Third Annual Conference
Economic Analysis of State Aid Rules
21 September 2006
| 9:00 | Registration |
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| 9:30 – 9:35 | Welcome Words
Damien Geradin Director of the GCLC |
| 9:35 – 9:45 | Presentation of the Conference
Massimo Merola Partner, Bonelli Erede Pappalardo Jacques Derenne Partner, Lovells |
| MORNING SESSION - CHAIR: LOWRI EVANS AND MASSIMO MEROLA | |
| 9:45 – 10:10 |
General Economic Analysis of State Aid Issues
David Spector Chargé de Recherche, CNRS |
| 10:10 – 10:20 |
Comments
Damien Geradin, Professor at the University of Liège and at the College of Europe |
| 10:20 – 10:45 |
The Most Appropriate Economic Tool for a Better Targeted State Aid Policy
Rainer Nitsche Principal, CRA International |
| 10:45 – 11:05 | Comments Leigh Hancher, Professor at the University of Tilburg and Of Counsel, Allen & Overy Massimo Merola, Partner, Bonelli Erede Pappalardo and Professor at the College of Europe |
| 11:05 – 11:30 | Comments Thibaut Kleiner, European Commission, DG COMP I-1, State aid policy |
| 11:30 – 11:45 | Pause |
| 11:45 – 12:00 | International Trade David Spector, Chargé de Recherche, CNRS Antoine Winckler, Partner, Cleary Gottlieb |
| 12:00 – 12:10 | Comments Marco Bronckers, Partner, WilmerHale |
| 12:10 - 12:30 | Keynote Speech Neelie Kroes, Commissioner in charge of Competition Policy |
| 12:30 – 13:00 | Q & A Session |
| 13:00 – 14:30 | Lunch |
| AFTERNOON SESSION - CHAIR: DAMIEN NEVEN, CHIEF ECONOMIST, DG COMP, TO BE CONFIRMED | |
| 14:30 – 14:50 | Market Private Investor Test and "Altmark" Jorge Padilla, Managing Director, LECG |
| 14:50 – 15:20 | Comments Thomas Jestaedt, Partner, Jones Day Marc Pittie, Partner, Bredin Prat A representative from an Investment Bank – To be confirmed |
| 15:20 – 15:50 | Q & A Session |
| 15:50 – 16:15 | Pause |
| 16:15 – 16:35 | Selectivity, Distortion, Effect on Trade Penelope Papandropoulos, Principal, CRA International |
| 16:35 – 16:50 | Comments Bernard van de Walle de Ghelcke, Partner, Linklaters |
| 16:50 – 17:10 | Comments Vittorio di Bucci, Legal Service, European Commission |
| 17:10 – 17:20 | Transfer of State resources Pierre Kirch, Partner, Paul Hastings Olivier d'Ormesson, Partner, Linklaters |
| 17:20 – 17:50 | Q & A |
| 17:50 – 18:00 | Procedure Eric Morgan de Rivery, Partner, Jones Day |
| 18:00 – 18:20 | Conclusion on the Notion of State Aid Ben Smulders, European Commission, Head of Cabinet of Commissioner Neelie Kroes |
Thursday 22 September 2006
| MORNING SESSION - CHAIR: JACQUES DERENNE | |
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| 9:30 – 10:45 | Compatibility Assessment (balancing test), Architecture of the Rules, Instruments for Implementing the Balancing Test Equity Assessment: e.g., Regional Aid Efficiency Assessment (e.g., R&D and risk capital), Mathias Dewatripont, Professor, Free University of Brussels (ULB) |
| 10:45 – 11:15 | Q & A Session |
| 11:15 – 11:30 | Pause |
| 11:30 – 11:50 | Keynote speech: Will the Economic Analysis always Lead to a Stricter
Approach? Loretta Dormal-Marino, Director, European Commission, DG COMP-H |
| 11:50 – 12:30 | Q & A Session |
| 13:00 | End of conference |