Program
Welcome & Registration
8:30INTRODUCTORY REMARKS
08.45Frédéric JENNY | Professor, ESSEC, Paris | Chairman, OECD Competition Committee, Paris (bio)
#1: THE REVIVAL OF INDUSTRIAL POLICY AT A TIME OF POLYCRISIS: IS COMPETITION POLICY LOSING GROUNDS?
9.30The new global context reinforces the trend towards the establishment of national industrial policies, particularly in the US and Asia. The European Union responded by introducing a regime for the control of foreign subsidies and by evolving the state aid control regime. Member States have significantly increased their control over foreign investments and have blocked or modified numerous transactions, particularly in the energy and digital sectors. How can industrial policy and competition policy be best articulated in this new context?
Marion BAILLY | Deputy Head of Unit - Merger Case Support and Policy, DG COMP, Brussels (bio)
Pascal BELMIN | VP, Head of EU Regulatory Affairs, Airbus, Paris (bio)
Stéphanie YON-COURTIN | Member, European Parliament, Brussels (bio)
Moderator: Frédéric JENNY | Professor, ESSEC, Paris | Chairman, OECD Competition Committee, Paris (bio)
Coffee Break
11.00#2: THE INTERPLAY BETWEEN PUBLIC AND PRIVATE ENFORCEMENT: HAVE WE GOT THE BALANCE RIGHT?
11.30The number of actions for damages and remedies is exponentially increasing across Europe while leniency applications are on the decline. In this context, what is the future of the leniency regime? The German Monopolkommission proposes to grant leniency recipients total immunity against damages and remedies. Other proposals are emerging to revitalize leniency policy, but doubts remain as to the feasibility of such an evolution.
Laila MEDINA | Advocate General, Court of Justice of the European Union, Luxembourg (bio)
Séverine SCHRAMECK | Partner, Cleary Gottlieb, Paris (bio)
David SEVY | Executive Vice President, Compass, Paris / Brussels (bio)
Wouter WILS | Legal Advisor, Legal Service of the European Commission, Brussels/ Visiting professor, King’s College London (bio)
Moderator: Rafael AMARO | Professor, University of Caen (bio)
Lunch
13.00#3: ESTABLISHING ABUSES OF DOMINANCE: IS THE EFFECTS-BASED APPROACH ADMINISTRABLE?
14.00While the EU courts appear to have embraced the effects-based approach to establishing abuses of dominance, the question arises of whether the standard of proof is not getting overly difficult to achieve following recent judgments such as Intel and Unilever. Is the bar too high for proving an abuse of dominance and, more generally, how can the effects-based approach be rendered administrable? Are the EU and the US approaches to enforcement in the field of unilateral conduct moving in the opposite direction, and where can they meet?
Inge BERNAERTS | Director for Policy and Strategy, DG COMP, Brussels (bio)
Antoine CHAPSAL | Managing Principal, Analysis Group, Paris/Brussels/London (bio)
Ioannis LIANOS | Chair, Hellenic Competition Authority, Athens (bio)
Moderator: Damien GERARD | Prosecutor General, Belgian Competition Authority, Brussels (bio)
Coffee Break
15:30#4: GETTING THE DEAL THROUGH: HOW TO NAVIGATE THE INCREASED COMPLEXITY OF REGULATORY CONDITIONS?
16.00The panel aims to address the growing concerns about the complexity of managing the various regulatory requirements for a successful transaction. This issue is evident in various areas such as merger control, foreign investments, the new regulation on foreign subsidies (FSR), etc. The proliferation of laws and regulations poses new challenges for operators in terms of aligning with government expectations and managing timelines.
Marie-Anne LAVERGNE | Head of Unit, Foreign Investments Control at French Treasury, Ministère de l’Économie, Paris (bio)
Ief DAEMS | Legal Director, Antitrust, Cisco, Brussels (bio)
Damien LEVIE | Head of Unit, Technology and Security, FDI Screening, DG Trade, European Commission, Brussels (bio)
Etienne PFISTER | Partner, RBB Economics, Paris (bio)
Moderator: TBD
Ph.D 2023 Awards
18.00Reception
18.30*to be confirmed
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Panel 1- The Revival of Industrial Policy at a Time of Polycrisis: Is Competition Policy Losing Grounds?
Panel 2 - The Interplay Between Public and Private Enforcement: Have We Got The Balance Right?
5. Anne-Sophie Choné-Grimaldi, Presumptions in competition law, November 2022
Panel 3 - Establishing Abuses of Dominance: Is The Effects-Based Approach Administrable?
Panel 4 - Getting The Deal Through: How To Navigate The Increased Complexity of Regulatory Conditions?
5. Nicholas Levy, Mergers & Judicial review: An overview of EU and national case law, 16 March 2023
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