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The foreseeable reforms of Regulation 1/2003 regarding the European Competition Network and the cooperation with national jurisdictions nemzetközi versenypolitikai konferencia
2010/04/16

  Az SZTE Európa-tanulmányok Központ által működtetett Europe Direct Szeged európai uniós információs iroda   2010. április 16-án   “The foreseeable reforms of Regulation 1/2003 regarding the European Competition Network and the cooperation with national jurisdictions”  címmel nemzetközi versenypolitikai konferenciát tart, melynek részletes programját csatoltan küldöm.

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The foreseeable reforms of Regulation 1/2003 regarding the European Competition Network and the cooperation with national jurisdictions

Competition policy conference

 

16 April 2010

Szeged, Hungary

 

The conference is organised by the European Studies Centre and the Europe Direct Szeged office of the University of Szeged Faculty of Law in partnership with the Hungarian Competition Authority and the Competition Law Research Centre (University Péter Pázmány, Budapest).

 

The objective of the event is to compare the diverse experiences of the involved National Competition Authorities, in order to draw conclusions in the general frame of the foreseeable reform Regulation 1/2003. This theme has been a matter of importance for the last several months (Communication of the European Commission to the European Parliament, 29 April 2009) and many institutions are involved in the reflection launched by the European Commission.

 

The language of the conference is English (without interpretation).

 

The conference will last one day. The day will be divided in varying topics, covering different aspects of the global issue. Each lecture will be dealt with under the supervision of a chair. Each lecture will be followed by a panel discussion. The chair will be the "leader" of the discussions and will also be responsible for the preparatory organisation for the panel. So the chair will ask the speakers about their presentations, and prepare questions for the speakers and interveners. The chair will start the discussion by introducing the topic and then every speaker will give a short presentation. After this, the panel can discuss different issues.

 

We also require from the lecturer to provide us with a written copy of their intervention as a publication is envisaged. In any case the entire conference will be recorded.

Draft program

 

9.00-9.15        Opening

                       Laszlo TROCSANYI – Hungarian Constitutional Court

                       Zoltan NAGY – President of the Hungarian Competition Authority

 

Panel 1          Chair:         Dorothee DALHEIMER – European Commission

                      Speakers:  Ádám REMETEI-FILEP – Hungarian Competition Authority

                                         Gillian ARNOUX – French Competition Authority

 

9.15-10.00        Case allocation within the network

-          Implementation of the rules governing the issue      

-          The European Commission, primus inter pares?

-          The issue of forum shopping

-          Standards and guarantees: may a NCA refuse to re-allocate a case, when it considers the level of guarantee is not sufficient.

 

10.00-10.30      Inspections: Standards and guarantees (between NCA)

 

10.30 -10.45     Coffee break

 

Panel 2             Chair:        Nathaniel CORNOIU-JITIRASU – University of Bucharest

                         Speakers:  Marie-Charlotte ROUZIER – University of Szeged

                                            Dorothee DALHEIMER – European Commission

 

10.45-12.00      Exchange of information

-       Feedback on the practical implementation of their obligations by the NCAs

-       The issue of confidential information

-       Leniency programs

-       Criminal sanctions

 

12.00-13.45      Lunch

 

Panel 3             Chair:       Tihamer TOTH – Péter Pazmany University

                        Speakers:  Dusan POPOVICS – University of Belgrade

                   József SARAI – Hungarian Competition Authority

 

14.00-14.45      Substantial aspects: convergence and legal certainty

-          The rule of convergence of art. 3 of Regulation 1/2003

-          The report on the convergence for leniency

-          Other procedural examples of convergence of the systems (proceedings, authority, guidances)

 

14.45-15.15      Decentralisation and Legal certainty

-            The issue of the consistency of the decisions issued by the NCAs (principle of the legality of the sanction – equality of treatment)

-            Double jeopardy (ne bis in idem)

-            Feedback on the implementation of European Antitrust rules by NCA’s

-            The problem of the legally binding aspects of the guidance issued by the Commission

 

15.15-15.30      Coffee break

 

Panel 4             Chair:        Csongor Istvan NAGY – University of Szeged

                        Speakers:   Tihamer TOTH – Péter Pazmany University

                    Marie-Charlotte ROUZIER – University of Szeged

 

15.30-16.30      Cooperation with the national jurisdictions

-            Presentation of the private enforcement

-            Presentation of the criminal aspects

-            Amicus curiae

-            Obligation to report the cases: practical implementations

 

16.30-16.45      Conclusion

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