Consumers’ participation rights in competition law procedures

Posted by D. Daniel Sokol

Amsterdam Centre for European Law and Governance

Published 17 December 2009 Workshop: Consumers’ participation rights in competition law procedures Friday, 8 October 2010 Speakers & Chair Programme Date and Venue Contact and Registration Please note that the workshop, originally planned on Friday, 16 April, 2010, has been postponed to 8 October 2010. This workshop will analyze the administrative procedures in EC competition law as they were designed back in 1962 and how they were changed as a result of landmark cases from the European courts during the 1990s. The core aspect of the workshop is to scrutinize the procedural model of tripartite distinction between undertakings, the holders of a "legitimate interest" and holders of a "sufficient interest". In particular, in the light of recent legislative reforms (Regulation 1/2003 and the modernization package) and case law developments (Österreichische Postparkasse and VKI), the workshop will inquire whether adversarial inter partes procedures are an appropriate model to serve the substantive interests that competition law rules are intended to pursue. The workshop will further scrutinize whether and how this procedural model aligns with the present patchwork of various enforcement methods of EC competition law. For example, how consumers' participation rights relate with leniency applications, commitments and in particular, with private enforcement as an alternative avenue of redress. Refer to Background information The workshop is organized with support of the Amsterdam Centre for Law and Economics and the Foundation Europa Instituut. Refer to Amsterdam Center for Law & Economics Speakers & Chair Chair (to be confirmed): Prof. Deirdre Curtin, ACELG, University of Amsterdam  Prof. Gareth Davies, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam Prof. Lorenzo Pace, University of Molise, Italy Mr. Michael Albers, Hearing Officer, European Commission Mr. David M. Ortega Peciña, BEUC - The European Consumer's Organisation & OCU - Organizacion de Consumidores y Usarios Mr. Onno Brouwer, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Amsterdam Dr. Joana Mendes, Amsterdam Centre for European Law and Governance Dr. Kati Cseres, Amsterdam Centre for European Law and Governance & Amsterdam Centre for Law and Economics Refer to Gareth Davies (in Dutch) European Commission, Hearing Officers beuc - The European Consumer's Organisation OCU - Organizacion de Consumidores y Usuarios Onno Brouwer Deirdre Curtin Joana Mendes Kati Cseres Programme Download here the programme. Attachments Programme Workshop 8 October 2010 Date and Venue Friday, 8 October 2010 University of Amsterdam, Belle van Zuylen-Zaal Refer to Practical information for participants from abroad Contact and Registration Participation in the conference is free of charge. For organizational reasons, we ask you to register, using the Conference Registration Form below. For more information, or any questions you might have, please send an email to acelg@uva.nl. Refer to Conference Registration Form Send a mail to ACELG Location Library of the University Singel 425 1012 WP  Amsterdam Room: Belle van Zuylen-Zaal Source: Amsterdam Centre for European Law and Governance acelg@uva.nl