Aims and Values in EU Competition Law - Wherefrom, Whereto, and Why?
  Thursday 20 September 2012 9:00 – 17:15

Venue: Alexander Hall, Faculty of Law, University of Copenhagen,
Bispetorv Annex, Bispetorvet 1-3, DK-1167 Copenhagen K
Getting There

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Commentator (10 min)

Christian Schultz, Dr., Professor, Department of Economics, Head of Department, University of Copenhagen

From Rome to Lisbon – Social Market Economy
(Keywords: Ordoliberalism, the US influence - a historic outline – the economic constitution of the EU, Competing aims and values in competition policy and how to balance economic versus “non-economic aims” recited in the fundamental treaties)

Giorgio Monti, Professor, European University Institute

An Economist’s Point of View
(Keywords: Aims for competition law in economic theory and the conflict between schools of theories)

Svend Albæk, Dr., Adviser, Chief Economist Team, DG Competition

Pinar Akman, Dr., Senior Lecturer, Centre for Competition Policy, University of East Anglia

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Commentator (15 min)

Discussion
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Ulf Bernitz, Dr., Professor, Stockholm University, Faculty of Law, and Oxford University, Institute of European and Comparative Law

Article 101 TFEU – The Economic Approach, The Relationship between Article 101 (1) and 101 (3)
(Keywords: The modernisation of the competition rules from 2000 and onwards, Per se or rule of reason in EU)

Caroline Heide-Jørgensen, Dr., Professor, Faculty of Law, University of Copenhagen, Centre for European Studies in Economic Law

Is There (Still) Room for Non-Economic Arguments in Article 101 TFEU Cases?

Christopher Townley, Dr., Lecturer, Kings College, London

Constanze Semmelmann, Dr., Maastricht University, Faculty of Law, Maastricht European Private Law Institute

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Commentator (15 min)

Discussion
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Eleni Manaridou, PhD student, Faculty of Law, Copenhagen University, Centre for European Studies in Economic Law


Article 102 TFEU - Modernisation of Article 102 TFEU and Justifications under Article 102 TFEU
(Keywords: The Commission’s enforcement priorities – law or politics, the question of non-economic goals)

Liza Gormsen, Dr., Lecturer, School of Law, University of Manchester


20 years of Merger Control
(Keywords: Historical account. Aims and values in merger control. More room for industrial policy considerations and national champions after Lisbon?)

Christian Bergqvist, Dr., Ass. Professor, Faculty of Law, University of Copenhagen, Centre for European Studies in Economic Law

Nicolas Petit, Dr., Professor, Faculty of Law, University of Liége, Institute for European Legal Studies

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Speaker 3
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Commentator (15 min)

Discussion
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Ulla Neergaard, Dr., Professor, Faculty of Law, University of Copenhagen, Centre for European Studies in Economic Law


Services of General Economic Interest
(Keywords: Are the aims and values different here?)

Johan van de Gronden, Dr., Professor, Radboud University of Nijmegen, The Netherlands

State Aid and Economic Development
(Keywords: A level playing field in the internal market, the public interest in furthering innovation, the influence of the Lisbon Treaty)

Sune Troels Poulsen, Dr., Ass. Professor, Faculty of Law, University of Copenhagen, Centre for European Studies in Economic Law

Secondary Regulation in the Liberalised Sectors                                       
(Keywords: what are the aims, have they developed, etc.)

Nina Boeger, Dr., Senior Lecturer, University of Bristol

Andreas Bartosch, Dr., Kemmler Rapp Böhlke & Crosby, Brussels, and European State Aid Law Institute (EStALI)