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EU Competition Law

Course Level

intermediate - advanced / 3rd - 4th year

Course Language

English

Course Classification

This is a Themis course. It is also open to non-Themis students.

Contact Hours

2 hrs per week

ECTS-credits

5 (if course has been attended regularly and exam has been passed)

Teaching Mode

live online

Students are expected to attend and actively participate in each class session, arrive on time, stay for the entire session, and actively contribute to class discussion.

Frequency

This course is being taught at irregular intervals. It will be available in the winter term 2024/25.

Time Schedule

please see our electronic course catalogue

Course Content

Within the scope of this course, basic concepts of EU competition law will be examined along with the recent decisions by the EU Commission.

  • Historical Development of EU Competition Law
  • Importance of Competition Law
  • The Comparison between EU and US Competition Laws
  • Introduction to Basic Concepts to Competition Law
  • Legal Framework for Competition Law: Public and Private Enforcement
  • Agreements between undertakings, decisions by associations of undertakings and concerted practices (Article 101 TFEU)
  • Horizontal Agreements
  • Vertical Agreements
  • Exemptions (Article 101(3) TFEU)
  • Abuse of Dominant Position 1 (Article 102 TFEU): Exclusionary practices: product design, interoperability, tying, bundling
  • Abuse of Dominant Position 2 (Article 102 TFEU): use and abuse of regulatory procedures, excessive royalties, exploitative abuses
  • Microsoft and Google Decisions of EU Commission
  • Sector-Based Assessments in Competition Law
  • Mergers in Competition Law
  • Sanctions of Competition Infringement
  • Compensation Claims in the Competition Law

Learning Objectives

The aim of the course is to teach students how to evaluate current debates on EU competition law within the framework of EU Law.

It is expected from participants to conceptualise main concepts of EU competition law and consequently, to be furnished with the ability of holding fundamental discussions in this manner.

Suggested Readings

Viktoria Robertson, ‘Competition Law’s Innovation Factor’ (Hart, 2020)
Maurice Stucke, Ariel Ezrachi, ‘Competition Overdose: How Free Market Mythology Transformed Us from Citizen Kings to Market Servants’ (HarperCollins, 2020)
Alison Jones and Brenda Sufrin, EU Competition Law Text, Cases and Materials (Oxford University Press)
Geoffrey Manne and Joshua Wright, Competition Policy and Patent Law under Uncertainty: Regulating Innovation (Cambridge)
Richard Whish and David Bailey, Competition Law (Oxford University Press)
Fatih Buğra Erdem, The Suppression of Innovation: Testing the Open Nature of Article 102 (Onikilevha)

Restricted Enrollment

no (that means that everyone who signs up for this course in time can take part in this course)

Course Registration

via Campus Management

Please sign up for this course under the module "Study Program for Exchange Students - Module 21".

 registration period: 1 October 2024, 9 a.m. -  1 November 2024, 12 a.m. (midnight)

De-Registration from this Course

via Campus Management

regular drop period: 1 October 2024, 9 a.m. -  1 November 2024, 12 a.m. (midnight)

After the regular drop period you can only drop this course with a valid cause until 14 days prior to the exam. Please contact the International Office at the Law Department if you have to use this option.

Type of Exam

There will be a written final examination.

Exam Period

The exams will probably take place halfway through the teaching period and during the last class session in the last week of the lecture period. Academic Calendar

Registration for the Exam

Students will automatically be registered for the exam when they sign up for this course.

De-Registration from the Exam

Students who drop this course via Campus Management are automatically de-registered from the exam. Students who do not drop this course via Campus Management and do not take the exam, are going to finish this course with a non-passing grade (0 points).

Grade Release

via Campus Management