Vertical Restraints in EC Competition Law: New Dynamics
The reform of EC competition law on vertical restraints has marked the beginning of the process of transformation of EC competition law in the late 1990s, in particular because of the adoption of a more compatible to neoclassical economic theory approach. Almost ten years since the adoption of Regulation 2790/99 and the vertical restraints guidelines, the European Commission has initiated a revision process and has published some proposals at this respect.
The aim of this conference would be (a) to understand the process of the reform of EC competition law on verticals, (b) to provide some useful comparative insights, by looking to the most recent developments in US antitrust law on verticals as well as the most recent competition law practice in some Member States� and selected jurisdictions and (c) to critically assess the proposals of the European Commission, by confronting them to recent economic theory and to legal practice.
The conference was of particular importance to the UCL community as it honours Valentine Korah, emeritus professor of competition law at UCL and visiting professor to a number of leading academic institutions around the world. Professor Korah is an authority in EC competition law on vertical restraints and has published the leading monographs and commentaries on this topic.
Read about Professor Valentine Korah.
Conference programme
SESSION I: ARTICLE 81 AND GENERAL ASPECTS OF THE REFORM | ||
| The Scope of Article 81(1) Ioannis Lianos (UCL) | ||
| The Scope of Article 81(3) Giorgio Monti (LSE) | ||
| The other verticals: relation with Article 82 jurisprudence John Kallaugher (Latham & Watkins, UCL) | ||
| The other verticals: motor vehicle regulation | ||
SESSION II: ROUNDTABLE | ||
| Valentine Korah (UCL) | ||
| Lucas Peeperkorn (European Commission, DG Competition) | ||
| Ian Forrester QC (White & Case) | ||
| Bill Kovacic (US Federal Trade Commission) | ||
| Richard Whish (King’s College London) | ||
SESSION III: INTERNET DISTRIBUTION AND VERTICAL RESTRAINTS | ||
| Speakers: Denis Waelbroeck (Ashurst, Free University of Brussels) | ||
| Stephen Kinsella (Sidley Austin) | ||
| Discussant: Andrea Appella (News Corp.) | ||
| Antonio Bavasso (Allen & Overy, UCL) | ||
SESSION IV: TYING / BUNDLING | ||
| Speakers: Tying, Bundled Discounts, and the death fo the single monopoly profit theory Einer Elhauge (Harvard University) | ||
| Tying Revisited Jorge Padilla (LECG) | ||
| Matthew Bennet (OFT) | ||
| Discussants: Cristina Caffarra (CRA International) | ||
| Can Bundled Discounting Increase Consumer Prices Without Excluding Rivals? Daniel Crane (University of Michigan School of Law, Ann Arbor) | ||
SESSION V: ROUNDTABLE: | ||
| Participants: RPM: An EU Perspective Lucas Peeperkorn (European Commission, DG Comp.) | ||
| Resale Price Maintenance Warren Grimes (Southwestern University) | ||
| Resale Price Maintenance: Analysis of Agreements Alison Jones (Kings College London) | ||
| Discussants: Aidan Robertson QC (Brick Court Chambers) | ||
| Thibaud Vergé (CREST-LEI (Paris)) | ||
SESSION VI: ROUNDTABLE | ||
| Speakers: Eric Gippini Fournier (European Commission, Legal Service) | ||
| Assimakis Komninos (Hellenic Competition Commission / UCL) | ||
| Jose Luis Buendia (Garrigues LLP) | ||
| Discussants: Christopher Stothers (Milbank, Tweed, Hadley and McCloy LLP & UCL) | ||
Okeoghene Odudu (University of Cambridge) | ||
SESSION VII: ROUNDTABLE | ||
| Participants: Some economics of vertical restraints in a world of retailer power Michael Waterson (Warwick University) | ||
| Unchallenged Market Power? The Tale of Supermarkets, Private labels and Competition Law Ariel Ezrachi (Oxford) | ||
| Power Buyers AndThe U.S. Antitrust Laws Irving Scher (Greenberg Traurig, LLP) | ||
| Discussant: Ioannis Lianos (UCL) | ||
SESSION VIII: | ||
| Participants: UK experience on verticals Mark Clough QC (Addleshaw Goddard) | ||
| Vertical restraints in France Laurence Idot (University of Paris II Panthéon Assas) | ||
| Vertical restraints in Germany Florian Wagner von Papp (UCL) | ||
| Vertical restraints around the world: A comparative perspective Daniel Sokol (University of Florida Levin College of Law) | ||
| International aspects on vertical restraints Maher Dabbah (Queen Mary, University of London) | ||
Further information
Cost
Free
Open to
All
Organiser
Centre for Law, Economics & Society