Cartels Workshop - An Advanced Seminar on Substantive and Procedural EU Developments

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Hotchpotch I - Substantive Issues

1. European Commission, The EU Commission fines a defence company €1.2M for participating in a cartel concerning the sale of military hand grenades (Diehl / RUAG), 21 September 2023

2. Latvian Competition Authority, The OECD adopts certain recommendations in order to promote fair competition in procurement by reducing the risk of matched bids, facilitating the detection of cartels and promoting the enforcement of anti-cartel legislations in public procurement, 12 September 2023

3. UK Competition Authority, The UK Competition Authority provisionally finds that 5 banks broke competition law by exchanging information on their trading strategies on UK bonds (Citi / Deutsche Bank / HSBC / Morgan Stanley / Royal Bank of Canada), 24 May 2023

4. European Commission, The EU Commission confirms unannounced inspections of some businesses in the fashion sector over concerns that the companies concerned may have violated EU antitrust rules that prohibit cartels and restrictive business practices, 18 April 2023

5. European Commission, The EU Commission confirms it undertook dawn raids in the fragrance sector with assistance from the UK Competition Authority, US DoJ and the Swiss Competition Authority, 7 March 2023

6. Annabelle Lepièce, The Belgian Competition Authority adopts a new decision to fine a skincare company for imposing minimum prices and active and passive sales restrictions (Caudalie), 18 January 2023

Hotchpotch II - Procedural Issues

1. New EU horizontal agreements block exemption and Guidelines took effect generally from 1 January 2023. These included, for the first time, specific EU guidance on sustainability agreements, as well as detailed guidance on issues including information exchanges, R&D agreements and joint purchasing arrangements, 10 May 2023

2. Axel de Poncins, Théo Mayer, The EU Court of Justice clarifies the binding effect of national competition authorities’ findings and the burden of proof in private damages claims (Repsol), 20 April 2023

3. Austrian Competition Authority, The Austrian Competition Authority gains new powers to monitor interchange fees, carry out investigations, and impose administrative penalties following the National Council’s adoption of the Interchange Fee Implementation Act, 5 April 2023

4. Marc Barennes, Private action: The Court of Justice of the European Union clarifies the scope of the right to full compensation and the recourse to judicial assessment of damages provided for by the "Damages" Directive (Tráficos Manuel Ferrer), 16 February 2023

5. Charlotte De Meeûs, Julie Geerts, The EU Court of Justice rules that national courts may order the disclosure of evidence in damages proceedings stayed pending a Commission investigation (RegioJet), 12 January 2023

6. Wouter Wils, Regulation 1/2003: An Assessment After Twenty Years, November 2022

7. European Commission, The EU Commission provides guidance on its leniency policy and practice, 25 October 2022

8. The correlation between damages claims and leniency applications (September 2022)

Enforcers: Autorité de la concurrence, Bangladesh Competition Commission, Bundeskartellamt, California Department of Justice, CARICOM Competition Commission (Suriname), Comisión Federal de Competencia Económica (Mexico), Competition and Markets Authority, Competition Council (Latvia), Hanseatisches Oberlandesgericht, Hong Kong Competition Commission, Italian Competition Authority, OECD, The General Authority for Competition (Saudi Arabia), US Federal Trade Commission, World Bank, etc ...

Corporations: Air Liquide, Bayer AG, Bloomberg News, British American Tobacco, Credit Agricole CIB, Deutsche Bahn, Deutsche Post DHL, Deutsche Telekom, Federation of German Industries, Fiduciary Automation, Fujitsu, Heathrow Airport, ING Belgium, Kreab, Lagardère, Les Echos-Le Parisien, Mars, Metro, MSC Mediterranean, Nestlé, Novartis, Pfizer, Shell, Siemens Energy, Thalès, TK Elevator, Vodafone, Woodside Energy, etc ...

Lawyers: Allen & Overy, Arnold & Porter, Ashurst, Baker Botts, Baker McKenzie, Barnert Egermann, BDGS, Bird & Bird, Bredin Prat, Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner, Cleary Gottlieb, Clifford Chance, CMS, Covington & Burling, Crowell & Moring, Dechert, Deloitte, Dentons, Distefano Law, Eisenberger & Herzog, EY Law, Fidal, Gibson Dunn, Gleiss Lutz, Havel & Partners, Herbert Smith Freehills, Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek, Hogan Lovells, Jones Day, Kim & Chang, KPMG, Latham & Watkins, Latham Watkins, Linklaters, McDermott Will & Emery, Mori Hamada & Matsumoto, Pinheiro Neto Advogados, Racine, Reed Smith, Sheppard Mullin, Skadden, Sorainen, Steptoe & Johnson, Stibbe, Van Bael & Bellis, Vogel & Vogel, White & Case, etc ...

Academics: Cardiff University, Charles University, College of Europe, Erasmus University Rotterdam, Helsinki University, Hertie School, Kagawa University, King’s College London, Ludwig Maximilian University, Maastricht University, Monash Law School, Moscow State University, Queen Mary University of London, Stockholm University, Tokai University, Trinity College, Université de Lyon III, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Université Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne, Université Paris II Panthéon-Assas, University College London, University of Amsterdam, University of Bologna, University of Constantine 1, University of East Anglia, University of Edinburgh, University of Exeter, University of Glasgow, University of Indonesia, University of Montpellier, University of Nantes, University of Orleans, University of Reading, University of Rennes I, University of the West Indies, University of Toulouse 1 Capitole, University of Vienne, University of Zagreb, etc ...