An Vermeersch

An Vermeersch has a Master in Law (Ghent University, 1998) and an Advanced Master in European law (Ghent University, 1999). After a five month traineeship at the European Commission (DG Environment), she worked as advisor at the cabinet of the Flemish Minister for Sports, where she was involved in the preparation of the Belgian presidency of the EU. In November 2001, she became a full-time assistant at the European Institute, Ghent University
The research of An Vermeersch concentrates on the institutional aspects of the EU integration process, the vertical division of competences and sports law. She is preparing a PhD on 'De uitbreiding van het Europees Gemeenschapsrecht naar nieuwe domeinen: implicaties van en voor sport' (New competences for the European Community: consequences from and for sport).

Relevant publications

• 'Europees sportbeleid in de startblokken', Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Europees Recht, 2003, 11/12, pp 326-332
  
• 'Beweeg je lichaam, scherp je geest', Praktijkgids Sportmanagement, Actuele voorinformatie, no 187, 2003, p 8
  
• 'Europese Commissie stelt steun voetbalclubs in vraag,' Praktijkgids Sportmanagement, Actuele voorinformatie, no 187, 2003, pp 9-10
  
• 'De strepen van Adidas, Annotation of the ECJ judgment of 23 Oktober 2003, Case C-408/01, Adidas', Praktijkgids Sportmanagement, Actuele voorinformatie no 188, 2004, pp 2-3
  
• 'Italiaanse regelgeving sportweddenschappen op de korrel genomen, Annotation of the ECJ judgment of 6 November 2003, Case C-243/01, Gambelli', Praktijkgids Sportmanagement, Actuele voorinformatie no 188, 2004, pp 3-5
  
• (with J. Capiau) 'Dopingreglementering valt niet onder Europees mededingingsrecht', De Juristenkrant, 6, 2004, 96, p1
  
• 'Sport wordt Europese bevoegdheid', Sport&Recht, 9, 2004, 82, pp 980-982.
  
• 'Frans verbod televisiereclame alcohol doorstaat Europese test, Annotation of the ECJ judgment of 13 July 2004, Case C-262/02 and C-429/02', Sport&Recht, 9, 2005, 85, pp 1028-1029
  
• 'Nieuwe regeling verkoop mediarechten Bundesliga', Sport&Recht, 9, 2005, 86, pp 1044 sq
  
• 'Discriminatieverbod sporters opnieuw aan de orde', Sport&Recht, 9, 2005, 85, pp 1025-1027
  
• 'Russisch beroepsvoetballer haalt gelijk', Sport&Recht, 9, 2005, 88, pp 1068 sq
  
• 'Piau t. Commissie: Sportieve competitie eindigt op 0-1', Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Europees Recht, 2005, 5, pp 101-106
• (with S. Van den Bogaert) 'Sport and the European Treaty: A Tale of Uneasy Bedfellows?', E.L.Rev., 2006, pp 821-840.
• The European Union and the fight against doping in sport: on the field or on the sidelines?', Entertainment and Sports Law Journal, 4, 1, available here
• (with S. Van den Bogaert) 'Sport in the European Constitution: All sound and no fury?', Maastricht Working Papers Faculty of Law, 2005- 8, april 2006, 26 p, available at http://www.unimaas.nl/
• 'Europees Parlement eist rol in voetbaldebat', Sport&Recht, 10, 2006, 98, pp 1187-1189.
• 'Dopingreglement valt dan toch onder Europees mededingingsrecht', De Juristenkrant, 8, 2006, 134, pp 1 and 8.
• 'Sport&EU volop in de belangstelling', Sport&Recht, 11, 2007, 103, p 1254.

Conference papers delivered

• 24 September 2004: Speaker on 'Introduction to recent developments in European sports policy. Kick-off European sports policy scheduled for 2006', 12th EASM European Sport Management Congress, Satellite Programme Sport and Law, Ghent
• 7-8 April 2005: Speaker on: 'Sport in the Constitution: firing the starting pistol for a new European policy?', UACES Student Forum 6th Annual Conference, hosted by the University of Oxford, United Kingdom
• 19 May 2005: Participant at the brainstorming on the future of football in Belgium and Europe, organised by Ivo Belet, Member of the European Parliament, European Parliament, Brussels
• 28-30 March 2006: Speaker on: 'The European Union and the fight against doping in sport: on the field or on the sidelines?'; SLSA Annual Conference, Stirling University, Scotland, United Kingdom.