CEEMC 2026 Teams and Timetable

Meet the teams which will compete at the Central and Eastern Europe Moot Competition 2026, and see the timetable for the whole competition.

Parts of this timetable will be updated as the competition progresses (e.g. after Friday's Team 'lottery' and Saturday's announcement of semi-finalists). Make sure to refresh your browsers after key moments, to stay up-to-date!

Also – please don’t forget to take lots of photos during the moot and to upload them to this shared CEEMC 2026 photo folder!

NB. All locations are hyperlinked to Google Maps, to help you find them.

Team Lottery

The 2 finalist teams will plead question chosen by the Judicial Panel, which may include any of the questions from the bundle. The Grand Final will be followed by a Judgment, the closing ceremony and prize awards.

Team name

Country

Team No

Sofia University

Bulgaria

9

Zagreb University

Croatia

6

Charles University

Czechia

10

Free University of Tbilisi

Georgia

5

Adam Mickiewicz University "Team 1"

Poland

12

Adam Mickiewicz University "Team 2"

Poland

8

University of Warsaw

Poland

14

University of Wrocław

Poland

2

BabeÈ™-Bolyai University

Romania

7

West University of Timișoara

Romania

11

Comenius University

Slovakia

3

University of Trnava

Slovakia

13

University of Ljubljana

Slovenia

4

Yaroslav Mudryi National Law University

Ukraine

1

Timetable

Date

Time

Location

Description

Friday 1 May 2026

14:00

Hotel Timisoara

Check-in available at CEEMC Hotel

Friday 1 May 2026

17:00 - 18:00

Aula Magna of the West University of Timișoara (4 Vasile Pârvan Bd.)

Dame Eleanor Sharpston Guest Lecture and Q&A: Life  at the CJEU.

Friday 1 May 2026

18:00 - 19:30

Aula Magna of the West University of Timișoara (4 Vasile Pârvan Bd.)

Welcome and Team Number 'lottery'

Saturday 2 May 2026

08:45

Timișoara Court of Appeal (Palatul Dicasterial, 1 General Traian Doda, second floor)

All teams should attend. Please ensure that you must bring photo ID with you.

Saturday 2 May 2026

09:00 - 09:30

Timișoara Court of Appeal (Palatul Dicasterial, 1 General Traian Doda, second floor)

Official Opening and Photograph. All teams should attend

Mooting: Saturday

Each team pleads twice on Saturday – i.e. once as applicant, and once as respondent. 

On Saturday, it is not necessary for all team members to speak in both of the moots (e.g. a 4-person team may decide that 2 mooties will plead as applicants and 2 mooties will please as respondents). By the end of Saturday, all team members must have pleaded.

Applicants are listed first. Respondents are listed second. So '1 v 2' means that Team 1 moots as Applicant(s) and Team 2 moots as Respondent(s). See the list above for details of your team number.

On Saturday, all moots consider the following questions:

  1. The issue of whether the PAB’s request for an Article 267 ruling is admissible.
  2. PAB 1: i.e. the question regarding Directive 2014/24 and Directive 89/665
  3. HAC 1.i.e. the question regarding the admissibility of the HAC’s request for a preliminary ruling.

Mooting: Saturday Round 1 (10:00-11:00)

Court 1 (233)

Court 2 (237)

Court 3 (240)

Court 4 (282)

Court 1 (233)

Court 2 (237)

Court 3 (240)

Court 4 (282)

Mooting: Saturday Round 2 (11:30-12:30)

Court 1 (233)

Court 2 (237)

Court 3 (240)

Court 4 (282)

Court 1 (233)

Court 2 (237)

Court 3 (240)

Court 4 (282)

Saturday Lunch

Lunch is provided in the Court.

 

Teams which mooted in Round 1 (10:00-11:00) have lunch from 12:30-13.15

Teams which mooted in Round 2 (11:30-12:30) have lunch from 13:30-14.15

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Mooting: Saturday afternoon

Each team pleads twice on Saturday – i.e. once as applicant, and once as respondent. 

