Conference on Rule of Law Challenges in the EU: Implications for Economic Law

   10th January 2019 9:00 - 18:00, 10th January 2019 18:00

Rule of Law Challenges in the EU: Implications for EU Economic Law

10th January 2019, Budapest, Hungary

Conference Room
Hungarian Academy of Sciences
Centre for Social Sciences (MTA TK)
1097, Budapest, Tóth Kálmán utca 4.

 

PROGRAMME

8:30 – 8:45 Arrivals and registration

8:45 – 9:00 Opening

  • Kati Cseres (University of Amsterdam and MTA TK Institute of Legal Studies)
  • Maciej Bernatt and Adam Jasser (University of Warsaw Centre for Antitrust and Regulatory Studies)
  • Marton Varju (MTA TK Institute of Legal Studies)​

9:00 – 9:50 Keynote address

Eleanor Fox

Walter J. Derenberg Professor of Trade Regulation

New York University School of Law

COMPETITION LAW AND DEMOCRACY

9:50 – 10:10 Coffee break

10:10 – 11:50 Session 1: Rule of Law Challenges and EU Economic Regulation

  • Chair: Marton Varju (MTA TK Institute of Legal Studies)
  • Speaker: Tony Prosser (University of Bristol)

ECONOMIC CONSTITUTIONS AND INSTITUTIONAL BALANCE

Panel:

  • Kati Cseres (University of Amsterdam and MTA TK Institute of Legal Studies)

CHANGING CONSUMER ROLES IN CHANGING MARKETS: RULE OF LAW ISSUES IN PUBLIC SERVICES

  • Pieter van Cleynenbreugel (Université de Liège)

MEMBER STATES AND THE EU'S LIVING ECONOMIC CONSTITUTION: PLUS ÇA CHANGE, PLUS C'EST LA MÊME CHOSE?

  • Wojciech Sadowski (Partner, K&L Gates)

PROTECTION OF THE RULE OF LAW IN THE EUROPEAN UNION THROUGH INVESTMENT TREATY ARBITRATION: IS JUDICIAL MONOPOLISM THE RIGHT RESPONSE TO ILLIBERAL TENDENCIES IN EUROPE?

11:50 – 12:30 Lunch buffet

12:30 – 13:10 Interim address

Bente Angell-Hansen

President of the EFTA Surveillance Authority

RULE OF LAW CHALLENGES IN THE EU: THE EFTA’S PERSPECTIVE

13:10 – 15:00 Parallel sessions

Parallel session 1

  • Chair: Adam Jasser (University of Warsaw)
  • Speakers: Stavros Makris and Alexandre Ruiz Feases (European University Institute)

COMMITMENTS AND NETWORK GOVERNANCE IN EU ANTITRUST: GASORBA

  • Or Brook (University of Leeds)

MEMBER STATES’ INTEREST IN THE ENFORCEMENT OF EU COMPETITION LAW: A CASE-STUDY OF ARTICLE 101 TFEU

  • Konrad Zawodziński (Kozmiński University)

DOES THE PARALLEL APPLICATION OF EU COMPETITION LAWS GIVE RISE TO DOUBLE STANDARDS OF LEGAL PROTECTION?

  • Catalin Rusu (Radbound University Nijmegen)

TRUST, ANTITRUST AND A DIRECTIVE

  • Agnieszka Staszak and Mateusz Mroczek

THE NECESSITY TO PROVIDE GREATER RIGHTS FOR THE VICTIMS OF ANTI-COMPETITIVE PRACTICES IN ANTITRUST PROCEEDINGS: THE EXAMPLE OF THE POLISH OFFICE OF COMPETITION AND CONSUMER PROTECTION

Parallel session 2

  • Chair: Balázs Horváthy (MTA TK Institute of Legal Studies)
  • Speakers: Carlo Colombo (Tilburg University)

THE EFFECTS OF STATE AID MODERNISATION ON EU ADMINISTRATIVE INTEGRATION

  • Jasper Sluijs (Utrecht University)

UNFAIR COMPETITION BY PUBLIC ENTITIES AND THE LIMITS OF EU COMPETITION LAW

  • Ildikó Bartha and Tamás M. Horváth (University of Debrecen)

