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
