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Activity 3.2. The Criminal Law Protection of the Financial Interests of the European Union – Special Issues: VAT Fraud

Event start date:29. October 2018.
Event end date:31. October 2018.

W o r k s h o p

The Criminal Law Protection of the Financial Interests of the European Union – Special Issues: VAT Fraud

University of Oradea

Date: 29-31th October 2018

Project Activity 3.2.

 

This workshop was funded by the European Union’s HERCULE III programme.

 

The content of this workshop represents the views of the authors only and is his/her sole responsibility. The European Commission does not accept any responsibility for use that may be made of the information it contains.

 

Please note that pictures will be taken during the course of the event. By attending the workshop, you acknowledge that the organizers may take pictures of you as part of the audience, and that these images may be used for communication purposes of the HERCULE III HUUNISMISKOLCPFI project.

 

planned programme of the workshop

 

Aim of the workshop: The fight against VAT fraud in the EU legal and practical point of view with regard to the protection of the financial interests of the European Union.

Organizers: Faculty of Law of the University of Miskolc, the Association of Hungarian Lawyers for the European Criminal Law, Research Centre for European Criminal Law of the Faculty of Law of the University of Miskolc, University of Oradea Faculty of Law

 

29th October (Monday)

 

20.00                Welcome Dinner

(Lotus Therm Spa&Luxury Resort, Strada Victoria 20, Băile Felix 417500, Romania)

 

30th October (Tuesday)

Venue:

 

8.30-9.00          Registration

9.00-9.05          Welcome & Opening of the workshop

Prof. Dr. Valentin Mirisan (University of Oradea, Faculty of Law)

Prof. Dr. Ákos Farkas (University of Miskolc, Faculty of Law)

9.05-9.25          New developments of the Fight against VAT fraud in the praxis of the ECJ

                        Prof. Dr. David Hummel (European Court of Justice)

9.25-9.45          The new VAT fraud policy of in romania and the legal frameworkof the regulation

(Prof. Dr. Valentin Mirisan – Lecturer Dr. Ligia-Valentina Mirișan (University of Oradea, Faculty of Law)

 

1st Section

Effective Combat of VAT fraud in romania –

Practical Questions and Answers

Chairman: Prof. Dr. Valentin Mirisa, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Christian Mihes, Lecturer Dr. Diana Cirmaciu (University of Oradea)

 

9.45-10.00        Fight against VAT fraud from the prosecutor's point of view

Alin Leucea (Public Prosecutor, Romania)

10.00-10.15      Combating VAT fraud in judicial practice

Lecturer Dr. Carmen Adriana Domocoș (judge, Head of the Court of Bihor County, Romania)

10.15-10.30      Combating VAT fraud from the point of view of the advocates

Radu Dacin (advocate from the Bar Association of Bihor County)

10.30-10.45      Combating VAT fraud from the point of view of the tax officer

Lecturer Dr. Diana Cîrmaciu  (Vice Dean, University of Oradea Faculty of Law) – Codruța Tivadar (Anti Fraud Inspector, National Fiscal Anti  Fraud Directorate)

10.45-11.15      Discussion, questions

11.15-11.30      Coffee break

 

2nd Section

Good practice in the fight against VAT fraud in the other member states I.

Chairman: Prof. Dr. Gerhard Dannecker (University of Heidelberg)

 

Experience from Germany

11.30-11.45      fight against VAT fraud in Germany

Prof. Dr. Gerhard Dannecker (Head of Department, University of Heidelberg)

11.45-12.00      Practical problems and answers in the prosecutor's practice

Dr. Kai Sackreuther (Public Prosecutor, Public Prosecutor’s Office of Mannheim)

Experience from Italy

12.00-12.15      Fight against VAT fraud in Italy

Dr. Vincenzo Carbone (Rome Bar Association – Lawyer and Member of the “Anti-Money Laundering” Commission)

12.15-12.30      Practical question about the fight against VAT fraud in Italy

Emanuela Furini (The Large Business Taxpayers Office, LAZIO’Regional Directorates, Italian Revenue Agency – ROMA)

12.30-13.00      Discussion, question

13.00-14.00      Lunch break

(Lotus Therm Spa&Luxury Resort, Strada Victoria 20, Băile Felix 417500, Romania)

 

3rd Section

Good practice in the fight against VAT fraud in other member states II.

