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LAST CALL: https://lnkd.in/drCdSB9X VdA Vieira de Almeida, ISEG - Lisbon School of Economics & Management and OPCR – Observatório Português de Compliance e Regulatório are organising the International Conference on Competition Law and Policy 2024, which will take place on July 11, between 9.30am and 5pm, at VdA's António de Magalhães Cardoso Auditorium. This conference will address today's most important issues in competition law, economics and policy, and will be divided into panels on "Litigation in EU courts", "Competition law and litigation", "Merger control: recent developments and challenges" and "Economic approach to competition law". The International Conference on Competition Law and Policy 2024, organised by VdA, ISEG and OPCR, is the largest and most prominent event dedicated to competition law and policy held annually in Portugal. Consult the programme: https://lnkd.in/dGS3TySF #VdA #ISEG #OPCR #competition #law #policy

#VdA #ISEG #OPCR International Competition Law and Policy Conference 2024 is one week away. Check the programme below and join us on 11 July at VdA in Lisbon. Lucky to have world class speakers to discuss all the hot topics of the moment! #VdACompetitionEU

Some months ago, Jose Rivas and I had the great opportunity to interview Cani Fernandez, Chairwoman of the Spanish Competition Authority CNMC (Comisión Nacional de los Mercados y la Competencia), for the March issue of World Competition journal. Now, we are happy to present to you the outcome of this interview, where we discuss the role of the CNMC in the international arena, the regulation of digital markets (particularly the relationship between competition law and the DMA), and the recent developments in the field of public procurement, among other interesting subjects. I would like to thank Cani Fernández for agreeing to an interview with us, and to her team for the excellent collaboration throughout the process. Click below to read the full interview! Bird & Bird Wolters Kluwer: Antitrust and Competition Law #WorldCompetition #CNMC #competitionlaw #DMA #publicprocurement

Eppur si - Forensic Consultancy, Analysis and Training, Ltd. (EPPUR SI - CAFF, LDA.), in collaboration with the National Council of Law Students - Conselho Nacional de Estudantes de Direito (CNED), is heading to Luxembourg to visit the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) to understand, raise awareness, and ensure that compatibility with EU law and the primacy of European Union law are fully recognized and respected in Portugal. We will be at the Court of Justice of the European Union from June 3rd to 5th. Our mission with this action is to ensure that the rights and obligations arising from Union law are fully respected in Portugal. We aim to promote greater awareness and defense of European citizens' rights, ensuring the correct application of EU law in our country. According to Article 267 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU), the CJEU has the authority to make preliminary rulings on the interpretation of the Treaties and on the validity of acts adopted by the Union's institutions. This competence is essential to ensure that national legislation is in conformity with community standards. Furthermore, Article 8, number 4 of the Constitution of the Portuguese Republic (CRP) establishes that the provisions of the treaties governing the European Union and the rules issued by its institutions, in the exercise of their respective competencies, are applicable in the domestic order. This principle of the primacy of EU law is fundamental to ensuring that Union law prevails over national rules in case of conflict. Follow us on social media to stay updated on the developments of this important initiative. #EppurSi #CNED #CJEU #EUlaw #PrimacyOfEULaw #JusticeForAll

Here is to many years of consistent and effective enforcement of EU competition law across the Member States! Agencija za zaštitu tržišnog natjecanja #ECN #Europeancompetitionnetwork

This week, our colleagues Claire Simpson and Erlend Leonhardsen, assisted by Gudlaug Jonasdottir and Rachel Harriott, represented ESA before the EFTA Court in Case E-14/24 Elmatica AS v Confidee AS and Vidar Olsen. 💡 Elmatica claims damages before the Norwegian courts for a breach of the national act implementing the Trade Secrets Directive (EU) 2016/943. In the course of this claim, a dispute has arisen about access to evidence containing trade secrets. The Norwegian Supreme Court seeks the opinion of the EFTA Court on the extent to which EEA law requires national courts, when ruling on such evidential matters: ➡️ to balance the competing interests of the parties, including the right to protection of trade secrets; ➡️ to obtain and examine the disputed evidence, or whether it is sufficient for the national court to have such evidence at its disposal. 🔗 Learn more about the case 👉 https://lnkd.in/ewSRMefa #EEA #EEAlaw #internalmarket #EU #EUlaw #europe #trade

