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29 May 09: Competition Authorities' Roundtable: The Reform...

29 May 09: Competition Authorities' Roundtable: The Reform of Competition Authorities and the 'Modernization' of Antitrust (Athens)

Friday, May 29, 2009 at 4:45 PM (GMT+0200)

Athens, Greece


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University College London's (UCL) Centre for Law and Governance in Europe and Centre for Law and Economics (Regulation and Public Policy Section) are pleased to invite you to a

COMPETITION AUTHORITIES’ ROUNDTABLE: THE REFORM OF COMPETITION AUTHORITIES
AND THE “MODERNIZATION” OF ANTITRUST



Friday, May 29, 2009
16:45 - 19:00 (registration at 16:30)
in Athens, Greece

The roundtable will examine the following topics:

  • Competition authorities with dual roles (competition authority and consumer protection authority): advantages and disadvantages
  • The unification of public competition law enforcement: is one better than two? (the reform of the French competition law system)
  • Integrating economics and economists in competition authorities: the recent reform of the DG Comp with the position of the chief economist, the redesign of the units….
  • Issues of independence, transparency, competition advocacy
  • Relations with sector-specific regulators
  • Political influence: Competition authorities in times of economic crisis


Chair: Frederic Jenny (Judge, Cour de Cassation, France; member of the Board, Office of Fair Trading; President, Competition Committee, OECD)

Speaker include:

  • Philip Collins (Chairman, Office of Fair Trading, UK),
  • William Kovacic (Commissioner, Federal Trade Commission, US),
  • Bruno Lasserre (Chairman, Autorité de la concurrence, France),
  • Abel Mateus (Professor, University of Lisbon, former president of the Portuguese competition authority)
  • Carles Esteva Mosso (Director of Policy and Strategy, DG Competition, European Commission)


The roundtable is a separate event taking place in the context of the IMEDIPA annual conference in Athens. 

When

Where

Karantzas Conference Centre
National Bank of Greece
82-84 Eolou Street
102 32 Athens
Greece



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