Concordia Project

Summer School

CONCORDIA - EU network to promote training courses for national judges. Identification and sharing of best practices in the judicial cooperation and to encourage the proper application of EC competition law. SUMMER SCHOOL: “Public and private antitrust enforcement. Discipline and practice.” Rome, 16 – 19 June 2010
16 June 2010 - Venue: Padri Pallottini, Via G. Ferrari 1, Rome
9:30 - 10:00	Registration
10:00 - 10:30	Carlo Rienzi (CODACONS), Marco Ramadori (CODACONS), Gianluca Di Ascenzo (CODACONS), Dolores Forgione (ISES) "Welcome address and introduction"
10:30 - 11:00	Carmine Falanga (ISES) "Presentation of the project and of the Civil Justice Programme"
11:00 - 11:30	Coffee Break and participants socialization
11:30 - 13:00	Zuzana Sabova (Antimonopoly Office of Slovak Republic) "Introduction to EC Competition Law": • The objectives of EC Competition Law • An introduction to Art. 81 and Art. 82 of the EC Treaty • An introduction to EC merger "Introduction to EC Competition Law, the basic concepts": • The relevant markets • Market power • Horizontal/vertical relationships • Restrictive agreements • Dominance • Abuse
13:00 - 14:30	Lunch at the restaurant "Caffè Mazzini"
14:30 - 15:15	Marco Ramadori (CODACONS) "Brief statements by the country representatives"
15:15 - 15:45	Coffee Break and participants socialization
15:45 - 16:30	Marco Ramadori (CODACONS) "Brief statements by the country representatives"
16:30 - 17:30	Q&A Time Comment and General discussion
20:00	Gala dinner at the restaurant "Terno Secco"
	17 June 2010 - Venue: "Auditorium of the Competition and Market Authority" Piazza Verdi 6/a, Rome
9:30 - 13:00	Consumer Collective Redress "Intervention of Mr. Antonio Catricalà (President of the Italian Competition and Market Authority)"
13:00 - 14:30	Lunch at the AGCM
14:30 - 15:00	Marco Ramadori (CODACONS) "Class actions. Test cases under the italian law".
15:00 - 15:30	Boris Filemon (Regional Court Brno) "Article 81: principles, practical examples and infringements": • General principles, article 81(1) and 81(3) – what they mean • Practical examples of infringing agreements and practices – cartels and others • Consequences of infringements – fines, void agreements, civil damages • Enforcement in the European competition network
15:30 - 15:45	Coffee Break and participants socialization
15:45 - 16:15	Raffaella Canal (European College of Parma Foundation) "Art. 82 – Key principles and recent decisions and case-studies": • Dominance – Market power versus market share – Dynamic and innovation markets: how different are they? – Collective dominance • Examples of abuse – Does your behaviour infringe? – The special responsibility – Objective justification – Abuse versus legitimate competition – Pricing: do’s and don’ts – Tying versus bundling – Refusal to supply – Regulatory abuse
16:15 - 16:45	Silvia Viksinina (Piak Latvia) "The European Commission's Art. 82 Enforcement Priorities"
16:45 - 17:15	Q&A Time Comment and General discussion
	18 June 2010 - Venue: "Italian Representation of the European Commission" Sala delle Bandiere - Via IV Novembre, 149
9:30 - 10:45	Erika Lovasova (Antimonopoly Office of the Slovak Republic) "Horizontal agreements – dealing with your competitors": • Introduction to horizontal agreements, what they are and why they are a concern • When you should worry • What you should worry about • How to avoid problems • Overview of: – The EU Guidelines – The EU Block Exemptions (R&D and specialisation) "Applying Art. 81 and Vertical agreements block exemptions": • A thorough introduction to the block exemption, • Article 81 and vertical agreements – Definitions of vertical agreements – Why they are a concern – When agreements are protected – Analysis of the vertical guidelines – The Block Exemption
10:45 - 11:00	Q&A
11:00 - 11:30	Coffee Break and participants socialization
11:30 - 12:15	Elena Zavanella (Lawyer) "Competition Law and Intellectual Property Rights" • Licence and settlement agreements and the application of Article 81 • Why IP rights are treated differently • How Article 81 applies to IP agreements • Provision of the technology transfer block exemption • The technology transfer guidelines • Why settlement agreements are treated differently from licences

12:15 - 13:00	Luciano Vasques (Lawyer) "Competition Law and Intellectual Property Rights in the Pharmaceutical sector"
13:00 - 14:30	Lunch

14:30 - 15:15	Anna Clementi (Lawyer) "Antitrust and Consumer protection in bancking and financial services"
15:15 - 15:30	Coffee Break and participants socialization
15:30 - 16:15	Gianluca Di Ascenzo (CODACONS) "Public and Private enforcement"
16:15 - 17:15	Q&A Time Comment and General discussion
	19 June 2010 - Venue: Palazzo Valentini, Sala Mons. Di Liegro, Via IV Novembre 119/a
9:30 - 10:45	Patrícia Miskolczyová (Judr Okresný súd Košice Slovak Rep) "Trends in European anti-trust law on sanctions for infringements": • First cases under the new guidelines of fines • Experiences with recent amendments to the leniency notice • Suggestions to adopt direct settlements
10:15 - 11:00	Silvio Santacroce (Senior Manager PWC TLS) "State Aid/State Measures Restricting Competition": • Definition of state aid, presentation of articles 87 to 89 • Criteria of the illegal aid • Exceptions and exemptions • Notification to the EU Commission • Procedure for approval • Intervention of third parties in state aid procedures • Role of national courts • Recovery of the aid
11:00 - 11:30	Coffee Break and participants socialization
11:30 - 12:15	Giuseppe Cricenti (Rome Court) "Class action and Corporate Social Responsability"
12:15 - 13:00	Presentation of the results of the Summer School Summer School Close Greetings

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