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Dott. Azelio Fulmini, Master and PhD in European and European Union Law at La Sapienza University, after an intense international institutional career and numerous research and academic activities, he returned in 2011 to the legal profession at the Bar French-speaking Brussels, which he had already started in 1993 at Lambert & Associés, and interrupted for the institutional and international parenthesis, because he believes in the profession of lawyer, in the art of solving problems not only from the facts and applicable rules, but also from people, individual wishes, and the interpretation of rules from the principles of the legal order, principles which are as transversal as they inspire interpretation and execution to give the appropriate written lapis rule in the interest of the person.

That the written rule can never cover all material cases of conflict. This is why the activity of the lawyer is located at the point of contact between authority and freedom, constituting a creative source of justice.

This is also why Dr. Fulmini believes in so-called alternative conflict resolution methods (ADR).

The art of the lawyer is certainly the technique which consists of finding a solution on the basis of the applicable rules and principles which must always be correlated with this ultimate need for justice which was already expressed in the Institutions, one of the Books that make up the Codex Iustiniani (6th century), with the definition of justice as "IUS SUUM QUICUMQUE TRIBUERE", which expressed the spirit that was the basis of the function of the Praetor Preregrinus: recognizing each person's own right.

We believe that the "person" always remains the main subject of any rule, as opposed to the authoritarianism or totalitarianism of the rule imposed from above. The only "GRUNDNORM" which illuminates the activity of the lawyer is for us the protection of the person.

With this in mind, we provide the client not only with knowledge, but also with extrajudicial experience so that they can obtain the best satisfaction of their rights, while respecting the rules and values of freedom.

And it is the customer alone who will be our best judge.

December 2000 – TMC Asser Institute, Peace Palace, The Hague

 

Certificate for International Criminal Court Staff

 

Training Course on The Rome Statute of the ICC.

 

July 1991 – La Sapienza University, Faculty of Political Sciences, Rome

 

Ph.D (Dottore di Ricerca) on EC Law (cum mentione).

Three years Fellowship.

Thesis in IT on “Jurisdictional Protection of Human Rights and the EEC Legal Order: between Autonomy and Integration”.

 

Aug/Sep 1989 - International Law Academy, The Hague, The Netherlands

 

ILA Certificates.

 

has)     Four Weeks Annual Workshop of the Center for Studies and Research.

Workshop with seminars and written study in French on “Schengen and the EEC Law on the Internal Market”.

 

b)     International Law Annual Course, August 1989

 

Apr/June 1989 – Ministry for Culture, Luxembourg

 

Study Fellowship (paid)

Note on “The TV without borders Directive”

Jan/March 1989 – European Parliament, Luxembourg

 

Robert Shuman Fellowship (paid)

Legal Affairs Committee Competences, DG IV - Studies & Research

Oct1987/July1988 – European Commission, Brussels

 

Trainee Fellowship (paid)

General Secretariat, Relations with the EP

July 1988 - "Alcide de Gasperi", Istituto post-Universitario,

Post-University Institute, Roma

 

Master on EC Law, (110 cum Laude). (ay 1986/1987) Subjects: ECC Law, European Comparative Law, European Constitutional Systems, International private Law, International Arbitration, International Transport Law, International Maritime law, Law of URSS and communist systems, Pact of Warsaw, Law of Space, NATO , Council of Europe, Humanitarian Law, Geopolitical of Europe, Environment Law, OSCE.

Thesis in French on: “The ECJ Judicial Procedures”

 

July 1985 - “La Sapienza” University, Faculty of Law, Rome

 

Law Degree (106/110) (five days). Subjects: History of Law, Roman law, Private Law, Civil Law, Commercial law, Copyright Law, Industrial law, EEC Law, International Law, Comparative Public Law, Constitutional Law. Thesis on Administrative Law in IT on “National Administrative Justice and the protection of the rights attributed by the EC Law”

 

July 1977 – Liceo Ginnasio “Cornelio Tacito”, Classical & Humanistic Studies, Tarnished (IT)

 

Diploma di licenza classica (License of Secondary Public School)

Subjects: Latin, Greek, Italian, Philosophy, History, Natural Sciences, Mathematics, Chemistry, Physic, History of Arts. (five academic years)         

