Expertise & SERVICES
Expertise
Inland water transport
- Social framework covering working conditions, social security, posting, visas, qualifications and career paths
- Environmental protection and pollution prevention, legal remedies in case of accident
- Public law at EU, river commission and national level on vessel registration, safety and economic regulations
- Private law and comparative law on vessel ownership and operations, contracts, civil liability, insurance
- Digitisation
- Compliance, enforcement and security
- Governance and administrative setting, at national and river levels
Fisheries
- Social framework covering working conditions, social security, visas, qualifications and career paths
- Sustainable resource management
- Compliance and enforcement
- Governance
Maritime transport
- Social framework covering working conditions, social security, visas, qualifications and career paths
- Environmental protection
- Public law (vessel registration, safety, market rules)
- Private law (property, chartereing, insurance, contracts and civil liability)
- Compliance, enforcement, security
Legal and policy advisory services
COUNSELLING
- Design proposals to address regulatory hurdles and support the implementation of EU legislation
- Support the sector in adapting to changing circumstances while ensuring fair practices and effective compliance with common rules
STUDIES
- Provide in-depth, long-term legal analyses to clarify complex regulatory frameworks
- Develop regulatory strategies aligned with your objectives and priorities
- Draft articles and chapters for professional publications and textbooks
REPRESENTATION
- Represent your interests before public institutions and help build effective bridges between practitioners and decision-makers
DIALOGUE & NEGOTIATION
- Organise and facilitate meetings to identify areas of agreement and advance common actions
- Facilitate professional networks and stakeholder workshops
TRAINING
- Deliver lectures to academic and professional audiences
- Organise and facilitate conferences, workshops, and round tables bringing together academic and professional communities
- Speak at academic and professional conferences and workshops
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE
- Assist public administrations in establishing governance models that promote sustainable waterborne transport and fisheries
- Support capacity-building initiatives for government agencies and international organisations, including the drafting of legislation and regulations and the strengthening of effective administrative management
THEY TRUST ME
SELECTIVE Experience
as legal consultant
2025
Ministry of mobility of Luxembourg
Consultation on legal remedies available to shipping professionals after a major accident on the Mosel
2024-2025
European Commission with ANZBÖCK
Support study on the effectiveness of the Directive (EU) 2016/1629 on technical requirements for inland waterway vessels
2023
European Commission with MILIEU LTD
Compliance assessment of the directive on professional qualifications in inland navigation
Association of European Border Regions
Exchange of practices between the Uruguay river commission (CARU) and European river commissions
ILO
Support study on the effectiveness of the Directive (EU) 2016/1629 on technical requirements for inland waterway vessels
2022
CCNR
Design of an inland water transport Policy Observatory
2020 - 2022
European Commission with ECORYS
Support study on the access to and the functioning of the inland waterway transport market
2020 - 2021
French ministry of ecological transition
Preparatory work for the ratification of an international convention on civil liability (CLNI 2012)
2018 - 2019
CESNI/CCNR
2017 - 2025
European Transport Federation
Legal studies and counselling on social conditions and social security for waterborne transport workers and fishers
2016 - 2017
UN ECLAC
Study on ways to promote regional integration through inland navigation in Latin America
2015
Belgian Ministry of Transport
Consultation on the draft Belgian code of navigation
Cécile Tournaye
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