7th-19th July 2019
7th-19th July 2019
2019 Competition Summer Schools for ASEAN, Chinese, Indian and Korean officials
The 2019 edition of the Competition Summer Schools took place in July 2019 at the College of Europe in Bruges, Belgium. This year’s programmes kicked-off on 1 July for officials from the ASEAN Member States and officials from India and Korea, followed by the programme for Chinese officials on 8 July. A total of 64 officials and academics participated in the activity, including from the ASEAN Secretariat, Cambodia, China, India, Korea, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Thailand, Singapore and Vietnam.
The officials followed an intensive 10-day training course designed to deepen their knowledge and understanding of EU competition law and policy. Common training sessions were alternated with focused sessions tailored at the different jurisdictions. Leading academics, officials and practitioners delivered courses on  a wide range of topics, including the objectives and instruments of EU competition law, vertical and horizontal restraints, economics of competition law, mergers and acquisitions, public and privileged undertakings, abuse of dominance, state aid control, the EU anti-trust procedure and the impact of the digital economy. The lectures combined theory with practical experience in the form of recent cases and examples, which encouraged problem solving and class discussions and comparisons.
On 9 July, the three programmes joined for a day visit to the European Commission Directorate-General for Competition in Brussels. Officials from DG Competition and the General Court of the European Union introduced the officials to the work of DG Competition, EU antitrust and cartel enforcement, EU merger review, EU state aid policy, the European Competition Network, the Court of Justice of the European Union and defending competition decisions before the court. The closing remarks were delivered by Mr. Cecilio Madero Villarejo, Deputy Director-General at DG Competition.
All 64 participants successfully completed the Competition Summer School and received their certificate during the official closing ceremonies on 12 and 19 July.
PROGRAMME
This programme should only be considered as provisional and may change without prior notice.
Monday 8 July 2019
Bruges, Belgium
08:30-09:00: Welcome to the College of Europe & Presentation of the Programme
09:00-10:30: Institutions & decision-making in the EU (I)
Mihail KRITIKOS
10:30-10:45: Tea break
10:45-12:00: Institutions & decision-making in the EU (II)
Mihail KRITIKOS
12:00-14:00: Lunch
14:00-15:45: Objectives of EU competition law
Michael ALBERS
15:45-16:00: Tea break
16:00-17:30: Instruments of EU competition law
Michael ALBERS
19:00: Dinner
Tuesday 9 July 2019
Brussels, Belgium
07:00: Transfer by bus to Brussels
09:30-09:50: Welcome to DG Competition
Torben TOFT, Senior Expert, International Relations, DG COMP A5 – International Relations
09:50-10:30: DG Competition enforcement priority setting
Dag JOHANSSON, Policy Coordinator, DG COMP 04 – Strategy, Delivery and Evaluation
10:35-11:15: EU antitrust/cartel enforcement
Konrad SCHUMM, Senior Expert in Competition, DG COMP G – Cartels
11:20-12:00: EU merger review
Professor Dr Stephan SIMON, Senior Expert Mergers, DG COMP F – Transport, Post and other services
12:00-13:00: Individual lunch
13:30-14:10: EU state aid policy
Koen VAN DE CASTEELE, Head of Unit, DG COMP O3 – State aid Policy and Case support
14:15-14:55: European Competition Network – DG COMP’s work with national courts
Konstantina STROUVALI, Deputy Head of Unit, DG COMP A4 – European Competition Network and Private Enforcement
14:55-15:05: Coffee break
15:05-16:00: Court of Justice of the European Union
Vivien TERRIEN, Legal Secretary, General Court of the European Union
16:05-17:00: Defending competition decisions before the Courts
Nicholas KHAN QC, Member of the Legal Service, European Commission Legal Service
