EU COMPETITION LAW

A PROFESSIONAL GUIDE TO EU COMPETITION LAW

This advanced course provides participants with a professional guide to EU competition law and the essential tools to master legal complexities and successfully face the challenges in everyday work.
The course offers a variety of perspectives into the main different areas of EU competition law through interaction with prominent experts in the field.

Monday 10 July Tuesday 11 July Wednesday 12 July Thursday 13 July Friday 14 July

09.00-09.45 09.00-10.45 09.00-10.45 09.00-10.45 09.00-10.45

Welcome to the College of Europe & Article 101 Horizontal restraints The internet and competition law - Digital sales Article 102 - Abuse of dominant position Anti-trust procedure Regulation 1/2003 (I)
presentation of the programme (landmark cases) (II) Active and passive sales; Selective distribution (landmark cases) (I) Case-study: right to judicial review/applications
Cartels, concerted practices, decisions of systems Concept of abuse; pricing abuses; nonpricing vs. actions for private damages
associations of undertakings abuses; oligopolistic markets; FRAND abuse

Coffee break Coffee break Coffee break Coffee break Coffee break

10.00-12.00 11.00-12.00 11.00-12.00 11.00-12.00 11.00-12.00

Competition policy and fundamentals of EU Article 101 Horizontal restraints Economics of competition law (I) Article 102 - Abuse of dominant position Anti-trust procedure Regulation 1/2003 (II)
competition law (I) (landmark cases) (III) Industry economics and game theory for the (landmark cases) (II) Case-study: right to judicial review/applications
Cartels, concerted practices, decisions of analysis of market power Concept of abuse; pricing abuses; nonpricing vs. actions for private damages
associations of undertakings abuses; oligopolistic markets; FRAND abuse

Lunch Lunch Lunch Lunch Lunch

14.00-15.00 14.00-15.30 14.00-16.00 14.00-15.00 14.00-15.15

Competition policy and fundamentals of EU Article 101 Vertical restraints (I) Economics of competition law (II) Article 102 - Abuse of dominant position Mergers and acquisitions (I)
competition law (II) Industry economics and game theory for the (landmark cases) (III)
analysis of market power Concept of abuse; pricing abuses; nonpricing
abuses; oligopolistic markets; FRAND abuse

Coffee break Coffee break Coffee break Coffee break Coffee break

15.15-17.30 15.45-17.30 16.15-17.30 15.15-17.00 15.30-17.00

Article 101 Horizontal restraints Article 101 Vertical restraints (II) State aid policy Self- assessments of agreements and risk Mergers and acquisitions (II)
(landmark cases) (I) Case study: online sales analysis
Cartels, concerted practices, decisions of Case-study: risk measurement - mitigation -
associations of undertakings decision making

17.30 18.30 17.00-17.30

Guided tour of Bruges Closure & awarding of certificates

19.30 Welcome reception 19.00 Dinner (full board only) 19.00 Dinner (full board only) 19.30 Barbecue 19.00 Dinner (full board only)

This programme should only be considered as provisional and may change without prior notice; it shall not be reproduced without the written permission of the College of Europe.

BRUGES 10-14 JULY 2017

DEVELOPMENT OFFICE COLEUROPE.EU/DEVELOPMENT / INFO.DEVELOPMENT@COLEUROPE.EU
 IT MARKETS AND EU COMPETITION LAW
TOWARDS THE CREATION OF A DIGITAL SINGLE MARKET
The course will enhance participants understanding on how competition law can serve as an effective tool to further the objective of a single digital market in the European Union, promoting competition,
eliminating anticompetitive trade barriers and generally enhancing market efficiency

Monday 17 July Tuesday 18 July Wednesday 19 July

09.00-09.30 09.00-11.00 09.00-11.00

Presentation of the course The Google investigations (I) Data Mergers (I)
Search (vertical preferencing; exclusive syndication; content scrapping) and Do they raise specific issues? What about data markets? How to assess market
android: Legal and economic perspectives power? What competition risks do mergers between data owners raise? Legal
and economic perspectives

Coffee break Coffee break Coffee break

09.45-12.30 11.15-12.00 11.15-12.00

The business, policy and regulatory environment (I) The Google investigations (II) Data Mergers (II)
The business environment Debate Debate

Lunch Lunch Lunch

14.00-15.45 14.00-15.30 14.00-16.00

The business, policy and regulatory environment (II) Distribution in the digital age (I) Standard-essential patents (I)
The regulatory environment - competition, data protection and IP The role of digital platforms; active vs passive sales; protected content and geo- The Huawei judgment and its aftermath; FRAND royalties: Legal and economic
blocking; most-favored-nation clauses and other pricing issues: A legal perspectives
perspective

Coffee break Coffee break Coffee break

16.00-18.00 15.45-17.30 16.15-17.00

The business, policy and regulatory environment (III) Distribution in the digital age (II) Standard-essential patents (II)
The policy environment The role of digital platforms; active vs passive sales; protected content and geo- Debate
blocking; most-favored-nation clauses and other pricing issues: An economic
perspective

17.30-18.00 17.00-17.30
Distribution in the digital age (III) Closure & awarding of certificates
Debate

19.00 Dinner (full board only) 19.00 Dinner (full board only) 19.00 Dinner (full board only)

This programme should only be considered as provisional and may change without prior notice; it shall not be reproduced without the written permission of the College of Europe.

DEVELOPMENT OFFICE COLEUROPE.EU/DEVELOPMENT / INFO.DEVELOPMENT@COLEUROPE.EU BRUGES

BRUGES
& BRUSSELS
17-19 JULY
6-172017
JULY 2016