SERVICES OF GENERAL INTEREST IN THE EUROPEAN UNION: CHALLENGES FOR THE EFFECTIVE ENFORCEMENT OF MEMBER STATES’ OBLIGATIONS

  • Femke Gremmelprez (University of Ghent)

SYSTEMIC ISSUE IN THE INDEPENDENCE OF NATIONAL COURTS: A CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF THE EU COURT OF JUSTICE’S JURISDICTION TO ENFORCE THE RULE OF LAW

Parallel session 3

  • Chair: Ernő Várnay (MTA TK Institute of Legal Studies)
  • Speakers: Giacomo Tagiuri (Bocconi University)

ILLIBERAL MARKETS: ONE MORE THREAT TO THE EU RULE OF LAW?

Jan Broulík (New York University Emil Noël Fellow)

CAPTURE OF EUROPEAN COMPETITION AGENCIES BY BUSINESS INTERESTS: AN EPISTEMIC COMMUNITY APPROACH

  • Nasiya Daminova (MTA TK Institute of Legal Studies)

THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION AND THE PARLIAMENT ON ARTICLE 7 TEU (POLAND AND HUNGARY) – WILL THE LEGAL REASONING DECIDE THE CASES?

  • Ádám Lukonits (ELTE Budapest)

COMPENSATION FOR DAMAGES CAUSE BY LEGISLATION – POSSIBILITIES, DILEMMAS AND IMPACTS ON THE ECONOMY

Parallel session 4

  • Chair: Mónika Papp (MTA TK Institute of Legal Studies)
  • Speakers: Suzana Pecin (University of Ljubljana and the Constitutional Court of Slovenia)

THE RULE OF LAW THROUGH THE PERSPECTIVE OF THE CASE KOTNIK IN THE REPUBLIC OF SLOVENIA

  • Csongor István Nagy (University of Szeged)

CONSTITUTIONALISM AND THE INTERNAL MARKET: IS MONEY REALLY ONLY ABOUT THE MONEY?

  • Jolien Timmermans (University of Ghent)

DOES THE INSTITUTIONAL SET-UP OF THE SINGLE RESOLUTION MECHANISM CHALLENGE THE RULE OF LAW?

  • Agnieszka Janczuk-Gorydowa (Utrecht University)

RULE OF LAW CHALLENGES, THE FINANCIAL SECTOR AND THE ENDANGERED EFFECTIVENESS OF EU LAW

  • Małgorzata Kozak (Łazarski University)

SYSTEMIC PROBLEMS WITH EFFECTIVE JUDICIAL PROTECTION BEFORE NATIONAL COURTS: THE EXAMPLE OF ACCESS TO FILES IN THE PROCEEDINGS BEFORE NCAS

15:00 – 15:15 Coffee break

15:15 – 17:00 Session 2: Rule of Law Challenges in Competition Law

  • Chair: Kati Cseres (University of Amsterdam and MTA TK Institute of Legal Studies)
  • Speaker: Paul Nihoul (Judge, General Court of the European Union)​

APPLYING THE RULE OF LAW IN EU COMPETITION LAW CASES

Panel:

  • Christopher Harding (University of Aberystwyth)

INCONSISTENCIES IN ENFORCEMENT, IN PARTICULAR THE RELATION BETWEEN ENFORCEMENT AGAINST CORPORATE ACTORS AND AGAINST INDIVIDUALS

  • Firat Cengiz (University of Liverpool)

CITIZENS IN COMPETITION POLICY: PROCEDURAL AND MORAL LEGITIMACY

  • Maciej Bernatt (University of Warsaw)

THE RULE OF LAW, JUDICIAL REFORMS AND COMPETITION LAW

17:00 – 17:45 Closing address

Christopher Vajda

Judge, Court of Justice of the European Union

THE RULE OF LAW WITHIN THE EU AND NATIONAL LEGAL ORDERS

17:45 Conference close

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Organiser: Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Centre for Social Sciences, Institute of Legal Studies and University of Warsaw, Centre for Antitrust and Regulatory Studies

Partners: Széchenyi István University, Győr, Center for European Studies; Lendület-HPOPs Regulatory Change Research Group, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Centre for Social Sciences, Institute of Legal Studies

The conference used funding from the European Union’s Erasmus + Programme.

Contact: Márton Varju varju.marton@tk.mta.hu

Registration: Sára Hungler hungler.sara@tk.mta.hu

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