Cookies&Cookies, Più Europei (2022)

The EU PDPR and its applicationn, Gold protection Legalized Use ? Più Europei (2022)

Puygdemont v. US boxes, Più Europei 2020

IT & WEB: Secret investigations (Più Europei 2020)

EU Court of Justice on Morocco and SAHARA cases Più Europei (2019)

BREXIT , Conferences and Publications since 2016

Introduction alla Carta Europea dei Diritti Fondamentli, in Commentario al Trattato di Lisbona, Ed. Simone, (April 2012)

The Protection of Human Rights and the Lisbon Treaty, Excellency University, Jean Monnet Programme, Comenius University, Bratislava, 29/30 September 2008 (the article will be part of a collective book on the Lisbon Treaty under publication);

 
 

Various European Parliament Fact Sheets – EP web page - :

[3.2.1.] we Free circulation of goods, 2006/2007;

[3.2.3.] we Freedom of establishment and to provide services, 2006/2007;

[3.3.4.] we Public Undertakings and Services of General Interest, 2006/2007;

[3.4.1.] we Public Procurement Contracts, 2006/2007;

[4.11.1.] we Consumer Policy: Principles and Instruments, 2006;

[4.11.2.] we Consumer Protection measures, 2006;

Editor of the Acta of the first Conferences on “Rozhodovacie process v Europeskej united” (European Union decision-making procedures), Bratislava and Kosice, December 2003, organized as Head of the Information Office of the EP in the Slovak Republic, with interventions of Hans Gerd Poettering, HE Alfonso Diez Torres, HE Olivier Belle, HE Laurent Stokvis, HE Luca del Balzo di Presenzano, HE Eric van der Linden, Nino Gemelli, Jan Figel, Rudolf Bauer, Monica Benova, Ivan Stefanec, Andrej Durkovsky, Jan Mazak, Pavel Kandrac, Juraj Migas, Maros Sefcovic, Antonio Caiola, Juraj Stern, Olga Gyarfasova, Dagmar Fillova, Martina Janosikova, Vlasta Kunova, Zuzana Andrejcakova, Miroslav Slastan, Ed. Information Office of the European Parliament in the Slovak republic and Comenius University, Faculty of Law, Bratislava, 2005;

Introduction to the EURO: the quadro Institution, Monografia, Quaderni del Dipartimento di Istituzioni Politiche e Scienze Sociali, ROMATRE University, Dipartimento delle Istituzioni Politiche e Scienze Sociali, Quaderni n° 4, 1998 (pp. 1-47) (Paper from the Lecture of 27-05-1998);

Credit's Consumers EC Law, Paper for the UpE Study Days, Venice, 02-20-1997, (Conference organized for the UpE group with the participation of Mr. mario Monti, Commissioner), in Cahier UpE, March 1997;

Measures to protect children victims of violence in the European Union, Report for the UpE Study days, Carcassonne, France, 13/17-05-1996, in Notebook UpE, June 1996;

The Court of Justice and the constitutional prerogative of the community institutions (The Court of justice and the constitutional prerogatives of the European Institutions), in Cahier UpE, December 1995;

Linguistic minorities in Europe: comparative legal systems, in Notebook UpE, November 1995;

Free circulation of persons and the Schengen Treaty, for a Conference organized for the UpE group, in Brussels, with the participation of Mr. mario Monti, Commissioner, the head of Cabinet of Mrs Gradin, Commissioner, and administrative representatives of Europol and Schengen, in Notebook UpE, September 1995;

Giurisprudenza comunitaria commentata, in Italia Europa, Monthly publication on Europe distributed by Italia Oggi, economic newspaper, Milano, 1992-1994;

L'evoluzione dell'ordinamento giuridico comunitario nel settore dei media nel periodo 1991-1992, (European Media Law in 1992 – analysis) in MIND, l'industria della comunicazione in Europa, Fondazione Rosselli, Torino, IEM Milano, Collectaneus, London-Paris-Rome, John Libbey, SIPI Ed., 1993 (pp. 161- 238);

