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ABOUT US / THESIS PRIZEAnnual awardsBest doctoral or postdoctoral public law thesisIn September 1994, the European Group of Public Law (EGPL), the European Scienti c Council of the EPLO, decided to establish the doctoral/ postdoctoral “Thesis Prize” to be awarded on an annual basis to the best doctoral or postdoctoral public law thesis characterized by its European dimension. The winner, selected by an ad hoc Committee of the European Group of Public Law, is invited to present his/her ideas and thoughts expressed in the thesis at the EGPL Annual Reunion (every Septemberin Greece), while an article based on his/her thesis is published in the “European Review of Public Law”.Conditions for Participation:Candidates should have the nationality of one of the Member States of the European Union. Other candidates will be accepted onlyif their thesis was prepared at a University or Research Center of an EU country. The thesis should be written in one of the languages of the EU. An abstract should be prepared in one of the working languages of the European Review of Public Law (English, French, Spanish, Russian, Portuguese, German and Italian). Candidates should be below 40 years of age on January 1st of the year of the competition.Three copies and an abstract ofthe thesis, as well as a CV, must be submitted to the Secretariat.Awarded in 2015: During the Thesis Prize meeting, held for the 23rdtime since its foundation, the Prize Committee, presided by Prof. M. Gautier-Melleray, awarded the Prize to Frédéric Bouhon for “Electoral Law and the principle of equality. The election of national legislativeassemblies in German, Belgianand British law.” ("Droit électoral et principe d’égalité. L’élection des assemblées législatives nationales en droit allemand, belge et britannique."), presented at the University of Liège under the direction of Professor Behrendt.The jury also proposes that two other theses of high quality and great originality be distinguished with a prize of honor (a special distinction). These are the theses of Tanja Ehnert, entitled “Regulating the Invisible: A Critical Analysis of the EU’s Approach to Nanotechnologies”, supportedat the Maastricht University underthe direction of Professor Ellen Vos, and the thesis of Dolores Utrilla, entitled “Expropriation and private bene ciaries: constitutional bases, administrative regime and European Law.” (“Expropriación y bene ciario privado,: bases constitucionales, régimen administrativo y Derecho europeo”), supported at the University of Castila-La Mancha under the direction of Professor Luis Ortega Álvarez.58 ACTIVITY REPORT 2016