Chairman: Prof. Dr. Robert Kert (Vienna University of Economics and Business)

 

Experience from Austria

14.00-14.15      Legal framework and praxis of the fight against VAT fraud in Austria

Prof. Dr. Robert Kert (Vienna University of Economics and Business) -?

14.15-14.30      VAT fraud-compliance in Austria

Ass. Prof. Dr. Stefan Schumann  (University of Linz)

Experience from Greece

14.30-14.45      Fight against VAT fraud in Greece

Dr. Polyxeni Tsouli (Court of Justice of Thessaloniki)

Experience from Hungary

14:45-15.00      The harmful effect of digitalism on economic processes -  the practice of the digital tax avoidance

Dr. Éva Erdős (Associate Professor, Head of the Department of Financial Law, University of Miskolc)

15.00-15.15      Fight against VAT fraud in Hungary

Dr. Judit Jacsó PhD (Associate Professor, Vice Dean, University of Miskolc) – Dr. Udvarhelyi Bence PhD (Scientific Researcher, University of Miskolc)

15.15-16.45      Discussion, question

15.45-16.00      Coffee break

4th Section

Good practice in the fight against VAT fraud in other member states III.

Chairman: Prof. Dr. Ákos Farkas (University of Miskolc)

 

16.00-16.15      Fight against VAT fraud in the prosecutors’ practice

Dr. Ádám Péceli (Public Prosecutor, Department of Terrorism, Money Laundering and Military Offenses, Office of the Prosecutor General of Hungary) – Dr. Melinda Szabó (Public Prosecutor, Head of Section, Chief Prosecutor’s Office of the Capital)

16.15-16.30      Fight against VAT fraud in the judicial practice

Dr. Horváth Péter Tamás (Court of Appeal of Debrecen)

16.30-16.45      Fight against VAT fraud from the point of view of the tax authory

Tamás Jármai head of department (National Tax and Customs Administration, Customs Directorate of B.-A.-Z. County)

16.45-17.00      VAT fraud and money laundering in the praxis of the hungarian FIU

Dr. András Tóth major (National Tax and Customs Administration, Office against Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing)

17.00-17.15      The role of the auditor and tax advisors in the fight against VAT fraud

                        Dr. Nóra Rácz, auditor, tax consultant (Leitner Leitner Partner, Budapest)

17.15-17.30      Criminological aspects of VAT fraud

Dr. Erika Váradi-Csema (Associate Professor, University of Miskolc)

17.30-17.45      Tax fraud and cybercrime

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Christian Mihes (University of Oradea Faculty of Law and Jurisprudence)

17.45-18.30      Discussion, questions

19.00                Dinner

(Lotus Therm Spa&Luxury Resort, Strada Victoria 20, Băile Felix 417500, Romania)

 

 

31h October (Wednesday)

Venue:

 

9.00-10.00        Conclusion & Results of the workshop

Prof. Dr. Valentin Mirisan – Assoc. Prof. Chrstian Mihes – Assoc. Prof. Diana Cirmaciu (University of Oradea)

Prof. Dr. Gerhard Dannecker (University of Heidelberg)

Prof. Dr. Robert Kert (University of Vienna)

Prof. Dr. Ákos Farkas (University of Miskolc)

10.00-10.15      Excursion: Fight against VAT fraud in Portugal

                        Diego Di Giuseppe (Ratio Legis, Universidade Autónoma de Lisboa)

10.00-11.00      Discussing the closing conference (termin plan: 14. Februar 2019)

Prof. Dr. Ákos Farkas (University of Miskolc)

13.00                Alternative program: sightseeing in Oradea