The asylum policy in 1990: Schengen and Europe (The right of asylum after the Dublin Convention of 1990 and the Europe) ACNUR (UN Italian Agency for refugees) “L'immigrazione straniera e l'Europa del 1993: una sfida o un'opportunità?”, Del Grifo Ed., 1992 (pp. 187-189);

Osservazioni sul progetto di Comunicazione della Commissione sui criteri de valutation delle imprese communie et delle other form

 

of the cooperative nature of the association, according to Article 85 EEC, (Notes on the Commission Communication regarding the various forms of cooperation between operators – GEIE-), Papwer for Fondazione Rosselli, Torino, October 1991;

Straniera Immigration in Europe, in I Diritti dell'Uomo, n° 1 – 1991, p. 39;

The local system and the community system: pluralism and frammentazione, (regional Institutions and the European institutional Framework: Pluralism or Fragmentation?), in Confronti, N° 2, 1989 (pp. 47-61);

ECJ's role and its procedures, Alcide Of Gasperi Internal Publication, Series studio Giuridici, No. 4, 1988;

Some Legal approaches on the Human Rights Protection and the EEC Legal Order, European Commission, European Trainee Review, No. 8, 1988;

Note in tema di adempimento delle pecuniarie pecuniarie delle pubbliche amministrazioni (nota a sentenza della Corte di cassazione n. 3448 del 23 maggio 1986 e decisione del Consiglio di Stato, Sezione V, n. 207 del 24 marzo 1987), (Notes regarding the obligations and the responsibility of the National Public Administration in the case of rights of private parties protected by the EC Law), (re-elaboration of the 1985 Thesis for the Law Degree, La sapienza University, Faculty of Law), in La Rivista Amministrativa della Repubblica Italiana, Anno 138, Vol CXXXVIII, 1987, (pp. 869-874).

Notes, Advice, Researches, Lectures and Presentations

The recent legge on the Carta degli Anziani, Vatican City, 2023

Lfor energy safety and risk prevention, European Parliament, 2023

La Directive Europeane no. 2016/343 On the Presumption ofinnocence, Roma, Lazio Football Association (2022 and 2023)

Management of Conflict Prevention and post-conflict Interventions Actions under EU and NATO rules. The case of Afghanistan, (for the KoR Embassy), June 2010;

The discrepancy of the public administration in the quadro allocation and control of the community funds for specific programs (The discretionality of National Authorities in the framework of the use of Eu Funds), Legal Advice, October 2009;

The Lobby activity does not confront its community institutions, Seminar organized by Confindustria, Ufficio di Bruxelles, 07-21-2009, Brussels;

EU Fundamental Rights Charter, and Lisbon and the EU Citizens, Excellent University, Comenius University, 29/30-09-2008, Bratislava;

The Treaty of Lisbon, Meeting of the Belgo-Moldavian Association, 26-9-2008, Brussels;

Public-Private-Partnership and the Community Law on Public Procurements and Concessions, Comenius University, 25-09-2008, Bratislava;

The European Court of Justice, Comenius University, Faculty of Law, 8/9-04-2008, and 15-03-2008, Bratislava;

Tea European Decision-Making System in the European Governance and Corporate Mobility under EU Law, Comenius University, Faculty of Law, 8/9-04-2008, Bratislava;

Representation of natural and legal persons (corporations) and the States in the proceedings before EC-courts, Bratislava School of Law, Tomasikova 20, 15-03-2008, Bratislava;

European Decision-Making Procedures, Comenius University, Faculty of Law, 6/7-03-2008, Bratislava;

Pilot Project on Welfare-to-Work for introducing Active Labor Market Policy in Slovakia, document on a Pilot Project presented on behalf of Agents International BV, Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs, 16-10-2007, Bratislava;

 

Presentation: Welfare-to-Work and Active Labor Market Policies in mature countries, Annual Meeting with W2W Slovak actors, Ministry of labor, 26-07-2007, Bratislava;

Study Note on Legislative changes needed to update the Slovak Labor Law after the EU Accession, drafted and presented on behalf of Agents International BV to the Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs, 21/24-06-2007, Bratislava;

Presentation of (Agents International BV and) Welfare-to-Work Policies, 60 Pages Study on behalf of Agents International BV, Moroccan Ministry of Plowing and Social Affairs, 13-16 May 2007, Rabat and Casablanca;

