Global Competition Law Centre
The Global Competition Law Centre (GCLC) of the College of Europe aims at promoting cutting-edge research in competition law and economics.
Unlike traditional research centres, the GCLC is not a brick and mortar organization. It has no physical presence on the campus of the College of Europe. It disseminates ideas and promotes research through its website. In addition, the GCLC benefits from a large network of competition professionals, built through the organization of regular activities in Europe and elsewhere.
Since its inception in January 2004, the GCLC has gained credentials as a high level discussion forum for academics, practitioners, and enforcement officers in the competition field across the world.
The GCLC regularly organizes conferences, publishes books and hosts a working papers series. In addition, the GCLC awards a yearly prize for the best dissertation in competition law and policy written at the College of Europe.
Lunch talk
Fifty-eighth Lunch Talk: The Complex Interplay between Leniency Applications and Follow-on Litigation: A Closer Look at Pfleiderer and National Grid, took place on 27 April 2012.
Speakers:
Eddy De Smijter, Deputy Head of Unit, Private Enforcement, DG Competition and Mark Powell, White and Case
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Conferences
On 27 and 28 October 2011 the GCLC organised its Seventh Annual Conference. The 2011 edition was devoted to the Effects-Based Approach in EU Competition Law.
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Previous Lunch talks
Fifty-seventh Lunch Talk: Minority shareholdings and the EU Merger Regulation – Bridging the Gap?, on 16 March 2012.
Speakers:
Claude Rakovsky, Head of Unit, DG Competition; David Hull, Covington & Burling and Yves Botteman, Steptoe & Johnson
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Fifty-sixth Lunch Talk: The Commission Notice on Market Definition - In Need of Update ?, on 15 February 2012.
Speakers:
Kaï-Uwe Kuhn, Chief Economist, Directorate General for Competition and Nicholas Levy, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
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Fifty-fifth Lunch Talk: The Judgment of the ECHR in Menarini Diagnostics S.R.L. V. Italy: Impact Assessment On The Eu Competition System, on 8 December 2011.
Speakers:
Sir Christopher Bellamy QC, Linklaters and Marco C.E.J. Bronckers, Leiden University and VVGB law
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Fifty-fourth Lunch Talk: The Rights, Powers And Duties Of Ncas: A Review Of The Ecj Rulings In Vebic And Tele2 Polska, on 24 October 2011.
Speakers:
Ewoud Sakkers, DG Competition, European Commission; Fabien Zivy, Legal Service, French Competition Authority and Silke Brammer, University College Leuven
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Fifty-third Lunch Talk: Restructuring Aid in the Financial Sector: An Overview of Compensatory Measures and Other Innovative Remedies, on 27 June 2011.
Speakers:
Nicola Pesaresi, DG Competition, European Commission and Hans Gilliams, Eubelius
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Fifty-second Lunch Talk: Leniency Applications and the European Competition Network: Roundtable discussion on the Interplay between National and EU Procedures, on 27 May 2011.
Speakers:
Sari Suurnäkki, DG Competition, European Commission; Marcos Araujo, Garrigues; Mario Todino, Gianni, Origoni, Grippo & Partner and Antoine Winckler, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
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Fifty-first Lunch Talk: EU Competition Law and Energy – Recent Cases and Issues, on 18 March 2011.
Speakers:
Céline Gauer, DG Competition, European Commission and John Ratliff, WilmerHale
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Fiftieth Lunch Talk: Rebates law revisited? – The General Court's ruling in Tomra v. Commission, on 21 Janury 2011.
Speakers:
Alan Ryan, Partner, Freshfields and Miguel de la Mano, Deputy Chief Economist, DG COMP
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Evening Policy Talk
Seventh Evening Policy Talk by Mr John Fingleton, Chief Executive Officer, Office of Fair Trading (U.K.),
takes place on 22 May 2012 at The Hotel, 38 Boulevard de Waterloo, 1000 Brussels
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News
The Global Competition Law Centre is proud to announce that Enzo Moavero Milanesi, judge at the General Court of the EU, has joined its Scientific Council. Judge Moavero Milanesi is also a Visiting Professor in the Legal Studies Department of the College of Europe. He is the author of three books (on the EU merger regulation, Community law & policies and on EU competition law) and writes regularly in legal reviews.
The Global Competition Law Centre is pleased to announce that Jose Rivas has joined its Executive Committee. José is a Visiting Professor at the Natolin Campus, a private practitioner at Bird & Bird (Brussels) and the editor of a peer reviewed competition law journal “World Competition – Law and Economics” (Kluwer).
Publications
GCLC Working Paper 02/10:
Behavioral Economics and Abuse of Dominance: A Proposed Alternative Reading of the Article 102 TFEU Case-Law, by Nicolas Petit and Norman Neyrinck.
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GCLC Working Paper 01/10:
Regional Aid: Recent Trends and Some Historical Background (with special focus on large investment projects), by Massimo Merola.
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GCLC Working Paper 03/09:
Evaluating Vertical Mergers Post Non-Horizontal Guidelines: An Economics-Based Approach?, by Álvaro Ramos, Tricia Mohan and Francesco Carloni.
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GCLC Working Paper 02/09:
Limiting Anti-Competitive Government Interventions That Benefit Special Interests, by Daniel Sokol.
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GCLC Working Paper 01/09:
Les stratégies juridiques en droit des coordinations entre entreprises – Une approche scénarisée, by Nicolas Petit.
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GCLC Working Paper 04/08:
Competition law proceedings before the European Commission and the right to a fair trial: no need for reform?, by Donald Slater, Sébastien Thomas and Denis Waelbroeck.
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GCLC Press Release 09/08:
Comments on Consultation on the Functioning of Regulation 1/2003.
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GCLC Research Papers on Article 82 EC: a report containing a set of research papers produced under the auspices of the
Global Competition Law Centre. The papers comprised in this report cover the
main issues raised by the application of Article 82 of the EC Treaty.
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