Archive for June 2009
Presentation on Recent Developments in EC Competition Law
I attach below the slides of a presentation I delivered yesterday at the Federation for Enterprises in Belgium. Nothing groundbreaking, simply an overview of current EC law developments.
Actualité des droits communautaire et belge de la concurrence – FEB Commission juridique
Lost
A year after the inception of the EC settlement procedure, the first settlement in a cartel case is still to happen…
New book – Alternative Enforcement Techniques in EC Competition Law
I am the proud co-editor – together with my colleague and friend C. Gheur – of a new book, which comprises the proceedings of a conference held last year in Brussels.
See here for more details and link hereafter for subscription form: 2090419-prosp
Nicolas
Call for Papers on Antitrust in the Energy Sector
Call for papers: OGEL special issue on “antitrust in the energy sector”
6/5/2009
Oil, Gas and Energy Law Intelligence (www.ogel.org) invites submissions for a Special issue covering antitrust issues in energy. The guest editor for this special issue is MYSELF.
The energy sector is one of the areas where antitrust enforcement in the EU has been the most intensive in recent years. In addition to the very significant sector inquiry 2005-2007 and the cases that are now resulting from that inquiry, the remedies (e.g. divestiture of significant network assets, energy release programmes, etc.) that have been ordered by the European Commission in the energy sector have sparked a lot of controversy. Whilst the EU seems to lean towards increased antitrust intervention in energy markets, including access issues, downstream markets, long-term agreements, LNG imports, etc. other jurisdictions, such as the United States, apparently promote less intrusive approaches (as a result, amongst others, of some US Supreme Court decisions such as Trinko). Finally, a number of antitrust agencies inside and outside the EU have a significant record in the enforcement of antitrust rules in the energy sector.
We encourage submission of relevant papers, studies, and brief comments on various aspects of this subject. The topics may cover all aspects of antitrust enforcement (vertical/horizontal cooperation agreements, abuse of dominance, merger control, etc.) relevant for oil, gas, electricity and other energy sub-sectors including LNG and nuclear.
Chillin'Competition 