Presentation of (Agents International BV and) Welfare-to-Work Policies, 60 Pages Study on behalf of Agents International BV, Slovak Ministry of Plowing and Social Affairs, 27 October 2006, Bratislava;

Study Note on “The Negotiated procedure without publication, a very specific type of procedure to be used for awarding public contracts under specific conditions stated by the relevant EC Law, ie Directive 2004/18/EC”, for Agents International, Luxembourg 09-10-2006;

Study Note on “The Commission Decision 2005-842-EC”, for Agents International, Luxembourg, 04-09-2006;

Study Note on “Corporate Mobility under EU Law”, for Agents International annual Workshop, Amersfoort, 27/30-08-2006;

European Institutional Framework, Comenius University, Faculty of Law, 12/13-03-2006, Bratislava;

European Competition Law, Comenius University, Faculty of Law, 25/28-05-2005, Bratislava;

The preliminary procedure at the ECJ, Comenius University, Faculty of Law, 06-12-2004, Bratislava;

The role of the European Parliament and the Democratic Deficit and The referral procedure preliminary ruling, Comenius University, Faculty of Law, 3/4-12-2004, Strybske Pleso;

The Slovak accession: the relations between National and European legal Orders, Comenius University, Faculty of Social & Economic Sciences, 05-05-2004, Bratislava;

The role of the European Parliament and the 2004 Elections in Slovakia, Great Hall, Comenius, University, Faculty of Law, 22-04-2004, Bratislava;

Powers and role of the EP, Fixed day Precov, Slovak Foreign Policy Association, 03-27-2004, Kosice;

The European Parliament and the media, SAIA – Slovak Association of Journalists, 02-10-2003, Bratislava;

Corruption & EU Law: the European Parliament, Vitajte v Europe, Top Events, 22-05-2003, Bratislava;

The European Parliament: the voice of Citizens, Referendum Campaign with the Slovak Ministry for European Affairs, 16/17-05-2003, Trencin;

The Convention: an example of participation and democracy¸ Jean Monnet Seminar on the European Convention, I Mediterranean, 11/12-04-2003, Modica, Catania;

Legislative technology and normative policy of the EU, RomaTre University, Dipartimento delle Istituzioni Politiche e Scienze Sociali, 30-04-2002, Roma;

The European Parliament and the regional Authorities, Seminar Sicilmed, 22/27-01-2002, Brussels;

Citizenship and the Third Pillar, Pau-Bayonne-Biarritz University, Faculty of Law, 21/22-05-2001, Bayonne;

The European City and The quality of the European Community, Workshops, RomaTre University, Dipartimento delle Istituzioni Politiche e Scienze Sociali, March and May 2001, Roma;

The Treaty of Nice, Pau-Bayonne-Biarritz University, Faculty of Law, 18/19-02-2001, Bayonne;

There Quality redazione della legislation comunitaria (The Editorial Quality of Community Legislation), Romatre

 

University and CNR, 09-05-2000, Included in Collectaneus Working Paper Edited by the CNR, Roma;

The role of the European Parliament after Amsterdam, Pau-Bayonne-Biarritz University, Faculty of Law, 04-28-2000, Bayonne;

I pottery della commissioned per the Petizioni of the Parliament Europeo in material di interpretation delle norm community (The interpretative powers of the commission for Petitions of the European Parliament in the interpretation of community standards – the case of the appointment of the European Ombudsman-), Study for the President of the Petition Committee of the European parliament, Mr. Nino Gemelli, 09-15-2000;

The responsibility of the European Public Administration and its directors are not the main regulatory authorities and the community's direction: comparison, (The responsibility of the European Public Administration and Civil Servant: comparative analysis of European and National Legal Orders), RomaTre University, Dipartimento delle Istituzioni Politiche e Scienze Sociali, 19-04-2000, Roma;

The ECBS and the Euro, Romatre University, July 13, 1998, Rome;

The four basic Freedoms and the recent Case-Law, Pau-Bayonne-Biarritz University, Faculty of Law, July 1997, Bayonne;

The European Parliament Locus Standi in the ECJ Case-Law, Pau-Bayonne-Biarritz University, Faculty of Law, July 1996, Bayonne;

