Summer Course: European Competition Law

Summer Course: European Competition Law

The seminar will focus on the different aspects of EC competition law, in particular:
the origins of European competition law and its development by means of derivative law and jurisprudence;
the economic foundations of European competition law;
the rules applying to (vertical) distribution agreements;
the rules applying to horizontal agreements;
the specific problems of contracts involving the transfer of technology;
the abuse of a dominant market position;
regulation 1/2003 on decentralisation;
specific features relating to public-sector undertakings and undertakings with exclusive rights;
the control of mergers at Community level;
state aid.