Past event
11 September 2019, 12:00 -
18:00
UTC +02:00
The EU Competition Conference 2019 will once again bring together leading competition law practitioners, economists, in-house counsels, government officials, judges and academics. In four sessions we will discuss the latest developments and hot topics in key areas of competition law, including merger control, cartel damage claims, abuse of dominance, and vertical agreements.
Programme
12:00 p.m. | Registration and lunch buffet |
12:45 p.m. | Welcome |
1:00 p.m. | Dr Andreas Schwab Member of the European Parliament Internal market spokesman for the EPP Group - German/French/Polish paper on Modernising EU Competition Policy - A view from Europe
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1:20 p.m. | Session 1: Merger Control - Industrial policy considerations in EU merger control: Necessary amendment or dead end?
- Gun-jumping, misleading information, non-compliance with commitments: Stricter enforcement of merger control by authorities?
Angélique de Brousse, Johnson&Johnson Étienne Chantrel, French Competition Authority Benedikt Ecker, thyssenkrupp Ruben Maximiano, OECD Moderators: Dr Harald Kahlenberg, CMS Stuttgart Prof Dr Rupprecht Podszun, University of Düsseldorf |
2:15 p.m. | Session 2: Abusive Practices - Buyer power: Need for change in EU law?
- Rebates two years after Intel: Did practices change?
- New forms of abuse: AB Inbev and other cases
Philippe Chauve, Food Task Force, DG Competition Prof Dr José Luís Cruz Vilaça, former ECJ judge / rapporteur in Intel case Ben Graham, AB InBev Karen Schutyser, Coca Cola European Partners Moderators: Dr Michael Bauer, CMS Brussels Carlos Vérgez, CMS Madrid |
3:15 p.m. | Coffee break |
3:45 p.m. | Session 3: Vertical Restraints - New VBER: Exclusivities, pricing, e-commerce for the next decade
- Leniency applications: What to do if ‘it’ happened?
Dr Markus Kürten, adidas Nicolas Lievens, L’OREAL Dr Luca Schicho, Austrian Competition Authority Marieke Scholz, DG Competition Moderators: Dr Markus Schöner, CMS Hamburg Małgorzata Urbańska, CMS Warsaw |
4:45 p.m. | Session 4: Cartel Damage Claims - Good practice in damage claims – Some learnings from recent cases
- The ECJ’s Skanska decision and its consequences – more than just piercing the veil
Prof Dr Christian Kersting, University of Düsseldorf Dr Tilman Makatsch, Deutsche Bahn Vitaly Pruzhansky, RBB Economics Brussels Dr Mathias Traub, Robert Bosch GmbH Moderators: Caroline Hobson, CMS London Dr Tim Reher, CMS Hamburg |
5:45 p.m. | Final remarks |
6:00 p.m. | End of conference |
6:45 p.m. | Reception |
7:30 p.m. | Dinner Guest speaker: Henne Schuwer, Former Ambassador of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in the United States |
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