Tea communitization of the 3rd Pillar, Biarritz-Bayonne-Pau University, July 1995, Bayonne;

European Media Law, Istituto Einaudi Torino, June 1993, Torino;

Human rights and the EU Law, Romatre University, June 1992, Rome;

The protection of Fundamental Rights and the Law of the EEC, La Sapienza University, Institute by Teoria dello State, June 1991, Rome;

The” Law asylum” and the European Policy, Idea Culture and the Camera dei Deputati, Catanzaro, 19/20-01-1991;

The Migration and the European Law, Italian section of the European Movement, Rome, 13-05-1990;

The Schengen Treaty and the EEC Legal Order, International Law Academy, Center for researches and Studies, The Hague, August/September 1989;

Constitutional aspects of the Protection of Fundamental Rights and Freedoms within the Community Legal Order, Sapienza University, Institute by Teoria dello State, June 1989, Rome;

TV without Borders Directive, Ministry of Culture, Luxembourg, June 1989;

The EEC/ACP Lomé Convention, There Sapienza University, 1984.

Organized International Conferences, Seminars and Events

Opening of the Office of Agents Slovensko sro in Bratislava, 16-18 July 2007;

Visit of a Delegation of Moroccan Ministry for Labor and Social Affairs and National office for Social Policy to Agents International BV, 28/30 April 2007, Amsterdam;

Visit of a Delegation of Slovak Ministry for Labor and Social Affairs and National labor Office to Agents International BV, 13/18 January 2007, Amsterdam, Antwerp, Amersfoort;

Agents International BV Welfare-to-Work Project for Slovakia, Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs, Bratislava, 20-21 September 2007;

Series of more than 40 Seminars in the whole Slovakia in occasion of the Referendum and the accession campaign to EU, as

 

Head of the Information Office of the European Parliament in Bratislava in cooperation with the Ministry for the European Integration and the Regional Authorities as well as Universities and the Slovak chamber of Commerce and Industry (2003-2004);

Europe Robert Schumann Day” 09-05-2004, Bratislava (presence of Political and Diplomatic Highest Authorities with Giant Slovak and European Flags on the Bratislava Mayor bridge – first item in the TV news);

Seminar for Journalists, EP Office in Bratislava, 19-03-2004, Bratislava;

Visit of the European Ombudsman, EP Office in Bratislava, 18/19-02-2004, Bratislava;

Seminar for Journalists, EP Office in Bratislava, 19-02-2004, Bratislava;

Visits of the President of the European Parliament and of the Presidents of the seven Political Groups at the European Parliament, EP Office in Bratislava, 2004, Bratislava;

Vitajte v Europe (Welcome to Europe), meetings with VIP to discuss about Europe, as Head of the Information Office of the European Parliament in Bratislava in cooperation with the EC Delegation in Slovakia, 22-05-2004;

First International Conferences on “Rozhodovacie process v Europeskej united” (EU Decision-Making Procedures), Levoca, Bratislava and Kosice, 5-12 December 2003, as Head of the Information Office of the European Parliament in Bratislava;

Series of 15 Seminars on EU Law and Decision-making procedures, as Head of the Information Office of the European Parliament in Bratislava in cooperation with the Slovak Chamber of Commerce, in 2003;

Concert for Europe: the ninth Symphony of Beethoven”, Radio Slovensko, Concert of the Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra and the Bratislava City Choir with radio-live intervention of the President of the European Parliament, broadcast by Radio Slovensko and EBU - plus CD – Bratislava, 13-05-2003, at 8:30 p.m.;

Organization of the International Congress for the EP, UpE Group, Europe, giustizie has confronto, (Europe, compared Justice systems - Jurisdictional systems in Europe and e-Justice, hypothesis of concrete cooperations - with the participation of Judges, Lawyers and MEPs), Circolo della stampa, Milano, 10-10-1997 and coordination of the publication of acta of the Congress (94 pp), Il Denaro Ed., Napoli, 1997;

Official Opening of the EP Information Office in Slovakia with the participation of the Presidents of the European Parliament and the Slovak Parliament, 30-31 January 2003;

Organization and Secretariat of the Intergroup on Bioethics at the EP for MEPs (1995-1997);

First Seminar on the topic of “Internal Market: one space of Freedom and Security” at the Presence of the Commissioner, Mario Monti, and the President of the EP in Brussels, 1996;

Meeting on the Tea 1996 IGC between risks and opportunities, with the participation of the EP Secretary General, MEPs, Academic and the Italian representative to the EC, EP, for Club Voltaire, Brussels, 1995;

Seminar in Rome for the Italian Section of the European Movement on “New Migrations and the future challenges for Europe”, Palazzo della Province di Roma, 1990.

