December 2022

Article 102 TFEU and national equivalents: in search of a theory?

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Article 102 TFEU and national equivalents: in search of a theory?

The purpose of this event is to think creatively about the emerging landscape regarding the enforcement of Article 102 TFEU and national equivalent rules by the European Commission and the NCAs, not only in the digital sector, but also in more “traditional” economic sectors. In particular, we focus on the different approaches followed by the recent case law of the EU courts regarding the interpretation of this provision for various theories of harm, with the aim to understand the overall theoretical framework that is emerging. We then address the way the European Commission and the NCAs have responded so far to the move during the last decade towards a “more economics approach” and the adoption of the Guidance on the Commission's enforcement priorities for Article 102 TFEU, what has been their enforcement strategy, in view of the existence of various presumptions and more forms-based approaches for certain theories of harm, and how this emerging EU framework, if it is coherent, fares with regard to the debate in other jurisdictions, such as the US, concerning the reform of competition rules and standards applying to dominant undertakings or undertakings with monopoly power. The workshop focus on the legal aspects of Article 102 TFEU and national equivalent rules, and the overall legal, rather than economic, coherence of the emerging framework.

The discussion is organised along two parts. The first part takes a more descriptive perspective and examines the recent case law of the EU courts and the decisional practice of the NCAs regarding different theories of harm, with the aim to understand the overall framework that is emerging and the principles, if any, it draws upon. The second part addresses the normative debate about there to go next, what is the strategy to be developed by the various actors and what are the implications of this emerging framework for global and in particular transatlantic convergence.

C O N T E N T S

00:02:28 - Ioannis Lianos, President of the Hellenic Competition Commission

00:11:23 - Pablo Ibanez Colomo, Professor of Law, London School of Economics

00:24:40 - Heike Schweitzer, Professor at the Law Faculty, Humboldt University

00:33:43 - Giorgio Monti, Professor of Competition Law at Tilburg Law School

00:45:38 - Olivier Guersent, Director General – DG Competition, European Commission

00:59:38 - Ioannis Lianos, President of the Hellenic Competition Commission

01:10:37 - Martijn Snoep, Chairman of the Netherlands Authority for Consumers and Markets

01:15:47 - Marisa Tierno, Competition Director General of the Spanish Competition Authority

01:24:00 - Eleanor M. Fox, Walter J. Derenberg Professor of Trade Regulation, New York University School of Law

01:26:40 - Pablo Ibanez Colomo, Professor of Law, London School of Economics

01:28:58 - Heike Schweitzer, Professor at the Law Faculty, Humboldt University

01:34:13 - Giorgio Monti, Professor of Competition Law at Tilburg Law School

01:35:35 - Marisa Tierno, Competition Director General of the Spanish Competition Authority

01:56:17 - Martijn Snoep, Chairman of the Netherlands Authority for Consumers and Markets

02:16:55 - Eleanor M. Fox, Walter J. Derenberg Professor of Trade Regulation, New York University School of Law

02:33:00 - Closing Remarks

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