Discover the latest article from the Concurrences e-Competitions Bulletin! Foreword by Nuno Cunha Rodrigues - University of Lisbon Explore the evolving landscape of #foreign #subsidies in the context of #EU and national case law. The article provides an overview of the European Union's Foreign Subsidies Regulation (#FSR), highlighting its role in addressing distortions caused by foreign subsidies. Stay ahead of the competition law updates! Enjoy the Spring Sale 🌸 with a 20% discount on the Concurrences Review and e-Competitions Bulletin. Interested in a customized quote? Tell us about your needs: https://lnkd.in/eKX438Nd Experience Concurrences with a free trial and demo: https://lnkd.in/eJqPi_5E #CompetitionLaw #Updates #SpecialOffer #Concurrences20Years #CompetitionLaw #Competition #Antitrust

It has been a pleasure and an honour to interview Cani Fernandez, Chairwoman of the Spanish Competition Authority (CNMC), and cover topics such as the success of the annual conference of the ICN in Barcelona in October 2023, the forthcoming trend areas in the field of competition law and policy, the cooperation between competition authorities and national courts including in the field of damages, sanctions to infringers beyond pecuniary sanctions to companies, the EU DMA and DSA, and the CNMC's cutting-edge AI tools to detect collusion in public procurement.

Pleasure to record a conversation with one of the leading voices in the area of EU competition law & policy – the Prosecutor General of the Belgian Competition Authority, a Visiting Professor at the College of Europe, an author of many impactful publications and books – Damien Gerard. (video: https://lnkd.in/edK7ZT3u). We have started by examining the main specificities of the institutional settings of the Belgian Competition Authority, looking at other EU NCAs with similar and different architecture & examining pros and cons of different models. We then moved to the analysis of possible formats of co-existence of NCAs & governments. We then looked at the enforcement priorities of and some latest investigations by the Belgian Competition Authority. We've also addressed the following issues: 🔍 ECN+ Directive 🔍 Main conclusions of high retail prices in food sector investigation 🔍 Abandoning the insulation mode of national competition authorities 🔍 New formats of interaction with stakeholders 🔍 A remarkable example of cooperation with Belgian Ministry of Finance in down raids 🔍 What kind of reforms would EU competition policy benefit from 🔍 Integrating, building joint investigation teams as one of the next frontiers (going beyond lending people) 🔍 Closer cooperation of some NCAs within the European Competition Network 🔍 Is there any epistemic division between older and younger EU NCAs? 🔍 Which competences in other NCAs would Prof. Damien Gérard propose to transpose to other NCAs? 🔍 Competition & public procurement 🔍 Investigation as going into black-box of undertaking 🔍 DMA: decoding "fairness" & "contestability" 🔍 Do we need a more-articulated pan-European industrial vision? 🔍 Prudent vs. vulgaris pro-competition industrial policy 🔍 ECN as a medium for learning and channeling main recommendations of business users/new entrants regarding the DMA 🔍 Discussing different (occasionally antagonistic) views of the DMA supporters 🔍 Examples of how gatekeepers perceive the DMA (with a reference to a recent event at Centre on Regulation in Europe (CERRE) & excellent views by Viktoria (Vicky) Robertson) 🔍 The role of the CJEU in shaping the DMA 🔍 The area getting more & more & more technical: a problem? 🔍 Recommendations to students 🎞 NEW video: https://lnkd.in/edK7ZT3u Previous 67th episode (published last Tuesday discussing DMCCA: Life After Royal Assent | New CMA Guidance: Sarah Long Max von Thun Lara Dimitrova Stoimenova https://lnkd.in/ehKEky3t Next 69th episode will be released next Tuesday. We will publish a panel with three leading media experts Lewis Croft (MLex), Javier Espinoza (Financial Times) and Samuel Stolton (Bloomberg) on the implications of the elections to the European Parliament on EU policies in shaping competition in digital markets. A chronological list of all 68 episodes is available in the first comment to the video.

Our recent foreword on Nordic Competition Law in now in OPEN ACCESS. Check it out for an economist's perspective on competition enforcement the in region.