Workshops, Courses and Seminars attended

The Treaty of Nice and the European Jurisdictional System, European Parliament, Workshop, Legal Service, 10 January 2001, Brussels;

The Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, TMC Asser Institute, Peace Palace, The Hague, 18/21 December 2000, The Hague;

 

The EU and the criminal law, European Parliament, Workshop, Legal Service, 8/9 November 2000, Brussels;

The European Freedom and Security Area, European Parliament, Workshop, 22/23 February 2000, Brussels;

The European Parliament and the co-decision procedure, European Parliament, Workshop, 6/7 November 1999, Brussels;

Towards a European Judicial Space – judicial Cooperation in Penal Matters in Europe, 6th International Symposium for Judges and Public Prosecutors, ERA Institute, 13/18 October 1999, Trier;

Course on Institutional EC Law, at SIOI (Italian Society for International Organizations), 15/24 April 1991, Rome;

Course on ECJ Procedural Rules, at AIGE (Italian Association of European Lawyers), January/February 1991, Rome;

Course on International Public Law, International Law Academy, 24-07/11-08-1989, Peace Palace, The Hague;

The East-West Cooperation, European Academy Berlin, February 1989, Berlin;

External Trade and Commerce of the EC with the PVD and East Europe Countries, one-week Seminar, Institute International Luxembourg, July 1988, Luxembourg.

Participation in & Organization of Seminars for:

European Parliament, EUROSCOLA, Romatre University, La Sapienza University, Comenius University, Pau-Bayonne-Biarritz University, Matej Bel University, Agents International, IEM Institute, Foundation Rosselli, International Law Academy, Einaudi Institute - Torino, IEM Institute – Milano, the Voltaire Club – Brussels, Finno-Belgo Association –Brussels, Associations of Tuscany and Umbria in Brussels, Association of Slovak Artists – Bratislava, the Government and other Public Bodies and Associations in Slovakia, Czech Republic and Hungary, Diplomatic Representatives in Ukraine and Moldova, Private Firms or Non-Profit, NGOs and Civil Associations in France, Belgium and Italy, ERA, TMC Asser Institute, EIPA, Berlin University, Napoli Federico II University, Association Costituzionalisti Italiani.

International experience

South Korea Embassy and Representation to the EU in Brussels (Free Trade Agreement) (2010/2011)

Business Development Management and EU Law General manager in Agents International B.V. (2007-2009)

Opening of the EP Office in Slovakia & Definition of communication and information policies and strategies (Head of the EP Information Office in BA) (2001-2004)

Concept and drafting of Working Project and Financial Plan for the constitution of EU House in BA, Palisady - 2004

Since 2011 : Lawyer at the Brussels Bar - Matr. P00012951

2010/2011 : Embassy and Mission to the EU of the Republic of Korea - Senior Advisor on EU Affairs

2007-2010 : Agens International BV - General manager

2004-2006 : European Court of Justice - Referendum - Office of Judge Jan Klucka (No. 39867)

10/2002-04/2004 : European Parliament, DG Information & Communication - Head of the Information Office in Slovakia

01/2001-09/2002 : European Parliament, DG Information & Communication - Head of the Italian Section, Political Department, Visits and Seminars

2000 : European Parliament, Legal Service - TA, Parliamentary Affairs and Status of Deputies Unit

10/1994-12/1999 : European Parliament, Political Group (UpE-UEN) - YOUR

07/1992-05/1994 : European Parliament, Political Group (PSE – Italian Delegation), Brussels - Advise

09/1991-06/1992 : Cabinet Lambert & Associés, Brussels - Junior Associate