The III. National Professional Days of Public Administration took place in Zalakaros on 18-19 April 2024, organised and supported by the Széchenyi István University (SZE), the National Media and Infocommunications Authority (NMHH) and the Central and Eastern European Public Administration Association (CEA), with the participation of renowned representatives of public administration, courts and the legal profession, as well as several representatives of the legislative and law enforcement.
The aim of the event was to analyse and discuss the theoretical and practical issues of domestic administrative procedural law, to examine the legal institutions applied in everyday practice in an academic context reflecting the latest research findings, and to present the litigation experience and court practice in the development of law in specific areas of specialised administration.
The event was opened by András Lapsánszky, who, after welcoming the participants, summarized the history of the last thirty years of administrative litigation, emphasizing that the practical experience of the last six years of the Code of Administrative Court Procedure (CACP) could be shared in the framework of this academic conference.
The first speaker, András Varga Zs. spoke on the issues of review and res judicata, presenting the relevant practice of the Curia and the challenges and problems encountered. András Patyi then took the floor to summarise the failures of the , i.e. the questions left open by the law and the problems generated by the CACP. Adrián Fábián spoke about the effectiveness of legal remedies, followed by Tibor Kalas, who spoke about the fundamental values of administrative procedural law, based on his judicial experience. Krisztina Rozsnyai gave a brief summary of what the EU has given to Hungarian administrative procedural law, and looked at the first 20 years of our membership of the EU in the context of the conference theme.
The afternoon session was opened by Judit Siket, who presented the system of reviewing the normative acts of local governments under the CACP in the light of statistics. Imre Robotka gave a lecture on the representation of public and private interests in administrative lawsuits, presenting examples of their evaluation. László Péter Salgó then shared his thoughts on the working group on the experience of administrative adjudication on the work of the expert group that analyses the experience of Administrative Court Procedure. István Balsai presented his views on the issue of access to documents in administrative proceedings. The day was closed by a presentation by Viktor Radics, who presented the history of online gambling litigation in Hungary and its lessons and consequences.
The second day of the conference continued with a presentation by Mariann Nagy on the role of the administrative contract and the possibilities for its revision. Zsuzsanna Árva then took the floor, presenting administrative lawsuits arising from student contracts. Barnabás Hajas assessed the period since the entry into force of the CACP in his presentation "When should the review of the validity of the Act be carried out?". Gergely Patyi presented the problematic aspects of the CACP from a lawyer's perspective, using practical examples.
In closing, András Lapsánszky thanked the speakers for their valuable and thought-provoking presentations and the audience for their participation, and expressed his hope that a similar professional event will be held every year as a tradition, and thus also next year, where speakers and participants will be able to discuss their views and the issues raised with a level of professionalism and objectivity that will further enhance and strengthen academic and professional cooperation between the public administration departments of universities in Hungary and administrative lawmaking and law-enforcement organisations within the framework of the Association.