FINAL WORKSHOP Challenges Faced by Judges in Enforcing Competition Law; EU and National Perspectives Refettorio and Sala del Capitolo Badia Fiesolana Via dei Roccettini, 9 San Domenico di Fiesole 2-4 October 2014 Programme Thursday 2 October 09.00 09.30 Welcome Brigid Laffan Director RSCAS, EUI 09.30 11.00 Common session - Refettorio Perspective of a National Civil Law Judge Ingeborg Simonsson City Court of Stockholm, Sweden 11.00 11.30 Coffee break 11.30 13.00 Group 1 - Refettorio Scope of Application of the Competition Law Per Carlson Market Court of Stockholm, Sweden Peter Charleton High Court, Ireland Anabela Araújo Administrative Court of Lisbon, Portugal Eglė Surgailienė District Court of Vilnius, Lithuania Adriana Gherasim Court of Appeal of Constanta, Romania European Commission DG Competition
11.30 13.00 Group 2 - Sala del Capitolo Competition Law Proceedings and Fundamental Rights Petra Hočevar Administrative Court of Ljubljana, Slovenia Đorđe Grbović District Court of Ljubljana, Slovenia Anna Słysz-Marcinów District Court of Sosnowiec, Poland Foteini Vouxinou Administrative Court of Appeal of Athens, Greece Raf Van Ransbeek Court of Appeal of Brussels, Belgium 13.00 14.30 Lunch 14.30 16.00 Common session - Refettorio Perspective of a National Common Law Judge Peter Roth Competition Appeal Tribunal, United Kingdom 16.00 16.30 Coffee break 16.30 18.00 Group 3 - Refettorio Horizontal Agreements Cartels and Concerted Practices Hans Aerts College of Appeals for Business of The Hague, the Netherlands Paula Pennanen Court of Appeal of Vaasa, Finland Rudīte Vīduša Supreme Court, Latvia Polona Kukovec Supreme Court, Slovenia Luka Kovač Supreme Court, Slovenia 16.30 18.00 Group 4 - Sala del Capitolo Horizontal Agreements Decisions of Associations of Undertakings Veselina Cholakova Administrative Court of Varna, Bulgaria Carla Rodrigues Commerce Court of Lisbon, Portugal Albertina Pedroso Court of Appeal of Coimbra, Portugal Denisa Vîlvoi Tribunal of Vâlcea, Romania 18.00 Welcome cocktail
Friday 3 October 09.00 10.30 Common session - Refettorio Perspective of a National Civil Law Judge Hermann Deíchfuß Federal Court of Karlsruhe, Germany 10.30 11.00 Coffee break 11.00-12.30 Group 5 - Refettorio Vertical Agreements Magda Cerqueira Judicial Court of Barcelos, Portugal Nataliya Nedelcheva District Court of Varna, Bulgaria Rimvydas Norkus Supreme Court, Lithuania 11.00-12.30 Group 6 - Sala del Capitolo Abuse of Dominance Fernando Bastos Medium Instance Civil Court of Amadora, Portugal Elias Georgiou Judicial Authority of Cyprus, Cyprus Markus Mattila Market Court of Helsinki, Finland Marián Trenčan Regional Court of Bratislava, Slovakia Christina Arkouda District Court of Katerini, Greece 12.30-14.00 Lunch 14.00-15.30 Group 7 - Refettorio Competition Law Enforcement in the Telecom Industry Heico Kerkmeester College of Appeals for Business of The Hague, the Netherlands Olympia Kosta Ministry of Justice, Greece Stella Christodoulidou Messiou District Court of Nicosia, Cyprus Dan Öwerström Court of Appeal of Svea, Sweden 14.00-15.30 Group 8 - Sala del Capitolo Competition Law Enforcement in the Energy Industry Alvydas Barkauskas Regional Court of Vilnius, Lithuania Lyubka Stoyanova Iko Nõmm Court of Appeal of Tallinn, Estonia
