Competition Law, Market Regulation and External Effects(6 ECTS)

Lecturer(s): Prof. Dr H.H.B. Vedder (coordinator)

When: Block 1

Brief course description:
Competition law plays an important role in shaping the economies of most European states as well as the EU’s internal market. It is characterised by an integrated approach to law and economics and results in important behavioural rules for companies as well as public authorities. EU competition law and market regulation increasingly affect market participants from non-EU states and the course will also address these external effects.

The following topics are dealt with: Economic principles of competition law; Principles of competition law; The prohibition of restrictive agreements (Art. 101 TFEU); The prohibition of abuse of dominance (Art. 102 TFEU); Merger control (Reg 139/2004); State aid control (Art. 107 TFEU); Competition law relating to state intervention in the market (Art. 106 TFEU); EU Market regulation and liberalisation; Enforcement and judicial review in competition law; Effect of competition law and market regulation on non-EU actors.

Teaching method: lectures, in-class discussion. This course will have interactive lectures. Students are expected to come prepared to lectures and questions will be made available to the students in advance to enable the socratic teaching method.

Assessment: written exam (digital).

*Official course information and schedules during the academic year can be found in Ocasys.