Chillin'Competition

Earlier this year, a treatise on Regulation 1/2003 came out with Kluwer, with contributions from Alfonso (see here for his) and myself (mine on the enforcement aspects of the Digital Markets Act).

The volume is a genuine tour de force and it is only fitting to set up an event to celebrate the achievement and touch upon some of the key themes addressed in it (the timing, with the review of Regulation 1/2003 under way, could not be better).

We will be meeting on the afternoon of Thursday 29th June in Brussels, at the Fondation Universitaire (Rue d’Egmont, 11, next to Porte de Namur). You can register for the event here.

As you see in the programme below, we will be discussing the present and future of Regulation 1/2003 with several leading figures, followed by a drinks reception. We very much look forward to seeing many of you there!

16.30 | Welcome: Pablo Ibáñez Colomo (LSE and College of Europe)

16.45 | Introductory remarks: Johannes Laitenberger (General Court)

16.55 | Regulation 1/2003: looking back at its achievements

• Chair: Céline Gauer (European Commission)
• Lars Kjølbye (Lathan & Watkins)
• Margarida Matos Rosa (formerly Autoridade da Concorrência)
• Jacques Steenbergen (formerly Belgian Competition Authority)
• Wouter Wils (European Commission and King’s College London)

17.45 | Break

18.00 | Regulation 1/2003 and the future of enforcement

• Chair: Pablo Ibáñez Colomo (LSE and College of Europe)
• Pascal Berghe (European Commission)
• Or Brook (University of Leeds)
• Massimiliano Kadar (European Commission)

18.45 | Closing remarks: Nils Wahl (Court of Justice)