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Thursday 19 June
1st Part
Venue: Faculty of Law, Magnus Lagabøtes Plass 1, Auditorium 1
14:00 - 17:15: Congress registration (note that after General Assembly, registration desk will be moved to Håkonshallen)
15:00 - 15:40: Presentations by the representatives of the working groups
15:40 - 16:00: Coffee break
16:00 - 17:15: General Assembly (for EATLP members only)
17:15 - 17:40: Walk to Håkonshallen
2nd Part
Venue: Håkonshallen
17:45-17:55: Congress registration desk open at Håkonshallen (entrance)
18:00 - 18:30: Welcome Addresses in Håkonshallen
18:30 - 19:30: Guest Lecture: Hanseatic Period
19:30 - 21:00: Get-together in Håkonshallen
Program for the Academic Committee
Venue: Faculty of Law, Magnus Lagabøtes Plass 1, Faculty Lounge (entrance via cafeteria).
13:30 - 15:30: Academic Committee opening meeting (only for members of the Academic Committee).
Poster Program
Meeting room 448 (JUS II) is reserved from 08:00 to 18:00 for PhD students in the poster program.
Executive Board
Meeting room 546
11:00-12:00: Meeting Chairwoman, Treasurer and Secretary General with Organizing Committee 2026.
12:00-13:30: Executive Board opening meeting (incl. lunch)
Friday 20 June
08:00 – 12:00: Congress registration
Venue: University Aula, Muséplassen 3
Academic part
Congress subject: "Taxing Real Estate (Ownership)"
08:50 - 09:00: Welcome words by the congress organiser
- Introduction to the Congress Subject by Roman Seer, Chairman EATLP Academic Comittee (Ruhr University Bochum, Germany)
- General Remarks: The General Report as a guide through the Congress by General reporter, Michal Radavan (Masaryk University, Czech Republic)
Session 1 - The role and function of propert taxes
Chair: Michal Radvan (Masaryk University, Czech Republic).
09:00 - 09:15: Definition of property taxes and the influence of private law by Michael Radvan (Masaryk University, Czech Republic)
09:15 - 09:30: Historical consequences/development of property taxation by Ana Dujmociv (University of Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina)
09:30 - 09:45: Wealth taxation by Marc Desens (Leipzig University, Germany)
09:45 - 10:00: Property taxes as local taxes by Anna Vartašová Románová (Pavol Jozef Šafárik University, Slovakia)
10:00 - 10:15: Equity and fairness issues in property taxation by Rita de La Feria (University of Leeds, United Kingdom)
10:15 - 10:30: Discussion
10:30 - 11:00: Coffee break
Session 2 - Local recurrent property tax
Chair: Joan Youngman (University of Cambridge, United States)
11:00 - 11:15: Property tax as a good tax? By Joan Youngman (University of Cambridge, United States)
11:15 - 11:30: Object of taxation by Henrik Skaar (University of Bergen, Norway)
11:30 - 11:45: Value of area-based system? by Nataša Žunić Kovačević (University of Rijeka, Croatia)
11:45 - 12:00: Possibilities of muncipalities to design property taxes by Paweł Szczęśniak (Maria Curie-Skłodowska University in Lublin, Poland)
12:00 - 12:15: Constitutional aspects of property taxes (cases) by Katja Štemberger Brizani (University of Ljubljana, Slovenia)
12:15 - 12:30: Discussion
12:30 - 13:30: Lunch
Session 3 - Property transfer taxation
Chair: Riel Franzsen (University of Pretoria, South Africa)
13:30 - 13:45: Benefits of property transfer taxes by Riel Franzsen (University of Pretoria, South Africa)
13:45 - 14:00: Shall property transfer taxes be abolished? by Peter Denk (University of Vienna, Austria)
14:00 - 14:15: Property transfer tax base by René Matteotti (University of Zurich, Switzerland)
14:15 - 14:30: Conflicts between VAT and property transfer tax by Aleksandra Maksimovska (Saints Cyril and Methodius University of Skopje, North Macedonia)
14:30 - 14:45: Controversies between capital gains tax and property (transfer) taxes by Cosmin Flavius Costaș (Babes-Bolyai University, Romania)
14:45 - 15:00: Discussion
15:00 - 15:30: Coffee break
Session 4 - Tax Valuation and new approaches in property taxation
Chair: William McCluskey (University of Pretoria, South Africa)
15:30 - 15:45: Valuation in property taxation by William McCluskey (University of Pretoria, South Africa)
15:45 - 16:00: When market prices decrease.. by Taisiia Chepys (Masaryk University, Czech Republic)
16:00 - 16:15: Role of property cadaster / register and title registration in property taxation by Marco Greggi (University of Ferrara, Italy)
16:15 - 16:30: Environmental approaches in property taxation, Polonca Kovac (University of Ljubljana, Slovenia)
16:30 - 16:45: Social approaches in property taxation by Werner Haslehner (University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg)
16:45 - 17:00: Discussion
17:00 - 17:30: Closing remarks by general reporter Michal Radvan (Masaryk University, Czech Republic)
17:30: Congress group photo.
Doctoral Poster Program
Venue: University Aula, Muséplassen 3
08:00 - 18:00
Congress Dinner
Venue: Fløirestauranten, Fløyfjellet 2
20:00 - 23:00: Dinner at Fløirestauranten
* The restaurant is located at Fløyen Hill (320 meters above sea level). A funicular departs every whole and half hour from the city center (Vetrlidsallmenningen 23A). The trip is included in the registration fee (ticket is provided upon registration). Wheelchair accessible.
Saturday 21 June
Venue: Faculty of Law, Magnus Lagabøtes Plass 1, Auditorium 1
09:00 - 09:15: Introduction by the chairman of the EATLP Academic Comittee
09:15 - 09:30: Conferral of the EATTA Award
09:30 - 10:15: Presentation by the EATTA Awardee
10:15 - 10:30: Presentation 2026 Congress Antwerp
10:30 - 11:00: Coffee break
11:00 - 12:30: Adolfo Martin Jimenez lecture by Judith Freeman (Em. Prof. Oxford University): 'Is the Role of the Tax Law Professor Changing?'
Program for the Academic Committee
Venue: Faculty of Law, Magnus Lagabøtes Plass 1, Faculty Lounge (entrance via cafeteria)
13:15 - 15:00: Academic Committee Closing Meeting (including lunch)