15.30-16.00 Coffee break 16.00-17.30 Common session - Refettorio Perspective of a National Civil Law Judge Roberto Chieppa Italian Competition Authority and Italian Council of State, Italy 20.00 Dinner Saturday 4 October 09.00 10.30 Group 9 - Refettorio Private Enforcement of Competition Law Lidy Wiggers-Rust Court of Appeal of Arnhem-Leeuwarden, the Netherlands Pietro Spera Court of Genoa, Italy Petteri Palomäki District Court of Pirkanmaa, Finland João Correia Judicial District Court of the Great Northwest Lisbon, Portugal 09.00-10.30 Group 10 - Capitolo Unfair Competition and State Aid Rules Denitza Mitrova Kameliya Stoyanova Krasimira Milachkova Mihaela Camelia Cazangiu Tribunal of Valcea, Romania Alina Pohrib Court of Appeal of Bucharest, Romania 10.30-11.00 Coffee break 11.00-12.30 Common session - Refettorio Perspective of a EU Judge Ignacio Ulloa Rubio EU General Court, Luxembourg 12.30-12.45 Concluding remarks 12.45-13.45 Lunch
Participants Hans Aerts Anabela Araújo Christina Arkouda Alvydas Barkauskas Fernando Bastos Per Carlson Mihaela Camelia Cazangiu Magda Cerqueira Peter Charleton Veselina Cholakova Stella Christodoulidou Messiou João Correia Elias Georgiou Adriana Gherasim Đorđe Grbović Petra Hočevar Heico Kerkmeester Olympia Kosta Luka Kovač Polona Kukovec Markus Mattila Krasimira Milachkova Denitza Mitrova Nataliya Nedelcheva Iko Nõmm Rimvydas Norkus Dan Öwerström Petteri Palomäki Albertina Pedroso Paula Pennanen Alina Pohrib Carla Rodrigues College of Appeals for Business of The Hague, the Netherlands Administrative Court of Lisbon, Portugal District Court of Katerini, Greece Regional Court of Vilnius, Lithuania Medium Instance Civil Court of Amadora, Portugal Market Court of Stockholm, Sweden Tribunal Valcea, Romania Tribunal Judicial of Barcelos, Portugal High Court, Ireland Administrative Court of Varna, Bulgaria District Court of Nicosia, Cyprus Judicial District Court of the Great Northwest Lisbon, Portugal Judicial Authority of Cyprus, Cyprus Court of Appeal of Constanta, Romania District Court of Ljubljana, Slovenia Administrative Court of Ljubljana, Slovenia College of Appeals for Business of The Hague, the Netherlands Ministry of Justice, Greece Supreme Court, Slovenia Supreme Court, Slovenia Market Court of Helsinki, Finland District Court of Varna, Bulgaria Court of Appeal of Tallinn, Estonia Supreme Court, Lithuania Court of Appeal of Svea, Sweden District Court of Pirkanmaa, Finland Court of Appeal of Coimbra, Portugal Court of Appeal of Vaasa, Finland Court of Appeal of Bucharest, Romania Commerce Court of Lisbon, Portugal
Anna Słysz-Marcinów Pietro Spera Kameliya Stoyanova Lyubka Stoyanova Eglė Surgailienė Marián Trenčan Raf Van Ransbeek Rudīte Vīduša Denisa Vîlvoi Foteini Vouxinou Lidy Wiggers-Rust District Court of Sosnowiec, Poland Court of Genoa, Italy District Court of Vilnius, Lithuania Regional Court of Bratislava, Slovak Republic Court of Appeal of Brussels, Belgium Supreme Court, Latvia Tribunal of Vâlcea, Romania Administrative Court of Appeal of Athens, Greece Court of Appeal of Arnhem-Leeuwarden, the Netherlands Speakers Roberto Chieppa Hermann Deíchfuß Peter Roth Ingeborg Simonsson Ignacio Ulloa Rubio European University Institute, Italy; University of Vienna, Austria Italian Competition Authority and Italian Council of State, Italy Federal Court, Germany European University Institute, Italy European University Institute, Italy Competition Appeal Tribunal, United Kingdom City Court of Stockholm, Sweden EU General Court, Luxembourg Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP, Belgium