Europos komisija


The European Commission

UNION EUROPEENNE DE L’ARTISANAT ET

DES PETITES ET MOYENNES ENTREPRISES


confederazione generale

italiana dell’artigianato

Lietuvos verslo darbdavių konfederacija

Lithuanian Business employers’ confederation

Dear Mr. Oliver Loebel,

We kindly invite you to participate in the seminar

European requirements for business - 2:

SOCIAL policy,

company law and competition law

PHARE Business Support Programme

(Community Acquis for SME’s)

Vilnius

19th November, 2001

Hotel ŠARŪNAS

Raitininkų str. 4

For information: + 370 2 498 345

PROGRAMME

19th November

9.00 Registration of participants

9.30 Welcoming words

Mr. Česlovas Kovėra, Chairman of Council, Lithuanian Business Employers’ Confederation

9.35 Presentation of the Business Support Programme and aims of the seminar

Mrs. Rūta Šmaižienė, Director of the Department on Legal Affairs, Lithuanian Business Employers’ Confederation

1 panel. European Social Policies

9.40 European social policies and Italian experience

Mr. Giacomo Curatolo, Confartigianato (Italy)

10.45 Influence of European social and employment policies on the development of Lithuanian business

Mr. Rimas Kairelis, Viceminister of Social Security and Labour

11.05 New draft Labour code and its future perspectives

Ms. Daiva Petrylaitė, Ministry of Social Security and Labour, Senior Specialist

11.25 Discussions

11.40 Coffee break

2 panel. European Company Law and Competition Law

12.10 European Company Law, Competition Law

Mr. Luc Hendrickx, UEAPME

13.10 Discussions

13.25  Lunch (restaurant of the hotel Šarūnas)

14.15 SME’s in the European Union and Lithuania. Legal status of SME’s and forms of aid in the EU and Lithuania.
Mr. Šarūnas Birutis, Head of the division on SME’s in the Ministry of Economy, Department of Industry and Business

14.40 Lithuanian company law in view of EU integration

Ms. Audronė Railaitė, Director of the Department on Economy and Management, Ministry of Economy

15.05 Lithuanian business and conditions of fair competition. Examples of competition cases

Mrs. Lina Darulienė, Head of Law Division, Lithuanian Competition Council

15.45  Activities of wholesailers not always follow the principle of fair competition: problems of businessmen trading with oil

Mr. Vytautas Kabaila, Director of Company “Klevo lapas“ (Maple leaf)

16.00 Discussions

16.20 Closing remarks

Mr. Česlovas Kovėra, Chairman of Council, Lithuanian Business Employers’ Confederation

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