Formation/Cours

At the end of this course, the student should be able to apply its theoretical knowledge in the field of European competition law, especially as regards the European supervision of cartels and abuse of dominance.

At the end of the course, the student should be able to:

• Identify the main legal issues related to the intersection of competition law and regulation.


• Analyse the advantages and disadvantages of various EU law disciplines, and the requirements of Arts 101 and 102 TFEU.


• Successfully present a case based on EU competition law from the perspective of a party in the proceedings.


• Identify and critically assess the limits of EU competition law as applied to regulatory conduct.


• Develop strategies of legally challenging and/or defending regulatory measures under Art 101 or 102 TFEU.

Conceived in a very practical way, the seminar offer a comprehensive and complex analysis of relevant case law in the field as regards main violations by enterprises of articles 101 and 102 TFUE (decisions of the European Commission, Tribunal, Court of Justice) as well as a presentation of the links between European and national competition authorities and between European and national competition law within the EU.

This is an advanced course on EU competition law that deals both with agreements and unilateral abuses. It will focus on the relationship of competition and regulation, i.e. on the application of competition law disciplines on public or private regulatory measures. It will be practically oriented in the sense that it will focus on case law and Commission decisions, and require students to work on and make presentations in hypothetical cases.