17:00-18:00: Closing session followed by a reception hosted by DG COMP
Cecilio MADERO VILLAREJO, Deputy Director-General, Antitrust and Mergers
18:00: Transfer by bus to Bruges
20:00: Dinner
Wednesday 10 July 2019
Bruges, Belgium
09:00-10:30: Competition policy and fundamentals of EU competition law (I)
Sandra MARCO COLINO
10:30-10:45: Tea break
10:45-12:00: Competition policy and fundamentals of EU competition law (II)
Sandra MARCO COLINO
12:00-14:00: Lunch
14:00-15:45: Analysis of recent cases: Facebook and internet-related cases
Sandro GLEAVE
15:45-16:00: Tea break
16:00-17:30: Analysis of recent cases: Facebook and internet-related cases
Sandro GLEAVE
19:00: Dinner
Thursday 11 July 2019
Bruges, Belgium
09:00-10:30: Article 101 – Vertical restraints (I)
Fundamentals
Andrea HAMILTON
10:30-10:45: Tea break
10:45-12:00: Article 101 – Vertical restraints (II)
Case study
Andrea HAMILTON
12:00-14:00: Lunch
14:00-15:45: Article 101 – Horizontal restraints (fundamentals) (I)
Jacques BOURGEOIS
15:45-16:00: Tea break
16:00-17:30: Article 101 – Horizontal restraints (fundamentals) (II)
Jacques BOURGEOIS
19:00: Dinner
Friday 12 July 2019
Bruges, Belgium
09:00-10:30: Article 101 – Horizontal restraints (III)
Cartel case studies
Sofia VASILEIOU
10:30-10:45: Tea break
10:45-12:00: Article 101 – Horizontal restraints (IV)
Cartel case studies
Sofia VASILEIOU
12:00-14:00: Lunch
14:00-15:45: Economics of competition law (I)
Enrique ANDREU
15:45-16:00: Tea break
16:00-17:30: Economics of competition law (II)
Enrique ANDREU
19:00: Dinner
Monday 15 July 2019
Bruges, Belgium
09:00-10:30: State aid control (fundamental) (I)
Phedon NICOLAIDES
10:30-10:45: Tea break
10:45-12:00: State aid control (fundamentals) (II)
Phedon NICOLAIDES
12:00-14:00: Lunch
14:00-15:45: State aid control (procedures and enforcement) (III)
Phedon NICOLAIDES
15:45-16:00: Tea break
16:00-17:30: State aid control (procedures and enforcement) (IV)
Phedon NICOLAIDES
19:00: Dinner
Tuesday 16 July 2019
Bruges, Belgium
09:00-10:30: State aid control (recovery of aid and judicial review) (V)
Phedon NICOLAIDES
10:30-10:45: Tea break
10:45-12:00: State aid control (transparency and evaluation) (VI)
Phedon NICOLAIDES
12:00-14:00: Lunch
14:00-15:45: State aid control (case studies and discussion) (VII)
Ramona IANUS
15:45-16:00: Tea break
16:00-17:30: State aid control (case studies and discussion) (VIII)
Ramona IANUS
19:00: Dinner
Wednesday 17 July 2019
Bruges, Belgium
09:00-10:30: Mergers and acquisitions (fundamentals) (I)
Francisco-Enrique G. DIAZ
10:30-10:45: Tea break
10:45-12:00: Mergers and acquisitions (specific issues) (II).
Francisco-Enrique G. DIAZ
12:00-14:00: Lunch
14:00-15:45: Mergers and acquisitions (procedure and remedies) (III)
Case studies
Francisco-Enrique G. DIAZ
15:45-16:00: Tea break
16:00-17:30: Article 106 – public and privileged undertakings (fundamentals) & Competition Advocacy (I)
Jose Luis BUENDIA
19:00: Dinner
Thursday 18 July 2019
Bruges, Belgium
09:00-10:30: Article 106 – public and privileged undertakings & Competition Advocacy (II)
Practical examples
Jose Luis BUENDIA
10:30-10:45: Tea break
10:45-12:00: Article 102 – Abuse of dominant position (fundamentals) (I)
Werner BERG
12:00-14:00: Lunch
14:00-15:45: Article 102 – Abuse of dominant position (II)
Werner BERG
15:45-16:00: Tea break
16:00-17:30: Article 102 – Abuse of dominant position (III)
Case studies
Massimiliano KADAR
19:00: Dinner
Friday 19 July 2019
Bruges, Belgium
09:00-10:30: Anti-trust procedure – Regulation 1/2003 (fundamentals) (I)
Alfonso LAMADRID
10:30-10:45: Tea break
10:45-12:00: Anti-trust procedure – Regulation 1/2003 (case study) (II)
Alfonso LAMADRID
12:00-14:00: Lunch
14:00-15:45: Digital economy and competition law (I)
Sandra MARCO COLINO
15:45-16:00: Tea break
16:00-17:00: Digital economy and competition law (II)
Sandra MARCO COLINO
17:00-17:30: Official Closure & Awarding of Certificates
19:00: Dinner