.zerr@univ-reims.fr

Equipes participantes

— Master Propriété Intellectuelle (Magister Lvcentinvs) Université de Alicante
— Master Droit du vin et des spiritueux Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne
— Master en Droit alimentaire Université de Rome Tre
— Centre d’Etudes Internationales de la Propriété Intellectuelle Université de Strasbourg
— Faculté de droit de Salavdor USAL, Buenos Aires, Argentina