Welcome speech
Umberto de Pretto, Deputy Secretary General, International Road Transport Union (IRU)

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Introduction by the Symposium Chairperson
Isabelle BON-GARCIN, President of the IRU Commission on Legal Affairs

Legal framework: Increasingly complex regulation
Speaker: Loïc GRARD, Professor, University of Bordeaux, France

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Passenger road carrier liability: Passengers become consumers
Speaker 1: The current legal framework
Cécile LEGROS, IDIT, France

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Speaker 2: New EU rules for road passenger transport and their possible influences on the CVR
Remi LEBEDA, EU Fiscal & Legal Affairs, IRU

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Goods road carrier liability: An extended guarantee
Speaker 1: The influence of economic and technical developments on the contractual liability of the road carrier
Jacques PUTZEYS, Emeritus Professor, Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium

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Speaker 2: The influence of social constraints and security on the criminal liability of the road carrier
Alessandro PESCE, Pesce & Associati, Italy

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Speaker 3: Anti-Indemnification Clauses in Freight Contracts
Ron LENNOX, Canadian Trucking Alliance (CTA), Canada

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IRU General Conditions for the international carriage of goods by road
Speaker: Presentation of the new IRU General Conditions for the international carriage of goods by road
Sophie Tomanin, In charge of TIR Legal Affairs, IRU

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General Conditions for the international transport of passengers
Speaker 1: Omnibus Agreement
Jasmina TRLAJIC, Federal Office of Transport (FOT), Switzerland

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Speaker 2: Development of General Conditions of carriage for passenger transport
Johan SCHELIN, Stockholm University, Sweden

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National case studies: Evidence and management of the increasing liability of road carriers
Road transport in the United Kingdom
Anton BALKITIS, Rothera Dowson Solicitors, United Kingdom 

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Speaker 2: Road transport in Spain
Francisco SANCHEZ-GAMBORINO, ASTIC, Spain & Vice-President of the IRU Commission on Legal Affairs

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Speaker 3: Road transport in Turkey
Sançar Sefer SÜER, TOBB, Turkey

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Speaker 4: Road transport in Asia
Fedor KORMILITSYN, UNESCAP

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Final summary and adoption of Symposium Declaration
Isabelle BON-GARCIN, President of the IRU Commission on Legal Affairs

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