On Saturday, it is not necessary for all team members to speak in both of the moots (e.g. a 4-person team may decide that 2 mooties will plead as applicants and 2 mooties will please as respondents). By the end of Saturday, all team members must have pleaded.

Applicants are listed first, Respondents are listed second (i.e. Team 1 v Team 2 = Team 1 as applicant; Team 2 as Respondent) 

All moots on day 1 (Saturday) will consider the following:

  1. The issue of whether the PAB’s request for an Article 267 ruling is admissible.
  2. PAB 1: i.e. the question regarding Directive 2014/24 and Directive 89/665
  3. HAC 1.i.e. the question regarding the admissibility of the HAC’s request for a preliminary ruling.

Mooting: Saturday Round 3 (14:30-15:30)

Court 1

Court 2

Court 3

Court 4

Court 1

Court 2

Court 3

Court 4

Mooting: Saturday Round 4 (16:00-17:00)

Court 1

Court 2

Court 3

Court 4

Court 1

Court 2

Court 3

Court 4

Saturday Dinner and Announcements

During Saturday's dinner, we will announce which 8 teams have been chosen to participate in the semi-finals on Sunday. Prior to this, representatives of the Honourable Temple of Inner Temple will explain what life is like at the Bar of England and Wales.

Saturday 2 May 2026

20:00 - 20:30

Vineri 15 Restaurant (9 Vasile Pârvan Bd.)

Inner Temple Speech

Saturday 2 May 2026

20:00 - 20:30

Vineri 15 Restaurant (9 Vasile Pârvan Bd.)

Inner Temple Speech

Saturday 2 May 2026

20:00 - 22:30

Vineri 15 Restaurant (9 Vasile Pârvan Bd.)

Dinner and Announcements

The Honourable Society of The Inner Temple

Saturday's dinner is kindly sponsored by the European Investment Bank. A drinks reception is kindly sponsoed by the Honourable Society of the Inner Temple.

Day 2: Sunday (Semi-Finals)

Mooting: Sunday

Each semi-finalist team pleads twice on Sunday – i.e. once as applicant, and once as respondent. 

On Sunday , it is necessary for all team members to speak in both moots.

Applicants are listed first. Respondents are listed second. So '1 v 2' means that Team 1 moots as Applicant(s) and Team 2 moots as Respondent(s). See the list above for details of your team number.

On Sunday, all moots consider the following questions:

  1. HAC 2.
  2. HAC 3
  3. HAC 4(a)
  4. HAC 4(b)

Date

Time

Location

Description

Sunday 3 May 2026

09:30 - 10:45

Timișoara Court of Appeal (Palatul Dicasterial, 1 General Traian Doda, second floor)

Semi-Final Round 1

Sunday 3 May 2026

11:15 - 12:30

Timișoara Court of Appeal (Palatul Dicasterial, 1 General Traian Doda, second floor)

Semi-Final Round 2

Mooting: Sunday (Semi-Final Round 1)

Court 1

Court 2

Court 3

Court 4

Court 1

Court 2

Court 3

Court 4

Mooting: Sunday (Semi-Final Round 2)

Court 1

Court 2

Court 3

Court 4

Court 1

Court 2

Court 3

Court 4

Sunday 3 May 2026

13:00 - 14:00

Timișoara Court of Appeal (Palatul Dicasterial, 1 General Traian Doda, second floor)

Announcement of finalists and lunch

Sunday: Final

Grand Final

The 2 finalist teams will plead question chosen by the Judicial Panel, which may include any of the questions from the bundle. The Grand Final will be followed by a Judgment, the closing ceremony and prize awards.

Date

Time

Location

Description

Sunday 3 May 2026

14:30 - 16:15

Baroque Room - National Art Museum of Timișoara (1 Piața Unirii)

Grand Final

Sunday 3 May 2026

16:15 - 17:30

Baroque Room - National Art Museum of Timișoara (1 Piața Unirii)

Judgment and Awards

Party

Sunday 3 May 2026

20:00-02:00

D’Arc Club (5 Piața Unirii)

End-of-Moot Party (drinks and food provided)

Monday 4 May 2026

11:00

Hotel Timisoara

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