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Lecturer(s)
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Petr Michal, doc. JUDr. Ph.D.
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Bureš Pavel, JUDr. Ph.D.
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Course content
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Lectures 1. Competition law and policy, its relationship to other EU and national policies 2. Basic notions of competition law (undertaking, relevant market, concerted practices, dominant position, control etc.) 3. Anticompetitive agreements 4. Exemptions from the prohibition of agreements 5. Dominant position and its abuses 6. More economic approach to abuse of dominance 7. Proceedings before the European Commission 8. Investigative and sanctioning powers of the Commission, the leniency programme 9. Concentrations of undertakings and its assessment 10. Notification of concentrations, proceedings before the Commission 11. Private enforcement of competition law 12. Application of EU competition law in Member States Seminars 1. Competition law on the EU and national level 2. Exemptions from the application of competition law in the jurisprudence of CJ EU 3. Approach of EU Courts to anticompetitive agreements 4. Approach of EU Courts and the Commission to abuse of dominance 5. Assessment of the effects of mergers and acquisitions 6. Fair trial guarantees in the jurisprudence of ECtHR and CJ EU
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Monologic Lecture(Interpretation, Training)
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Learning outcomes
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The aim of the course is to acquaint the students with basic principles of competition law and policy, to enable them to assess the compliance of particular conduct of undertakings with competition law and to suggest strategies to avoid particular competition problems. After introducing general notions of EU competition law, the course will discuss its relationship to national law and its principal concepts, including anticompetitive agreements, abuse of dominance and mergers and acquisitions. Application of EU competition law on both EU and national level will be studied as well. In the seminars, relevant case law will be discussed.
The students shall acquire the ability to assess a certain conduct in the context of competition law, suggest solution of possible problems and react to actions if the Commission or the Czech Competition Authority
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Prerequisites
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Passing of this course is not conditional upon passing any other course
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Assessment methods and criteria
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Written exam
In order to finish the course, active participation in seminars and successful passing of a written exam is required.
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Recommended literature
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Andreangeli, A.. (2008). EU Competition Enforcement and Human Rights. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing.
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Blanco, L. O.. (2013). EC Competition Procedure. Third Edition. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
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Faul, J., Nikpay, A.. (2014). The EU Law of Competition.
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Lyons, B. (2009). Cases in European Competition Law. The Economic Analysis. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
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Monti, G.. (2007). EC Competition Law. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
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Rose, V., Bailey, V.. (2013). European Union Law of Competition. Seventh Edition.
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Wils, W.. (2005). Principles of European Antitrust Enforcement. Oxford: Hart Publishing.
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Wish, R., Bailey, D.. (2012). Competition Law. Seventh Edition. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
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