Topic 2 - programme
FIDE-Congress 2016
Topic 2
PRIVATE ENFORCEMENT AND COLLECTIVE REDRESS
IN EUROPEAN COMPETITION LAW
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SUGGESTED SUBTOPICS:
1st Session: Thursday 19 May 2016 14:30-16:00
LIABILITY FOR INFRINGEMENTS OF COMPETITION LAW
UNDER PRIVATE LAW
- Function and Scope of Private Remedies
- Concept of Directive 2014/104/EU and its Relation to Primary Law
- Liability of an “Economic Unit” under Private Law?
- Joint and Several Liability
- Liability of Small and Medium Enterprises and Immunity Recipients
- Recovery of Contribution from Co-Infringers
Moderator: Ms.Ulla Neergaard, Professor at the University of Copenhagen
2nd Session: Thursday, 19 May 2016, 16:30-18:00
DAMAGES, CAUSALITY, CULPABILITY
- Harm
- Passing-On-Defence
- Quantification of Damages
- Punitive Damages
- Causality
- Culpability
Moderator: Ms.Ulla Neergaard, Professor at the University of Copenhagen
3rd Session: Friday, 20 May 2016, 9:30-11:00
PROCEDURE
- Evidentiary Effect of Infringement Findings of NCAs
- Limitation Periods
- Burden of Proof (Direct Purchasers, Indirect Purchasers, Infringers)
- Impact of a Cross-Border Element
- Mechanisms to Avoid Inconsistent Judgements
Moderator: Mr.Tihamér Tóth, Professor at Pázmány Péter University Budapest
4th Session: Friday, 20 May 2016, 11:30-13:00
COLLECTIVE REDRESS
- Forms of Collective Redress
- Opt-In/Opt-Out-Alternative
- Dissemination of Information
- Legal Standing
- Funding
- Protection Against Unnecessary or Abusive Litigation
- Alternatives to Collective Redress
Moderator: Mr.Tihamér Tóth, Professor at Pazmány Péter University Budapest
5th Session: Friday, 20 May 2016, 14:30-16:00
DISCLOSURE AND CONFIDENTIALITY
- Court Orders for Disclosure
- Inter-Partes Disclosure
- Third-Party Disclosure
- Disclosure of Evidence Included in the Files of a Competition Authority
- Confidential Information
- Protection of Confidential Information
Moderator: Mr.Luis Ortez Blanco, Professor at Complutense University Madrid
6th Session: Friday, 20 May 2016, 16:30-17:30
INSTITUTIONAL COOPERATION
- Cooperation between Courts and Competition Authorities
- Requests by Civil Courts
- Amicus Curiae Interventions
- Judicial Capacity in the Member States
- Preliminary Reference Procedure
- Consensual Dispute Resolution
Moderator: Mr.Luis Ortez Blanco, Professor at Complutense University Madrid